HSCP Learning & Development Programme

HSCP provide a wide variety of learning programmes and workshops across Hertfordshire to develop skills for safeguarding children, young people and adults.

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

• HSAB and HSCP training and resources | Hertfordshire County Council
• View the HSCP Neglect Hub here:- Neglect Hub | Hertfordshire County Council
• To understand our thresholds a bit more, view the Continuum of needs (hertfordshire.gov.uk)

Recent 7 Minute Briefings

• Abusive Head Trauma in Babies - 7 Minute Briefing
  
  
• 7 minute briefing to support professionals to understand what parental consent is. It has been kept short and on one page, using language that is accessible to all professionals.

• Also a 7 Minute Briefing on the Bruising Policy .  This briefing can also be found on our website –Resources/Year of Learning.

• 7 minute briefing on Medical Neglect from HSCP.

My Baby's Brain courses for professionals

You can now book onto our redesigned ‘My Baby’s Brain’ full day courses for professionals working with young children and parents:

My Baby’s Brain introduces practitioners, who work with children aged 0-3 years old, 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 redesigned and will now be delivered virtually over one day. We are also offering Deep Dive Webinars to delve into topics such as shame even further! The following trainings are available:

1. My Baby’s Brain Universal (Strand A) – 1-day virtual training for practitioners delivering universal support to children and families in the early years e.g., Health Visitors, Midwives & Family Centre workers.

• Thursday the 18th of January 2024 at 9.30am-3pm
• Monday the 5th of February 2024 at 9.30am-3pm

Link to book your place: Strand A Registration Link

2. My Baby’s Brain Universal (strand B) – 1-day virtual training for practitioners delivering targeted services to children and families e.g., Family Safeguarding and Specialist Services, Family Centre practitioners & specialist midwives.

• Tuesday the 23rd of January 2024 at 9.30am-3pm
• Monday the 12th of February 2024 at 9.30am-3pm

Link to book your place: Strand B Registration Link

3. My Baby’s Brain Deep Dive Webinar: ‘Beyond shame: developing a positive sense of identity’ - for practitioners who work with children aged 0-3 years old and their families that have already completed My Baby’s Brain training (strand A or B).

• Tuesday 14^th November 2023 at 11am-12.30pm
• Wednesday the 6^th of March 2024 at 11am-12.30pm *Please note, content of this Deep Dive session is to be confirmed.

How to book your place: Those who have previously completed My Baby’s Brain training or are booked to complete strand A or B training will be sent a link via email to book a place on this training.

 

You can find further information and check out Frequently Asked Questions at My Baby's Brain - for Professionsals (hertfordshire.gov.uk) or email us at ehcommissioning@hertfordshire.gov.uk

 

FREE My Teen Brain - online training

The Early Help Commissioning Team are pleased to announce the upcoming FREE  My Teen Brain Online Training course for Hertfordshire practitioners.  This 1-day CPD course is for those working with parents of teenagers and/or working with teenagers in Hertfordshire. It provides an opportunity to understand teenage brain development and the adolescent developmental process and consider both risk and resilience. It includes ideas and strategies for professionals working with teenagers and their parents to help them cope with challenging feelings and behaviour and to support young people in an emotionally healthy context. The day brings together the latest understanding from neuroscience and developmental psychology and the principles of The Nurturing Programme from Family Links The Centre For Emotional Health.

It you are interested in attending one of the dates later in the year, please email EHcommissioning@hertfordshire.gov.uk

8th November 23	10am – 3pm
6th December 23	10am – 3pm
23rd January 24	10am – 3pm
29th February 24	10am – 3pm
19th March 24	10am – 3pm

 

 

Money Advice Unit Training Programme, Autumn & Winter 2023

The Money Advice Unit Training Programme and booking form for AUTUMN & WINTER 2023.

All the courses are free of charge but please note we will only accept bookings from organisations in Hertfordshire. Due to demand, we only allow a maximum of two participants from each organisation per course.

If you want to book for more than one person, please complete a separate booking form for each person.

Once you return the completed booking form(s) to us, the attendees will receive a booking confirmation email within 5 working days. Please check your junk folder as sometimes our emails go to the junk folder straight away.

 

View the latest edition of Herts Adviser.

Workforce Shadowing

Suicide Prevention Training

The Suicide Prevention Network involves more than 20 organisations. Our vision is to make Hertfordshire a county where no-one ever gets to a point where they feel suicide is their only option.

Suicide Prevention Training Courses (suicidepreventionherts.org.uk)

Suicide Bereavement support

New upcoming dates for fully funded CDP suicide bereavement training, delivered by Harmless.

Those attending will benefit from the following learning outcomes:

• The magnitude of suicide bereavement
• Suicide loss as a unique form of complex bereavement
• ‘Complicated grief’, trauma, and other individual responses to suicide
• The wider impact of bereavement on those exposed to or affected by suicide
• The stigma and shame associated with suicide and bereavement
• Bereavement by suicide as a unique risk factor for suicide
• Responding to those bereaved by suicide, and how we can help to support them
• Key UK strategic guidance and research on best practice in shaping services to incorporate suicide bereavement support
• Postvention: what is means and why it matters
• A local service perspective: CHUMS work supporting those affected

Click here for more information, dates and booking details 

Reducing Parental Conflict - training audit

Hertfordshire County Council are funded by the Department of Work and Pensions to deliver training and resources to practitioners working with families to have the skills, confidence and resources to support parents where parental conflict has been identified to improve outcomes for children.

The Early Help Commissioning team will be evaluating the impact of reducing parental conflict training delivered across teams and partners to understand how many people have accessed training and how confident staff feel in using this training. This will support us to identify any training gaps and address any future commissioning needs.

We invite ALL practitioners working with families to complete the short, 3 minute training survey below. 

Training Audit Survey

Survey closing date 17^th November 2023