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How to Book

You can view and book our training via the online Learning Management System – log in or create an account here. Before booking onto a course, please read the information below. Please note there is a limit of 3 people per organisation allowed on any one course. This is so each training remains multi-agency with attendance from various organisations.

Managers or nominated leads can be assigned as a delegate manager on the LMS to manage bookings of others. To be assigned as a delegate manager please create an account in the usual way and then email the admin team: kbsp.training@bristol.gov.uk. For help navigating the LMS please see our LMS User Guide.

Training Programme

All our courses are multi-agency and are delivered either by our trainer or by a partner agency. Our training programme is hybrid, offering both online and in-person courses.

We review the training programme annually and revise it according to the feedback received from our partner agencies, course participants, identified learning from statutory reviews, examples of best practice and changes to legislation or statutory guidance.

Details and dates for all training can be found on the LMS.

Core Courses

Our core training courses must be attended in order – please note the prerequisites for each course below as well as the working groups. You must attend Working Together before attending any of the other training courses.

If you have attended our Advanced Child Protection course within the last two years, you may refresh your training with the same course or choose one of our specialist courses.

Course Name	Pre-requisites	Working Groups	NHS Level	Course Length
Working Together: Our Shared Responsibility	N/A	B&C	2	Full day
Advanced Child Protection Training for Safeguarding Leads and Specialist Practitioners	Working Together or DSL training from SET	C&D	3	Full day
Child Protection for Managers	Advanced Child Protection Training for Safeguarding Leads and Specialist Practitioners	D	4	Full day
Safeguarding Adults	Working Together	B&D	3	Full day

Specialist Courses

We recommend that staff attend specialist courses once every two years, in between attending the core training for their working group.

Course Name	Pre-requisites	Working Groups	NHS Level	Course Length
Domestic Abuse and Safeguarding	Advanced Child Protection Training for Safeguarding Leads and Specialist Practitioners	B, C&D	3	Full day
Safer Recruitment – Children, Adults and Education	Advanced Child Protection Training for Safeguarding Leads and Specialist Practitioners	C	3	Full day
Raising Awareness of Child Exploitation; Contextual Safeguarding Approach	Advanced Child Protection Training for Safeguarding Lead and Specialist Practitioners	B&C	2	Half day
Graded Care Profile 2 Training (free)	N/A	All	2	6 hours

Working Groups Explained

To choose the right course for you, read through the below working groups to identify the group that is most relevant to the safeguarding and child protection duties within your role. You will then be able to identify the courses designed for your working group on the training programme.

You have some, infrequent contact with children and/or families but do not work directly with children as part of your job, however you do have a responsibility to contribute to the safeguarding of children.
Examples of Group A jobs include drivers, caretakers, HR staff, trustees, domestic staff, security staff.
Group A staff do not need to complete any inter-agency training. Group A training should be provided by your own agency and will be referred to as Induction/Foundation/Awareness/In-house training.
All staff should receive Group A training from their employer.

You have contact with children and/or families on a regular basis; most of them do not have social care involvement.
You need to recognise safeguarding and Child Protection concerns and act on them appropriately. You might attend family meetings in relation to concerns, contribute to assessments and plans and work with other agencies and organisations to help keep children safe. You will do this with the support of your lead safeguarding professional.
Group B staff should complete inter-agency training.
Examples of Group B jobs include, teaching and pastoral support staff in schools, early years practitioners, Police, Probation practitioners, healthcare practitioners working with children or families, practitioners in VCSE organisations, youth workers.

You have contact with children and/or families on a regular basis. You work intensively with children/families where there are safeguarding concerns and/or you have specific responsibility in relation to safeguarding within your setting.
Your job might include completing work with children/families directly related to reducing the risk of harm to the children, making decisions about when to request a service from children and families services, completing referrals for specialist services, completing assessments and reports for Child Protection conferences and Child in Need meetings and ensuring that actions allocated to your organisation are completed.
You might be responsible for offering advice and support to other staff in your organisation, delivering foundation level/induction child protection training for staff and ensuring that policies and practice within your setting is in line with current legislation and statutory guidance.
Examples of Group C jobs include: social care practitioners, Designated Safeguarding Leads, Named Safeguarding GP’s, specialist Health Visitors, School Nurses, Safeguarding champions, Investigation officers, Safeguarding Coordination Unit staff

You are an operational or strategic manager in an organisation that employs staff to work with children and families (or you have responsibility for commissioning services for children and families).
You are responsible for ensuring that the safeguarding work undertaken within your setting is effective and efficient.
You have oversight for the development of systems, policies and practices within your organisation to keep children safe and work effectively in partnership with others.

Who is KBSP Training for?

KBSP inter-agency training is designed for professionals that work with adults, children, young people, families and communities. KBSP courses are localised to the Bristol area. If your work setting sits on the border between Bristol and South Gloucestershire/Bath and North East Somerset, you may attend KBSP training but we advise that you check with your line manager before applying.

Why Multi-Agency Training?

Attending training in mixed groups has been proven to build relationships between different workplaces. It also means that people can share their experiences and learn from each other. It is our objective to deliver quality training in a safe and reflective environment.

Training Fees

You must include full invoicing details when you book on the LMS regardless of whether your place is funded, in case we need to charge in line with our cancellation policy.

Please ensure that details provided are correct and include a purchase order or budget code/cost code relating to your organisation – check this with your line manager or finance team before booking. Mark 'N/A' in the PO/Budget code field if this is not applicable to your organisation. Bristol City Council staff (excluding local authority school staff): Cost codes MUST be included on application (ask your manager for this).

If your agency does not currently contribute to the KBSP budget, there will be the following fees for attending our training, unless otherwise stated:

£100 per person for a full-day course
£50 per person for a half-day course

Voluntary organisations: if your income is less than £100,000 per annum then places can be booked for 50% of the full charge. We can only accept requests for half price places at the time of booking.

Cancellations and No-Show Policy

If you need to cancel your training place, please cancel on the LMS by visiting the 'History & Bookings' area of your account.

Cancellation Policy:

Places cancelled more than five working days prior to the course date will not incur a charge.
Places cancelled less than five working days prior to the course date without good reason will be charged in full. If you need to cancel your place less than five working days prior to the course date, you must also follow up your cancellation with an email to the training team (KBSP.training@bristol.gov.uk) explaining the cause of your absence, copying in your manager. Your reason for non-attendance is essential to ensure we only invoice for cancellation where it is fair to do so. If a reason is not provided, the full cost will be charged.
Non-attendance without cancellation/notification will incur a charge of the full cost of the course.

Why five days? We operate a five-day cancellation policy to ensure adequate turnaround time for individuals on waiting lists to take up cancelled places and rearrange their schedules. Our courses are in high demand. Please cancel your place at the earliest opportunity if you know that you are unable to attend.

Frequently Asked Questions

Our training email inbox receives a high number of emails. Please read the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) before contacting the training team with enquiries. Any enquiries received that are answered on the Frequently Asked Questions page will be deleted without a reply.

If the answer to your enquiry is not given on the FAQ's page, please email the kbsp.training@bristol.gov.uk inbox with the subject heading ''NEW ENQUIRY'' and we will respond as soon as possible.

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