Local Safeguarding Children Board

Newcastle upon Tyne

Local Safeguarding Children Board

Foreword

This document and guide has been produced for a number of reasons,

Overall rationale.

·  To assist managers and training and performance workers to identify which Newcastle Local Safeguarding Children Board (NLSCB) training course meets the standards for their staff group in relation to the various training standards identified by their organisation or governing bodies.

Specifically

·  It identifies various levels of training and suggests various delivery methods.

·  To understand how apply for their single agency or privately commissioned training can be endorsed by the NLSCB Strategic training group.

·  To ensure organisations and individuals are aware of the protocols and procedures to follow when developing training programmes or safeguarding children policies.

·  To enable training providers to match their courses to current NLSCB standards

·  To set clear training standards for all organisations to meet when delivering safeguarding children training.

·  It provides clear signposts to the various training courses and links to workforce competence.

·  It set standards for individual trainers who present safeguarding children training.

The Context for Safeguarding Training - National Agenda

National Agenda Recent government guidance and legislation has had a profound impact on promoting welfare and safeguarding children. The aim of Every Child Matters and the Children Act 2004 is to maintain what works well in our work with children and families and to develop integrated services for children and young people.

Inter – agency training and development has never had a better climate in which to grow. ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children’ (H.M. Government 2006) emphasises the need for a skilled and knowledgeable workforce to work with children and families and recognises the importance of single and inter – agency training in achieving that goal. ‘Practitioners and managers must be able to work effectively with others both within their own agency and across organisational boundaries. This will be best achieved by a combination of single and inter – agency training’ (Working together, 2006)

Children’s Workforce Development Council Induction Standards for Children's Services CWDC.

Children’s Workforce Development Council was established to:

·  strengthen workforce excellence through the creation of new training opportunities, career development and flexible career pathways between sectors

·  ensure the workforce has appropriate skills and qualifications

·  increase recruitment into children’s workforce and improve the retention of high-quality employees

·  help the workforce delivered joined up services and improved communication across the sectors

Purpose of the Induction standards

·  To ensure all entrants to the children’s workforce have an agreed minimum level of skills and knowledge within six months of their becoming part of the workforce

The standards cover:

·  the principles and values essential for working with children and young people

·  the worker’s role

·  health and safety requirements

·  effective communication

·  development of children and young people

·  safeguarding children

·  personal and professional development

Induction standards provide the opportunity for employers:

·  to deliver a consistent approach to introducing people to the work of children’s services

·  to support integration of the workforce across children’s services

·  to support the implementation of the Common Core, Every Child Matters outcomes and use of National Occupational Standards

·  to support employees and home-based workforce in commencing the CPD process

·  to encourage flexibility in movement across children’s services

Common Core of Skills and Knowledge for the Children’s Workforce.

A ‘Common Core of Skills and Knowledge for the Children’s Workforce’ has been developed which will underpin all NLSCB training and development activity.

The Common Core includes skills and knowledge in: -

• Child Development

• Safeguarding and Promoting Welfare

• Effective Communication and Engagement

• Supporting Transitions

• Multi – agency Working

• Information Sharing

Another significant focus for inter – agency training is the Common Assessment Framework (CAF) and related processes such as Lead Professional and Information Sharing. The aim of Common Assessment is for all practitioners involved with children and young people to be able to recognise children with additional needs at the earliest opportunity, to ensure those needs are assessed and to respond accordingly. The aim is that all practitioners working with children and families will have knowledge and understanding of the tools, processes and procedures available to help them meet all levels of need in children and young people.

Safeguarding children and young people: roles and competencies for health care staff

The Second Joint Chief Inspector’s Report on arrangements to Safeguard Children published in July 2005 identified the need for NHS organisations to have clear guidance on role definitions and specifications for named and designated health professionals who have specific responsibility for child protection.

Safeguarding children and young people: roles and competencies for health care staff produced by the Royal Colleges and professional organisations will be a valuable tool for NHS organisations and others in clarifying the competencies required by these doctors, nurses and midwives as well as identifying the competency levels required by all health staff to safeguard children. It supplements the information set out in Working Together to Safeguard Children, 2006, and has been developed with advice from Skills for Health.

Local Context

The NLSCB was established in December 2005 with a broader remit and capacity for promoting welfare and safeguarding. This is reflected in NLSCB training and development activity that raises awareness of developments and supports change processes.

Widened responsibility for safeguarding children and young people is reflected in a wider and increased take – up of training and development activity NLSCB training has a key role to play in promoting local guidance, procedures and processes and in providing feedback from practitioners on what works well and what needs to improve in inter – agency work.

Core Values in Training and development

‘All training in Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children should create an ethos which:

• Values working collaboratively.

• Respects diversity.

• Promotes equality.

• Is child centred.

• Promotes the participation of children and families in safeguarding processes.

All training in this field should be consistent with the Common Core of Skills and knowledge (Working Together, 2006 p 68)

These core values will be integrated into the planning, delivery and evaluation of NLSCB training and development activity. In addition, there is a more detailed values statement used in NLSCB training materials to indicate the learning environment we aim to provide.

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‘Personnel’ Training Requirements

KEY

ABBREVIATIONS / NOTES

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KEY TO THE FOLLOWING TRAINING STANDARDS

TITLE OF TRAINING COURSE

OUTCOMES WORKPLACE ASSESSMENT

OF COMPETENCE

THESE OUTCOMES LINK TO:

THE FOLLOWING KNOWLEDGE AREAS

In-house Induction

OUTCOMES WORKPLACE ASSESSMENT

OF COMPETENCE

THESE OUTCOMES LINK TO:

THE FOLLOWING KNOWLEDGE AREAS

Foundation

OUTCOMES WORKPLACE ASSESSMENT

OF COMPETENCE

THESE OUTCOMES LINK TO:

THESE OUTCOMES LINK TO:

THE FOLLOWING KNOWLEDGE AREAS

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Group A

OUTCOMES WORKPLACE ASSESSMENT

OF COMPETENCE

THESE OUTCOMES LINK TO:

THESE OUTCOMES LINK TO:

THE FOLLOWING KNOWLEDGE AREAS

Group B

OUTCOMES

THESE OUTCOMES LINK TO:

THE FOLLOWING KNOWLEDGE AREAS

THESE OUTCOMES LINK TO:

Group B cont...

WORKPLACE ASSESSMENT

OF COMPETENCE

MW/AT/MW425/Group B

Group C

OUTCOMES

MW/AT/MW425/Group C

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Group C cont ...

THESE OUTCOMES LINK TO: WORKPLACE ASSESSMENT

THE FOLLOWING KNOWLEDGE AREAS OF COMPETENCE

Specialist

OUTCOMES WORKPLACE ASSESSMENT

OF COMPETENCE

Appendices.

The following pages include the knowledge specification of the areas of the standards that apply to keeping children safe. (Complete documents are available from the links in the reference page at the end of this guide.)

·  Children Workforce Development Council Induction Standards.

·  Common Core of Skills and Knowledge for the Children’s Workforce.

·  Safeguarding Children and Young People; Roles and Competencies for Health Care staff Intercollegiate Document.

The areas of knowledge specification covered during training are highlighted in these documents, however it is essential that the manager or supervisor confirm their employee’s knowledge during supervision. Some areas of skills, competence or knowledge are not covered in formal training sessions due to the issues having being local or organisational differences or are only observable in practice.

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