Early Years Safeguarding for all staff - refresher course (delivered by the Early Years and Childcare Team) (Hove Town Hall)

The Early Years and Childcare Team is pleased to announce the introduction of a new course designed to refresh the essential knowledge, confidence and skills to recognise and respond to safeguarding concerns in compliance with Annex C of the EYFS and local safeguarding procedures.

This course is for all staff in early years who have completed the full-day training in the past 2 years or are experienced safeguarding practitioners. 

Those who are new to safeguarding or who may not have had safeguarding training should complete the full-day training instead.  

This safeguarding course includes:

• what is meant by the term safeguarding
• the main categories of abuse, harm and neglect
• the factors, situation and actions that could lead or contribute to abuse, harm or neglect
• how to work in ways that safeguard children from abuse, harm and neglect
• how to identify signs of possible abuse, harm and neglect at the earliest opportunity, these may include:
  • significant changes in children's behaviour
  • a decline in children’s general well-being
  • unexplained bruising, marks or signs of possible abuse or neglect
  • concerning comments or behaviour from children
  • inappropriate behaviour from adults in the setting, or any other person working with the children
  • any reasons to suspect neglect or abuse outside the setting, for example, in the child’s home or that a child may experience emotional abuse or physical abuse because of witnessing domestic abuse or coercive control or that a girl may have been subjected to (or is at risk of) female genital mutilation
• how to respond, record and effectively refer concerns or allegations related to safeguarding in a timely and appropriate way, both within your setting and in Brighton & Hove
• your setting’s safeguarding policy and procedures
• legislation, national policies, codes of conduct and professional practice in relation to safeguarding
• roles and responsibilities of practitioners and other relevant professionals involved in safeguarding