My Baby’s Brain training – starting in February

You can now book onto upcoming My Baby’s Brain (MBB) training. MBB introduces practitioners, who work with children aged 0-3, to the key principals of neuroscience and how they can help parents, children and babies form strong attachments that will encourage healthy development.

My Baby’s Brain has been running in Hertfordshire since 2011. In that time, the challenges that families face have evolved, particularly because of the current pandemic. To ensure parents continue to be supported at the earliest opportunity, Early Help Commissioning have worked with partners KCA to refresh My Baby’s Brain training to allow for a greater depth of learning for professionals with additional focus on resilience and managing toxic stress. 

Now online, this training is a 3-stage learning programme combining webinars, e-learning and small group tutorials. 

Choose your learning strand A or B and click on the relevant link below to register:

Strand A – My Baby’s Brain Universal: for all professionals working with young families 0-3 years old.

1. Tuesday 22nd February at 10am (90 mins) - Webinar
2. Tuesday 29th March at 10am (90 mins) - Webinar
3. Tuesday 19th or Thursday 28th April at 10am (90 mins) - Tutorial

Strand A registration link

 

Strand B – My Baby’s Brain Targeted: for all professionals working with vulnerable and targeted families.

1. Tuesday 22nd February at 10am (90 mins) - Webinar
2. Wednesday 30th March at 10am (90 mins) - Webinar
3. Wednesday 20th or Tuesday 26th April at 10am (90 mins) - Tutorial

Strand B registration link

For more information and helpful resources, please see My baby's brain | Hertfordshire County Council. You can also find details on our MBB programme.

 

Fully funded Suicide Intervention Training

Hertfordshire County Council has commissioned Harmless to deliver a bespoke, CPD accredited Suicide Intervention course which is free for workers throughout Hertfordshire.

Harmless is a national user-led organisation that provides a range of services about self-harm and suicide prevention. The Suicide Intervention training session is taking place live online for professionals, frontline workers, and volunteers in Hertfordshire who are in contact with those at risk of suicide. 

Register & Book below the date that works for you. 

• 1^st February 2022
• 3^rd February 2022
• 4^th February 2022
• 8^th February 2022 
• 10^th February 2022
• 14^th February 2022
• 16^th February 2022
• 17^th February 2022

Step2Skills February Timetable

We would like to bring you updates from Step2Skills (formerly known as HAFLS).  Details of the February Timetable can be seen below and courses can be booked by following the link to our website here: Step2Skills adult learning (hertfordshire.gov.uk)

We are still continuing to promote English and maths qualifications and anyone within Hertfordshire who is looking to gain a qualification in either of these subjects can apply to do an assessment here: Looking for an English or Maths qualification and live in Hertfordshire?

Finally the second edition of our Step2Skills newsletter is now available here: View the Step2Skills newsletter here

Money Advice Unit - Online Training

There is still time to book onto the Money Advice training programme for Winter 2021. There is a maximum of 15 attendees per course and only 2 attendees from the same organisation are permitted. There are no fees for our online training and the courses are available to all. However priority will be given to those Organisations that reside in Hertfordshire.

Please use the electronic booking form attached; electronic signatures are accepted.

If you are a Training Manager booking on behalf of staff; please remember to still provide the attendee(s) direct email address as well as your own, as this is where the calendar invites will be sent to participants.

 

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.

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

 

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

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To understand our thresholds a bit more, view the Continuum of needs (hertfordshire.gov.uk) 

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Year of Learning

Information for professionals and volunteers | Hertfordshire County Council

Dec 2021 - Medical Neglect

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