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Brook Traffic Light Tool Training

Brook’s nationally recognised Sexual Behaviours Traffic Light Tool and training provides a highly visible, multi-agency response that helps professionals to identify, understand and respond appropriately to sexual behaviours in young people.

Aim:

The training and accompanying Tool equip professionals to make consistent and informed decisions that neither stigmatise nor criminalise young people. Participants will learn about healthy sexual development, understand key laws relating to sexual behaviour and gain knowledge on enabling robust and meaningful conversations around harmful sexual behaviours that cause concern. 

Audience:

The HSCP have purchased 200 licences, with the training being delivered by two partner agencies. Therefore, we will be limiting the number of licences allocated to partners.  Ideally, the delegates should be Safeguarding Leads within individual agencies who can support their colleagues/team when there is a need to use the Brook Traffic Light Tool. Once trained, delegates will receive a licence to access the Brook Traffic Light Tool, which they can use to support their colleagues/teams in identifying harmful sexual behaviours.

Joining:

As we are limiting the number of licences per agency, can Agency Leads please identify who in their agency they would like to put forward via email -hscpcourses@hertfordshire.gov.uk – giving their preferred date of training and a backup date. We will let the successful delegates know and will also keep a waiting list for any places that agencies do not require.  

The dates/times for the training are below – each training sessions is 3.5hrs.

10 Jan 2022

1pm to 4:30pm

Facilitator: Claire Cooper

19 Jan 2022

9am to 12:30pm

Facilitator: Orla Burke

8 Feb 2022

9am to 12:30pm

Facilitator: Claire Cooper

24 Feb 2022

9am to 12:30pm

Facilitator: Orla Burke

10 Mar 2022

1pm to 4:30pm

Facilitator: Claire Cooper

28 Mar 2022

9am to 12:30pm

Facilitator: Orla Burke

25 Apr 2022

1pm to 4:30pm

Facilitator: Claire Cooper

26 Apr 2022

9am to 12:30pm

Facilitator: Orla Burke

4 May 2022

9am to 12:30pm

Facilitator: Orla Burke

13 May 2022

1pm to 4:30pm

Facilitator: Claire Cooper

 

Suicide Intervention training - January 2022

The January 2022 Suicide Intervention training dates are now live on Eventbrite. For frontline staff, professionals and volunteers in Hertfordshire.

Target Audience: individuals who may have challenges of supporting individuals who present with suicidal ideation in their services. This may be Hertfordshire Police, citizens advice, job centre plus, third sector organisations, adult social care staff, NHS frontline workers and Public health commissioned services, Faith groups and British transport police.

 

Forthcoming Step 2 Skills Courses

The below forthcoming courses may be of interest to Hertfordshire parents. Please pass on where appropriate.

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    New courses announced at Maxwell Park Community Centre, Borehamwood – Step2Skills is pleased to add two employability courses to our January timetable, to be run from our hub in Borehamwood;

                      Introduction to Customer Services – 5 week course, starting on Thursday 13th January at 10am - £15

                      Introduction to Health & Social Care – 5-week course, starting on Thursday 13th January at 1pm - £15

    Both offer an insight into careers in these industries, giving learners tips, advice and knowledge around these job types. £15 fee may be waived in exceptional circumstances. Please phone to discuss on 01992 556194.

    To book your space, please visit our website at www.step2skills.org.uk.

     

    Hybrid teaching format being trialled at Step2Skills – Learn from home or face-to-face!

    Step2Skills is delighted to be offering a new, HYBRID teaching format this January on an Essential Digital Skills Qualification course (EDSQ), allowing learners to choose whether to study from home or at the venue!

    The first course being delivered in this hybrid format is our FREE Essential Digital Skills Qualification (EDSQ) which is a new standard of qualification developed by The Department for Education (DfE) to enable all adults to develop their ICT knowledge and skills to use in their personal lives, or to support them in their careers.

    Learners can join the face-to-face classes at the Bedwell Community Centre in Stevenage or can join online, in real-time via their computer at home. The course starts on Monday 17th January and continues for 18 weeks with one 3-hour lesson weekly.

    To book your space, please visit our website at www.step2skills.org.uk.

     

    Spend quality time with your child with Family Learning opportunities at Step2Skills

    Step2Skills is offering several opportunities this January, to both spend quality time with your child while learning and also to learn as an adult about various aspects of supporting your family.

                      Family Coding: An online, 5-week course from 4pm to 6pm, starting Wednesday 12th January. Computer coding now forms part of the school curriculum so if you’d like to get involved and understand more about what your 8 to 11 year old is learning, this after-school course for parents and their child is perfect.

                      Family Mindfulness: A face-to-face, 5-week course in Stevenage from 1pm to 3pm, starting Wednesday 12th January (£15). Either come alone or bring pre-school aged children along with you to learn more about mindfulness and how you can incorporate techniques into the everyday to make life more manageable and focused.

                    Family Health: An online, 5-week course from 10am to 12pm, starting Thursday 13th January (£15). We're in the season of norovirus, flu, colds and more and you may well be constantly clutching a tissue or reaching for a vitamin tablet! If you'd like to enter 2022 with the aim to improve your family's eating habits, exercise regime or general wellbeing, our Family Health course may be just what you're after.

                      Family Fortunes: A FREE, online, 5-week course from 1pm to 3pm, starting Thursday 13th January. New year, new start and if finances get you down, join this free course to learn money-saving tips, budgeting techniques and adjust your lifestyle to fit your financial means.

     

    All these courses are available to book at www.step2skills.org.uk

HSCP Learning & Development Programme

We use this regular page to give you some quick links through to the HSCP learning programmes:-


You can view the latest HSCP/HSAB Autumn 2021 Newsletter is now available on here – Newsletter Autumn 2021

Following the virtual launch of the Hertfordshire Safeguarding Children Partnership’s Neglect Strategy and Joint Campaign with the NSPCC, please see below a link to the Neglect Hub on the HSCP website. The resources available are as follows:

  • Neglect Strategy 2021-24
  • Practice Guidance
  • Neglect Strategy Toolkit
  • Link to the Graded Care Profile tool
  • The presentations from the launch by Dez Holmes, NSPCC and Operations Director, Matt Ansell
  • Posters

Neglect Hub Edge Browser

Neglect Hub Explore Browser


Year of Learning

Information for professionals and volunteers | Hertfordshire County Council

Nov 2021 - Management of Suspicious Bruises/Marks in Infants Under 6 Months Policy

Nov 2021 - Neglect

Sept 2021 - Child Sexual Abuse

June 2021 : Harmful Sexual Behaviours 7 minute briefing

May 2021: Female Genital Mutilation 7 minute briefing

Spot the Signs & Emotional Wellbeing - training for professionals

Spot the Signs & Emotional Wellbeing is a fully-funded programme offering training and workshops to children and young people (CYP), CYP’s parents/carers and professionals working with CYP.

The programme provides psychoeducation, emotional resilience and signposting support to empower young people and the adults around them to feel confident enough to manage their mental and emotional health.

All sessions can be delivered in-person or online upon your request.

You can find more information about the training available.

Workforce development

The vision for Families First training and development is to create a skilled, confident and resilient multi-agency workforce that supports whole family working.

To support this, we have brought together training courses that are available to practitioners across Hertfordshire. We aim to add new resources to this page when available and we have recently added some resources on Trauma Informed practice. 

Please take a look at the page, bookmark and share with teams, where appropriate.

Workforce development (hertfordshire.gov.uk)

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