Seminars & Webinars
Safeguarding and Child Protection
Disclosures
Information Sharing
Recognising & Responding to Grooming
Child Protection Leads
Recognising & Responding to Child Abuse & Neglect – Health
Safeguarding Children in Emergencies
Applied Child Protection Practice
Child Protection Leads for Play, Active Recreation and Sport
Keeping Children Safe for Youth Sport Coaches
Safeguarding and Child Protection for Sport
Code of Conduct
Child Protection Policy
Keeping Children Safe for Youth Leaders
Our training is structured as progressive learning. It is essential that our learners complete an entry level course in recognising and responding to child abuse and neglect, before moving onto our more advanced and specific trainings. These advanced trainings are relevant to specific roles and areas of work that assist you to build upon the entry level knowledge with the skills you need.
Safeguarding and Child Protection
This training is your starting point on your safeguarding and child protection learning journey. It would also serve as a good refresher as it is an introduction to the essentials of safeguarding and child protection. You will gain an understanding of the impact of child abuse and neglect, including family violence and sexual violence, along with the knowledge of what you can do to prevent and minimise the risk of harm to tamariki and rangatahi. You will gain confidence in the actions you need to take when you are worried about a child or young person. This knowledge is essential for everyone who works with our tamariki and rangitahi.
All content has been developed in line with Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and thus discusses impacts of colonisation and upholds mātauranga Māori as crucial in working with whānau and their tamariki.
Further Information About Safeguarding and Child Protection
What will I learn?
- How prevalent child abuse and neglect is in New Zealand.
- How to recognise and confidently respond to signs of abuse and neglect including family violence and sexual violence.
- How to handle disclosures of abuse and neglect including family violence and sexual violence.
- The vital role that a Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy play in keeping children safe.
- Understanding and navigating the challenges which may impede helping a child.
- Relevant legislation and guidance established to protect children.
Who is this course for?
Anyone who works directly or indirectly with children or young families in either a professional or volunteer capacity. Sectors which have found this course beneficial include (but is not limited to):
- Early Childhood Education
- Education Providers – primary, intermediate and secondary schools
- Specialist Education – learning support schools
- Social Services
- Healthcare – doctors, nurses, therapists, counsellors etc
- Faith Groups
Key Information
Format: PowerPoint presentation with group work activities and discussion
Delivery: Webinar (virtual) or Seminar (face to face)
Duration: Webinar 2.5 hours, Seminar 3.5 hours (both with short break and Q&A’s included)
Certificate: Certificate issued via email upon completion of course
Price (incl. GST):
Public: Webinar $60pp, Seminar $145pp Register Now
In-house: Contact us for a price for your organisation
Disclosures
Evidence from child abuse survivors shows that for the vast majority of children their disclosure journey was negative. There were numerous missed opportunities for intervention and support identified along these journeys. Negative journeys were characterised by poor responses from those to whom they had disclosed, lack of support, particularly emotional support, and a lack of protective action taken. Recognising a disclosure, and how you respond is vitally important to ensure children and young people feel believed and can access the support they need.
Take this course to acquire and build the knowledge and skills required to help a child.
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What will I learn?
- Different types of disclosure.
- How to respond effectively to those different types of disclosures.
- Navigating a disclosure.
- How to create an organisation that children and young people feel is safe to disclose abuse and neglect within.
- What international research tells us are the things that children and young people need during and after a disclosure.
- The 7 R’s.
- Internal and external risks.
- Barriers to responding.
- Information sharing.
- Reporting thresholds.
Who is this course for?
- Early Childhood Education
- Education Providers – primary, intermediate, secondary schools & out of school care
- Specialist Education – learning support schools
- Social Services
- Healthcare – doctors, nurses, therapists, counsellors etc
- Faith Groups
- Sport
- Youth Services
Key Information
Format: PowerPoint presentation with group work activities and discussion
Delivery: Webinar (virtual) or Seminar (face to face)
Duration: Webinar 2.5 hours, Seminar 2.5 hours (both with short break and Q&A’s included)
Certificate: Certificate issued via email upon completion of course
Price (incl. GST):
Public: Webinar $60pp, Seminar $110pp Register Now
In-house: Contact us for a price for your organisation
Information Sharing
Lack of or poor information sharing is a key factor repeatedly identified in many serious case reviews carried out following the death of or serious injury to a child.
Fears about sharing information cannot be allowed to stand in the way of the need to safeguard and promote the welfare of children at risk of abuse or neglect. Every practitioner must take responsibility for sharing the information they hold.
Take this course to make sure you know the recent changes in legislation that allow and support you as a practitioner to share crucial information regarding children’s wellbeing and safety.
Further information about Information Sharing
What will I learn?
- Why we need to share information.
- What ‘good’ information sharing looks like.
- Relevant legislation, including the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989, The Family Violence Act 2018 and The Privacy Act 2020.
- What the legislation requires us to do when requesting and sharing information.
- Recent changes to the legislation.
- How you can apply the above in your practice.
Who is this course for?
- Anyone working regularly with children and young people or their families.
Key Information
Format: PowerPoint presentation with group work activities and discussion
Delivery: Webinar (virtual) or Seminar (face to face)
Duration: Webinar 2.5 hours, Seminar 3.5 hours (both with short break and Q&A’s included)
Certificate: Certificate issued via email upon completion of course
Price (incl. GST):
Public: Webinar $60pp, Seminar $110pp Register Now
In-house: Contact us for a price for your organisation
Recognising and Responding to Grooming
Grooming involves a perpetrator establishing a trusting relationship with a child and those associated with the child’s care and wellbeing, to create an environment in which sexual abuse can occur. Sexual abuse can be prevented if the adults around children know how to recognise grooming and respond effectively.
Take this course to acquire and build the knowledge and skills required to prevent child sexual abuse.
Further information about Grooming
What will I learn?
- Understand the motivations of adults who sexually offend against children.
- Recognise risk factors of child sexual abuse.
- Recognise signs and patterns of grooming, both face to face and online.
- Respond appropriately to grooming concerns.
- Prevent and interrupt grooming behaviour.
Who is this course for?
Parents, caregivers and anyone working with families, children and young people. Whether your safeguarding journey is just starting, part way or near completion.
Key Information
Format: PowerPoint presentation with group work activities and discussion
Delivery: Webinar (virtual) or Seminar (face to face)
Duration: Webinar 2.5 hours, Seminar 2.5 hours (both with short break and Q&A’s included)
Certificate: Certificate issued via email upon completion of course
Price (incl. GST):
Public: Webinar $60pp, Seminar $110pp Register Now
In-house: Contact us for a price for your organisation
Child Protection Leads
Organisations now recognise the importance of having a child protection lead, also known as child protection officer or designated person for child protection. If you are in the role of child protection lead in your organisation this course will help you understand what the responsibilities of that role are and how to meet those responsibilities.
This course will give you a deeper understanding of appropriate responses to child protection concerns by working through scenarios relevant to your sector.
Further information about Child Protection Leads
What will I learn?
- A greater understanding of the responsibilities attached to your lead role.
- Gain confidence in policies and procedures and embedding them across your organisation.
- Recognise the role of your setting in providing early help to vulnerable children in order to minimise and manage risk.
- Managing concerns regarding a child in need of protection or regarding an employee or volunteer of the organisation.
- ‘Professional dangerousness’
- Difficult conversations
- Reporting thresholds and ‘grey’ areas
Who is this course for?
- Child Protection Leads, Designated Person for Child Protection
- Anyone who has the role of being the key person for Child Protection in the organisation
Key Information
Format: PowerPoint presentation with group work activities and discussion
Delivery: Webinar (virtual) or Seminar (face to face)
Duration: Webinar 2.5 hours, Seminar 3.5 hours (both with short break and Q&A’s included)
Certificate: Certificate issued via email upon completion of course
Price (incl. GST):
Public: Webinar $60pp, Seminar $110pp Register Now
In-house: Contact us for a price for your organisation
Recognising & Responding to Child Abuse & Neglect – Health
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What will I learn?
- How prevalent child abuse and neglect is in New Zealand.
- How to recognise and confidently respond to signs of abuse and neglect.
- How to handle disclosures of abuse and neglect.
- The vital role that Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy play in keeping children safe.
- Understanding and navigating the challenges which may impede helping a child.
- Relevant legislation and guidance established to protect children.
- How to effectively share information to keep children and young people safe.
- Guidance on having those difficult conversations with young people and whānau.
- Scenario based learning activities to share knowledge and experiences.
Who is this course for?
Anyone who works directly or indirectly with children or young families in either a professional or volunteer capacity within the health care sector. Health care workers who have found this course beneficial include (but is not limited to):
- Clinicians
- Administrators
- Volunteers e.g. St Johns and hospital volunteers
- Students studying in the health sector
Key Information
Format: PowerPoint presentation with group work activities and discussion
Delivery: Webinar (virtual) or Seminar (face to face)
Duration: Webinar 3 hours, Seminar 3.5 hours (both with short break and Q&A’s included)
Certificate: Certificate issued via email upon completion of course
Price (incl. GST):
Public: Webinar $60pp, Seminar $110pp Register Now
In-house: Contact us for a price for your organisation
Applied Safeguarding and Child Protection
Deepen your knowledge of safeguarding and child protection by working through activities and scenarios that allow you to explore the challenges and realities in practice. We know we develop confidence when we can apply child protection learning to realistic situations in a safe space to do so. This course will provide you with this experience by working in small groups facilitated by one of our expert trainers. All content has been developed in line with Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and thus discusses impacts of colonisation and upholds Mātauranga Māori as crucial in working with whānau and their tamariki. .
Further information about Applied Child Protection Practice
What will I learn?
- Reviewing your safeguarding and child protection knowledge.
- Reflection on how your organisation safeguards children.
- Build confidence in using Information Sharing legislation and collaborative working.
- Professional risk and child vulnerability – learnings from serious case reviews.
- Using “wise” practise. Acknowledging there is no “best” way of doing things for all groups at all times, you will reconcile learning from successful outcomes with existing trusted cultural practices.
- Reflect on barriers we face when working with risk.
- How “Professional dangerousness” can affect our decision making and how we can manage this.
- Engagement with whānau – exploring tools and ideas to improve success and build safety.
- Skills in having difficult conversations.
- Reporting thresholds and “grey” areas.
Who is this course for?
- Designated person
- Child Protection Leads
- Team Leaders
- Managers
- Anyone working regularly with children and young people at risk of neglect and abuse.
Key Information
Format: Group work activities and discussion
Delivery: Workshop (face to face) or Webinar (virtual)
Duration: Workshop 6 hours (short break and Q&A’s included) , Webinar – 2 webinars one week apart each 2.5 hours
Certificate: Certificate issued via email upon completion of course
Contact us for a price for your organisation.
Safeguarding Children in Emergencies
Essential training for everyone involved in emergency management. This course will be valuable for all staff and volunteers of Civil Defence Emergency Management Groups or National Emergency Management Agency. Ensuring children are safeguarded from abuse and neglect during an emergency and that their unique needs are incorporated into civil defence emergency planning. Evidence shows that emergency management plans need to be more child-focussed and address the specific risks to children.
Further information about Safeguarding Children in Emergencies
What will I learn?
- Understand children’s unique vulnerabilities and how to minimise harm.
- Instill confidence to identify vulnerable children and families.
- Increase ability to recognise indicators of abuse in both children and adults.
- Provide guidance for steps to take when concerns are raised.
- Give an understanding of the options available for helping a child including legislation which supports you to do this.
- Help you develop a plan which includes the necessary safeguards to address the risks to children in an emergency setting.
Who is this course for?
Staff and Volunteers of Civil Defence Emergency Management Groups and National Emergency Management Agency
Key Information
Format: PowerPoint presentation with group work activities and discussion
Delivery: Webinar (virtual) or Seminar (face to face)
Duration: Webinar 2.5 hours, Seminar 3.5 hours (both with short break and Q&A’s included)
Certificate: Certificate issued via email upon completion of course
Contact us for a price for your organisation.
Child Protection Leads for Play, Active Recreation & Sport
Sport, Active Recreation and Play organisations now recognise the importance of having a child protection lead, also known as child protection officer or designated person for child protection. If you are in the role of child protection lead in your organisation this course will help you understand what the responsibilities of that role are and how to meet those responsibilities.
This course will give you a deeper understanding of appropriate responses to child protection concerns by working through scenarios likely to arise in your sector.
Further information about Child Protection Leads for Play, Active Recreation and Sport
What will I learn?
- A greater understanding of the responsibilities attached to your lead role.
- Gain confidence in policies and procedures and embedding them across your organisation.
- Recognise the role of your setting in providing early help to vulnerable children in order to minimise and manage risk.
- Managing concerns regarding a child in need of protection or regarding an employee or volunteer of the organisation.
- “Professional dangerousness”.
- Difficult conversations.
- Reporting thresholds and ‘grey’ areas.
Who is this course for?
- Child Protection Leads, Designated Person for Child Protection within play, active recreation and sport
- Anyone who has the role of being the key person for Child Protection in the organisation
Key Information
Format: PowerPoint presentation with group work activities and discussion
Delivery: Webinar (virtual) or Seminar (face to face)
Duration: Webinar 2 hours, Seminar 3.5 hours (both with short break and Q&A’s included)
Certificate: Certificate issued via email upon completion of course
Price (incl. GST):
Public: Webinar $60pp, Seminar $110pp Register Now
In-house: Contact us for a price for your organisation
Keeping Sports Safe for Youth Sports Coaches
Does your club or organisation have young people as junior coaches for children? Youth coaches need to ensure they are working in a safe and appropriate way with children and understand their responsibilities to respond to concerns for child safety. Youth coaches do not have the same responsibilities as adults in recognising and responding to child abuse or neglect. This course will ensure they learn what is relevant for them. Likely scenarios will be worked through and discussed in small groups to embed the learning in a practical way. The content is specifically designed for the 13-20 year old age group.
Further information about Keeping Sports Safe for Youth Sports Coaches
What will I learn?
- Introduction to some of the signs of abuse and neglect for children.
- What they should do if a child discloses abuse to them.
- What they should do if they are worried about an adult or fellow youth coach’s behaviour.
- What are the guidelines for appropriate and safe behaviour when working with children.
- What difficulties and practical issues they may face in applying the above.
Who is this course for?
The content is specifically designed for the 13-20 year old age group.
This course will be run for a minimum group of 15 youth leaders (can be from multiple organisations) who need to be in one room together with an adult from the organisation to support them. The safeguarding consultant will either be in the room in person or via Zoom link and will facilitate the session including answering any questions and providing guidance on the scenario work.
Key Information
Format: PowerPoint presentation with small group work activities and discussion
Delivery: Webinar (virtual) or Seminar (face to face)
Duration: 1.5 hours (with short break and Q&A’s included)
Certificate: Certificate issued via email upon completion of course
Contact us for a price for your organisation
Safeguarding and Child Protection for Sport
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What will I learn?
- Learn to apply safeguarding and child protection practice in sport settings.
- Gain confidence in using the information sharing legislation.
- Gain awareness of the indicators of child abuse and neglect.
- Understand how to respond to a disclosure or concern for a child or young person on your team or in your club.
- Understand your personal barriers and how they could impact your role as a coach, manager, or club administrator.
Who is this course for?
Anyone who works directly or indirectly with our children or young children in either a professional or volunteer capacity within the sporting sector. Such as managers, coaches, trainers, instructors, officials, or parents.
Key Information
Format: PowerPoint presentation with group work activities and discussion
Delivery: Webinar (virtual) or Seminar (face to face)
Duration: Webinar 3 hours, Seminar 3.5 hours (both with short break and Q&A’s included)
Certificate: Certificate issued via email upon completion of course
Price (incl. GST):
Public: Webinar $60pp, Seminar $110pp Register Now
In-house: Contact us for a price for your organisation
Code of Conduct
Working with children and young people is a privilege. Children deserve to be safe as they participate and thrive. Parents and carers rely on the people working and supporting their children to behave in ways that keep their children safe and encourage their development. Police vetting alone will not identify people who are inappropriate or unsafe to work with children; this is why a child-focused Code of Conduct is so important. Many organisations under estimate the importance of a Code of Conduct which is vital in keeping children safe and organisations safe for children.
Further information about Code of Conduct
What will I learn?
- Safeguarding Code of Conduct guidance and development from leading national experts.
- Planning code of conduct content.
- What are the best practice behaviour expectations for those working with children.
- In what contexts are these behaviour expectations needed.
- Embedding a culture of child protection.
- Monitoring and review processes.
Who is this course for?
All organisations who engage with tamariki and rangatahi, or vulnerable adults.
Key Information
Format: PowerPoint presentation with group work activities and discussion
Delivery: Webinar (virtual)
Duration: Webinar 1.5 hours (with short break and Q&A’s included)
Certificate: Certificate issued via email upon completion of course
Price (incl. GST):
Public: Webinar $100 per person and includes hard copy resource mailed to you before the webinar.
In-house: Contact us for a price for your organisation
Resource: Guide to Creating a Safeguarding Code of Conduct. This resource will guide you through the process and is useful as a reference when creating or adapting your code of conduct.
Child Protection Policy
A Child Protection Policy should send out a clear message of accountability and demonstrate your organisations commitment to the safety and protection of children.
It should set the tone or the expectation you have for your staff, volunteers, the organisation and service users. It should keep staff safe by creating a framework to guide them on how to keep children safe. Unfortunately for children, parents, staff and volunteers many organisations see their Child Protection Policy as a tick box exercise to comply with legislation as a way to secure funding.
This course will help you create a child protection policy that children and staff deserve and your organisation can be proud of. Safeguarding Children recommend also completing the Code of Conduct course to ensure staff and volunteers have a clear guide to safe and appropriate interactions with children and young people.
Further information about Child Protection Policy
What will I learn?
- Child Protection Policy guidance and development from leading national experts.
- Embedding a culture of child protection.
- Essential elements to include in a policy.
- Relevant legislation.
- How to structure a policy.
- Monitoring and review processes.
- Child and family versions.
- Child Protection Policy Development Plan to take away.
Who is this course for?
All organisations who engage with tamariki and rangatahi, or vulnerable adults.
Key Information
Format: PowerPoint presentation with group work activities and discussion
Delivery: Webinar (virtual)
Duration: Webinar 1.5 hours (with short break and Q&A’s included)
Certificate: Certificate issued via email upon completion of course
Price (incl. GST):
Public: Webinar $120 per person and includes hard copy resource mailed to you before the webinar: Safeguarding & Child Protection Policy Development & Audit Tool
In-house: Contact us for a price for your organisation
Resource: Safeguarding & Child Protection Policy Development & Audit Tool. This resource will guide you through the process and is useful as a reference when creating or adapting your policies and procedures.
Keeping Children Safe for Youth Leaders
Does your organisation have young people as leaders or mentors for children? Youth leaders need to ensure they are working in a safe and appropriate way with children and understand their responsibilities to respond to concerns for child safety. Youth leaders do not have the same responsibilities as adults in recognising and responding to child abuse or neglect. Likely scenarios will be worked through and discussed in small groups to embed the learning in a practical way. The content is specifically designed for the 13-20 year old age group.
Further information about Keeping Children Safe for Youth Leaders
What will I learn?
- Introduction to some of the signs of abuse and neglect for children.
- What they should do if a child discloses abuse to them.
- What they should do if they are worried about an adult or fellow youth leader’s behaviour.
- What the guidelines are for appropriate and safe behaviour when working with children.
- What difficulties and practical issues they may face in applying the above.
Who is this course for?
The content is specifically designed for the 13-20 year old age group.
This course will be run for a minimum group of 15 youth leaders (can be from multiple organisations) who need to be in one room together with an adult from the organisation to support them. The safeguarding consultant will either be in the room in person or via Zoom link and will facilitate the session including answering any questions and providing guidance on the scenario work.
Key Information
Format: PowerPoint presentation with small group work activities and discussion
Delivery: Webinar (virtual) or Seminar (face to face)
Duration: 1.5 hours (with short break and Q&A’s included)
Certificate: Certificate issued via email upon completion of course
Contact us for a price for your organisation