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Safer Care – Advanced (Zoom)

£500.00 3 hours

Description

Safer Care Training

New Safer Care Course - Enhanced Spring 2026 - Currently only delivered by our lead trainer, Scott Henery

In the current fostering landscape, the concept of "Safer Care" has evolved. It is no longer merely a set of restrictive "house rules"; it has become a dynamic, proactive strategy aimed at protecting the child, the foster family, and the stability of placements.

This training description is designed to reflect the 2026 UK Fostering Reforms, incorporating the latest shifts toward risk-sensible (rather than risk-averse) practice.

This course aligns with the updates to the 2026 National Minimum Standards and the Working Together to Safeguard Children (2024/25) framework. It shifts away from "blanket policies" towards tailored, child-centred safety planning that supports a normal family life while upholding professional safety standards.

Learning Aims:

  • The Modern Safer Caring Plan (SCP)Moving Beyond the Template: How to co-produce a living document with social workers that reflects the child's growing maturity and specific history.
  • The "Delegated Authority" Balance: Understanding your rights to make everyday "parental" decisions while staying within safer care boundaries.
  • Case Study: Transitioning from restrictive oversight to "risk-sensible" autonomy for teenagers.
  • Beyond the Router: Managing "extra-familial" risks, including AI-generated content, online grooming trends, and peer-on-peer dynamics.
  • The Connected Home: Safer care protocols for smart devices, gaming consoles, and social media privacy in a fostering context.
  • Therapeutic Touch: Navigating the need for physical affection in healing trauma while maintaining clear professional boundaries.
  • Environmental Safety: Practical home management—from bedroom protocols and bathroom routines to "safe-space" configurations.

Why This Course is Essential

The fostering sector is currently undergoing a radical shift toward retaining high-quality carers by reducing the fear of allegations and bureaucracy. This course empowers you to:

  • Reduce Anxiety: Replace the fear of "doing something wrong" with the confidence of knowing the latest legal protections.
  • Promote Stability: Understand how robust safer care prevents placement breakdown.
  • Foster with Authenticity: Learn how to provide a "warm, loving home" (as per 2026 DfE guidelines) while remaining strategically safe.

"Safer Caring is the shield that allows the heart of fostering to happen." All participants will receive a digital toolkit including the 2026 SCP Review Checklist and a Guide to the New Allegations Process.

Whose this course for: This course is for school educators, foster carers, and adopters, as well as their supervising social workers. It is also suitable for Residential Child Care Workers (RCCWs) and residential team managers from mainstream, short-breaks, and outreach services.

Format: This is a live training session through the platform "Zoom". It includes taught sections, small group work, work in pairs, and whole group discussions.

Hand-outs & Certificates: Downloadable course notes and certificates of attendance are provided.

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This option is aimed at an audience with prior knowledge of the subject and isn’t suitable for.  Those that are new to the subject would be better with our standard course.

Empowering Safety: Bespoke Safeguarding & Child Protection Training

Why Choose Bespoke Training?

Generic training can leave staff feeling unprepared for the real-life scenarios they face. Our tailored approach ensures the content, delivery method, and case studies are directly relevant to your sector (e.g., education, healthcare, sport, charity, corporate), your local policies, and the specific vulnerabilities and risks present in your community.

Our Specialised Training Pillars

We design engaging, practical, and compliant training across three core areas:

  • For Professionals Working with Children (Child Protection): Focuses on recognising the signs of abuse and neglect, statutory guidance (e.g., Working Together to Safeguard Children), robust reporting procedures, and the creation of a safe, child-focused culture.
  • For Professionals Working with Adults (Adult Safeguarding): Focuses on the principles of the Care Act, understanding different types of harm, promoting wellbeing, Mental Capacity Act (MCA) considerations, and ensuring person-led safeguarding responses.
  • Blended Cohorts (Safeguarding for All Ages): Ideal for organisations whose staff or volunteers interact with both children and adults (e.g., community centres, housing associations, religious organisations). This training highlights the common principles of good practice while clearly delineating the different legal frameworks, signs of harm, and reporting routes for each demographic.

Invest in training that transforms knowledge into action. Equip your team with the confidence and competence to protect those in your care proactively.

Need more time?

We recognise that sometimes groups need more time for discussions and group work. This can mean that a two-hour session is just not long enough to explore the curriculum and engage in question and answer sessions. So we are you offering the opportunity to extend the session by an hour to allow your trainees the chance to explore the curriculum fully!

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