Participation Works

Who the course is for:

Practitioners, staff and volunteers that work with children and young people in all settings.

Aim of the course:

To provide delegates with a better insight into safeguarding issues when working with children and young people and on ways to improve and provide a safe environment for children and young people.  

Information about the course:

This one-day course developed by National Council for Voluntary Youth Services (NCVYS) supports organisations in developing and applying safe policies and procedures when working with young people.

The course gives participants an understanding of their roles and responsibilities in ensuring the safety of children and young people. It also addresses key signs to look for if a young person is being harmed within a project or externally.  This entails an exploration of risk assessment and how to plan safe activities to reduce the risk of  children and young people coming to harm.

The key elements of a child protection and safeguarding policy and procedure will be introduced, providing participants with the basic knowledge and understanding to write their own bespoke policy and procedures.

Learning outcomes:

By the end of course delegates will have:

• An understanding of the importance of safeguarding in youth participation work
• An awareness of what constitutes child abuse and harm
  and how to detect signs and symptoms of abuse
• Know how to prevent and deal with a situation of harm occurring to a young person in care.  

This one-day course was developed by National Council for Voluntary Youth Services (NCVYS). NCVYS is a member of the Participation Works consortium.

The course outline as a factsheet can be downloaded below

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Upcoming Events

24th March 2010	Safeguarding in Youth Participation, Nottingham 24/03/10
27th April 2010	Safeguarding in Youth Participation, London 27/04/10
24th June 2010	Safeguarding in Youth Participation, Leeds 24/06/10
14th September 2010	Safeguarding in Youth Participation, Birmingham 14/09/10
30th November 2010	Safeguarding in Youth Participation, London 30/11/10
17th February 2011	Safeguarding in Youth Participation, Birmingham 17/02/11