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4 - 25 people in a session

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Supporting LGBTIQA+ Young People In Your Care – Advanced (Zoom)

From: £370.00 3 hours

Description

Building understanding, confidence, and compassion to help every young person feel safe, seen, and supported.

 

Exploring gender identity and sexual orientation should be an affirming journey. However, LGBTIQA+ young people frequently face elevated rates of anxiety, social exclusion, and identity-based bullying, making the adults in their lives vital protective factors. Research consistently demonstrates that having even one trusted, affirming adult dramatically improves long-term health, educational, and social outcomes.

 

This practical professional development course equips carers, educators, and support staff with the essential vocabulary, legal awareness, and practical tools required to eliminate environmental barriers and build genuinely inclusive spaces.

Key Learning Highlights

  • Foundational Vocabulary & Spectrum Awareness: Deconstruct sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation, gaining clarity on the full spectrum of diverse identities (including non-binary, agender, pansexual, and asexual).
  • Effective Engagement & Inclusive Language: Master affirmative communication, including correct pronoun usage, avoiding deadnaming, and navigating common language pitfalls with confidence.
  • Trans Identities & Social Transition: Deepen your understanding of gender dysphoria and support social transition processes (name changes, clothing choices, and privacy) at a young person’s own pace.
  • Tackling Identity-Based Bullying: Recognise the subtle forms of homophobic and transphobic bullying (verbal, cyber, and social exclusion) and implement consistent, effective anti-bullying intervention frameworks.
  • Holistic Health & Mental Wellbeing: Address minority stress, self-harm risks, and physical health considerations while signposting to affirming sexual health and gender services.
  • Navigating Physical & Administrative Environments: Overcome access barriers across schools, uniforms, healthcare GP registrations, sports facilities, and housing options.

Why Choose This Course?

This course translates research and lived experience into actionable steps, empowering you to become a trusted, affirming anchor in a young person’s life.

 

Who Should Attend: Foster Carers, Kinship Carers, Residential Care Staff, Educators, Youth Workers, and Social Care Support Staff.

 

Format: This is a live training session through 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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