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SUMMARY:Online Addictions: The influence of social media and online personalities.
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ From £90\n🎧 This webinar is for children and adult safeguarding practitioners and leads in all organisations and sectors.\n📍 Online\n🎥 Watch live or on catch up \n\nCourse outline: \nSocial media\, online gaming and digital content are increasingly embedded in young people’s everyday lives. While these platforms can offer connection\, entertainment and opportunities for learning\, they can also encourage compulsive behaviours and expose young people to potentially harmful influences. \nThis webinar will explore online addictions and the techniques used by platforms\, influencers and content creators to capture and retain attention. It will consider how online personalities can shape young people’s attitudes\, choices and behaviours\, as well as the signs that healthy online engagement may be becoming problematic. Delegates will gain practical strategies to support young people in developing safer\, healthier and more balanced digital habits. \nTraining topics will include: \n\nUnderstanding online addiction and problematic digital behaviours\nHow social media platforms and online games are designed to encourage continued engagement\nThe influence of content creators\, streamers and online personalities\nParasocial relationships and why young people may place trust in people they follow online\nThe impact of algorithms\, targeted content and online trends\nRecognising signs that online use may be affecting wellbeing\, relationships\, sleep or education\nPractical approaches to early intervention\, support and healthier digital boundaries\nWhen concerns may require escalation or specialist support.\n\nLearning outcomes \nDelegates will: \n\nDevelop a clearer understanding of online addiction and problematic digital use\nRecognise how platforms and online personalities can influence young people’s behaviour and decision-making\nIdentify early warning signs that a young person’s online activity may be becoming harmful\nFeel more confident discussing online habits with young people in an open and non-judgemental way\nGain practical strategies to promote digital resilience\, critical thinking and healthier online engagement\nUnderstand when and how to respond to safeguarding or wellbeing concerns.\n\nBOOK NOW \n*If you would like to become a member and access discounted rates for Sacpa CPD and events\, please click here. \n\nSpeaker: Patrick Foster\, Director | GAM-Ed \nPatrick Foster is a former professional cricketer\, insurance broker and schoolteacher whose life was shattered by a pathological gambling addiction that brought him to the verge of taking his own life in March 2018. \nUsing his experience\, he works with schools\, companies and individuals\, young and old\, raising awareness of the dangers of gambling and associated risk-taking behaviours. By sharing his own story\, he hopes to help others identify if they\, or someone around them\, are experiencing addiction or mental health problems and inspire them to reach out for help. \nPatrick is an ambassador for the Mintridge Foundation\, a registered charity dedicated to enhancing life skills in young people through sport\, building resilience and confidence through sport\, and creating awareness of the importance of mental and physical wellbeing. \nHe is the author of bestselling book Might Bite: The Secret Life of a Gambling Addict\, his brutally honest account of over a decade of pathological gambling addiction to recovery and beyond.
URL:https://www.sacpa.org.uk/event/gaming-and-exposure-to-radicalisation-and-grooming-4/
LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) – This webinar will be recorded\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Online,Webinar
ORGANIZER;CN="The Safeguarding and Child Protection Association":MAILTO:info@sacpa.org.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270413T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270413T123000
DTSTAMP:20260805T144816Z
CREATED:20260715T100842Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260805T144816Z
UID:17246-1807612200-1807619400@www.sacpa.org.uk
SUMMARY:An Introduction to Safeguarding Level 2 Certificate
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ From £135\n🎧 All workers who have direct contact with children and their families\n📍 Online \n\nCourse outline: \nUpdated for Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) 2026 \nA Level 2 Certificate of Attendance is available upon completion. \nThis essential safeguarding refresher is designed for all staff working with children and young people who are not Designated Safeguarding Leads. It incorporates the latest updates from statutory guidance\, inspection standards\, and key learning from recent safeguarding reviews and case studies. \nThe training provides practical\, up-to-date information to ensure staff feel confident in recognising concerns\, responding appropriately\, and fulfilling their responsibilities within a safeguarding framework. \nThis programme can also be delivered on a consultancy basis\, either in-person or online. \nTraining topics will include: \n\nOverview of the legal and statutory safeguarding framework\nRecognising the signs and symptoms of abuse\nUnderstanding specific forms of abuse\, including:\n\nChild Sexual Exploitation (CSE) and Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE)\nGrooming (including online grooming)\nChild-on-Child Abuse\nCounty Lines\nThe Prevent Duty and recognising signs of radicalisation\n\n\nResponding to concerns: identifying\, recording\, and reporting abuse\nPersonal vulnerability and professional boundaries\n\nLearning outcomes: \nBy the end of the session\, participants will be able to: \n\nDemonstrate increased knowledge of how to safeguard and promote the welfare of children\nRecognise a wide range of signs and symptoms associated with different types of abuse\nUnderstand and describe specific safeguarding risks and how they may present in different contexts\nKnow how to respond to a concern\, including how to record and report disclosures or suspicions appropriately\nReflect on their own role\, responsibilities\, and vulnerabilities in the safeguarding process\n\nBOOK NOW \n*If you would like to become a member and access discounted rates for Sacpa CPD and events\, please click here. \n\nSpeaker: \nChristina Fairhead\, State registered nurse \nChristina started nurse training in 1978 and since qualifying as a state registered nurse (SRN) has enjoyed a very varied career. \nBetween 2005 and 2020 Christina held senior NHS roles including the management of safeguarding children services within a Community Health Trust and Health Commissioning Services. \nFrom 2010 to 2020 Christina worked as a Designated Nurse Safeguarding Children first\,  across the city of Leeds then across Local Authority Area of  Kirklees. \nShe has a Master’s Degree in Child Welfare and was awarded the title ‘Queen’s Nurse’ (2019) for “Continued commitment to improving standards of care in the community and to learning and leadership.”
URL:https://www.sacpa.org.uk/event/an-introduction-to-safeguarding-level-2-certificate-7/
LOCATION:Virtual – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Certificate,Online,Seminar
ORGANIZER;CN="The Safeguarding and Child Protection Association":MAILTO:info@sacpa.org.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270415T091500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270415T101500
DTSTAMP:20260805T143701Z
CREATED:20260805T143514Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260805T143701Z
UID:17252-1807780500-1807784100@www.sacpa.org.uk
SUMMARY:SACPA Practice Forum
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ FOC\n📍 Online \n\nCourse outline: \nThe SACPA Safeguarding Practice Forums are free networking sessions available exclusively to SACPA members. Aligned with SACPA’s mission to support safeguarding professionals\, these monthly forums create a dedicated space for sharing knowledge\, insights\, and mutual encouragement. \nEach session brings together safeguarding leads\, practitioners\, senior leaders\, trustees\, and governors to engage in meaningful discussion around a focused safeguarding theme. These virtual gatherings offer a valuable opportunity to stay connected\, informed\, and inspired within a supportive professional community. \nParticipation is open to SACPA members who have registered and received confirmation through our online booking system. If you are not already a SACPA member and want to benefit from networking with other safeguarding leads\, did you know that professional membership pays for itself in as little as two out of the ten scheduled safeguarding practice forum sessions per year? You may want to browse our membership page.  \nBOOK NOW \n*If you would like to become a member and access discounted rates for Sacpa CPD and events\, please click here. \nSpeaker: \nDr Mariya Ali\, Director\, SACPA \nMariya is an internationally recognised safeguarding and child protection expert with over 20 years’ multidisciplinary experience. She has held senior advisory\, academic\, legal\, and leadership roles\, including serving as Maldives Minister of Gender\, Family\, and Human Rights\, leading reforms in child protection law and policy. Internationally\, she has advised UNICEF\, UNDP\, and ECPAT on child sexual abuse\, exploitation\, and protection systems. Holding qualifications in law and child psychology\, she has published widely on child rights\, online safety\, and trauma-informed practice. Mariya’s strategic vision\, policy expertise\, and frontline insight equip her to bring both global perspective and local understanding to SACPA’s mission. \n 
URL:https://www.sacpa.org.uk/event/sacpa-practice-forum-2/
LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) – This event will NOT be recorded\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Forum,Online
ORGANIZER;CN="The Safeguarding and Child Protection Association":MAILTO:info@sacpa.org.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270416T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270416T163000
DTSTAMP:20260805T145325Z
CREATED:20260805T145325Z
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UID:17254-1807867800-1807893000@www.sacpa.org.uk
SUMMARY:Safeguarding International Students Conference
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ From £235\n🎧 DSLs/CPOs\, International Student Leads\, Pastoral & Boarding Staff\, International Child Protection Leads\, Lawyers\, Law Enforcement Officers\, Senior Leaders\, Guardianship & Homestay Providers\n📍 Online (conference)\n🎥 Watch live or on catch up \n\nCourse Outline: \nThis one-day conference provides safeguarding professionals with a global lens on protecting international students in an increasingly complex and polarised world. Participants will explore how geopolitical instability\, cultural identity\, transnational extremism\, digital risk and cross-border care arrangements impact safeguarding responsibilities in education settings. Through expert-led sessions and case clinics\, delegates will strengthen their understanding of culturally responsive practice\, online harm\, guardianship accountability and proportionate responses to emerging risks. The programme combines strategic insight with practical tools to support ethical\, legally sound and trauma-informed safeguarding across international contexts. \nTraining topics will include: \n\nGeopolitical instability and its impact on international student vulnerability\nCulturally responsive safeguarding and building trust across identities\nTransnational extremism\, radicalisation risks and proportionate safeguarding responses\nGuardianship\, homestays and cross-border accountability\nOnline harm\, digital risk and global safeguarding challenges\n\nLearning outcomes: \n\nUnderstand how global conflict\, migration and polarisation shape safeguarding risk\nApply culturally informed approaches to disclosures and student engagement\nRecognise indicators of transnational extremism and respond appropriately\nNavigate safeguarding responsibilities across borders and shared care arrangements\nIdentify and respond to online harm affecting international students\n\nBOOK NOW
URL:https://www.sacpa.org.uk/event/safeguarding-international-students-conference-2/
LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) – This webinar will be recorded\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Conference,Online
ORGANIZER;CN="The Safeguarding and Child Protection Association":MAILTO:info@sacpa.org.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270420T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270420T110000
DTSTAMP:20260805T094903Z
CREATED:20260805T094903Z
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UID:17820-1808215200-1808218800@www.sacpa.org.uk
SUMMARY:Managing the Single Central Register (SCR) in boarding schools
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ From £90\n🎧 All who have responsibility and oversight responsibility of safer recruitment and regulatory compliance including safeguarding professionals and leaders\, trustees\, board members and governors\, bursars and HR professionals.\n📍 Online\n🎥 Watch live or on catch up\n✅ Included in BSA CPD Pass \nCourse outline: \nIs your Single Central Register compliant? \nSchools and colleges must keep a Single Central Record in line with statutory guidance and associated legislation. However\, inaccuracies and missing data in the single central register remains a key area of compliance concern resulting in poor regulatory inspection outcomes which are reflected in judgements on safeguarding leadership. \nThis webinar is developed to support colleagues who have operational and oversight responsibility for the Single Central Record. It covers; \n\nSupporting guidance\nInformation required for SCR\nRetention of evidence\nProcedure for maintaining and checking the SCR\nWhat happens on the SCR if staff or volunteers are found to be unsuitable..\n\nLearning outcomes: \n\nReview of underpinning legislation and guidance\nHow to develop a checklist of SCR requirements for compliance audit\nHow to implement recommended procedures for maintaining and checking the SCR\nWhat to consider in reviewing the SCR if there is a change in suitability.\n\nBOOK NOW \nThis is being held jointly with:
URL:https://www.sacpa.org.uk/event/managing-the-single-central-register-scr-in-boarding-schools-3/
LOCATION:Virtual – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Online,Webinar
ORGANIZER;CN="The Safeguarding and Child Protection Association":MAILTO:info@sacpa.org.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270423T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270423T153000
DTSTAMP:20260814T114502Z
CREATED:20260805T101027Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260814T114502Z
UID:17831-1808476200-1808494200@www.sacpa.org.uk
SUMMARY:Safer Recruitment Consortium Accredited Safer Recruitment Certificate
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ From £235\n🎧 HR Teams\, Senior Leadership\, Governors and Trustees\n📍 Online\n✅ Included in BSA CPD Pass \n\nCourse outline: \n\nThis accredited training course is the widely accepted UK standard for safer recruitment recognised by the government. In line with statutory guidance\, every recruitment panel involved in appointing individuals to work with children must include at least one member who has completed appropriate safer recruitment training.\n\nDelivered by an approved Safer Recruitment Consortium trainer\, this course reflects current legislation and best practice\, drawing on updates to the national Guidance for Safer Working Practice to address evolving expectations around professional conduct.\n\nDeveloped for the education sector by the Safer Recruitment Consortium\, the programme has been expanded to cover all settings involving working with children.\n\nTraining topics will include: \n\nSafer recruitment and the wider context of safeguarding\nPrevalence of abuse and profile of abusers\nHow abusers operate within organisations\nFeatures of a safer recruitment process\nPlanning a safer recruitment process\nMaking the right decisions: interview and selection\nSetting acceptable standards of behaviour\nMaintaining an ongoing culture of vigilance.\n\nLearning outcomes: \n\nCPD/Certification: All participants will receive an accredited SRC course completion certificate alongside participant guidance handbooks. \n\nBOOK NOW \n\nSpeaker: \nSpeaker: Steve Hall\, Chair of the National LADO Network \nSteve brings over 40 years of experience as a qualified social worker and Service Manager in Social Care for various Local Authorities with a background of Front door services\, assessment\, Child Protection\, care experienced children\, Children with Disabilities\, and Quality Assurance. \nHe is an experienced LADO and held the elected role of Chair of the National LADO Network for over 6 years\, stepping down recently in order to focus on training commitments. Steve is an experienced trainer\, providing tailored safeguarding training to a variety of settings. He also provides consultancy\, including investigations\, safeguarding audits\, for a wide range of sectors\, including the police\, Faith\, Sports\, Fostering\, Education\, Early Years and Youth Services. \n\nThis event is held in collaboration with:
URL:https://www.sacpa.org.uk/event/safer-recruitment-consortium-accredited-safer-recruitment-certificate-4/
LOCATION:Virtual – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Online,Seminar
ORGANIZER;CN="The Safeguarding and Child Protection Association":MAILTO:info@sacpa.org.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270429T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270429T140000
DTSTAMP:20260810T152141Z
CREATED:20260810T130314Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260810T152141Z
UID:17869-1809003600-1809007200@www.sacpa.org.uk
SUMMARY:Beyond Online Safety: Social Media\, Smartphones and Safeguarding Young People
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ From £90\n🎧 \n📍 Online\n🎥 Watch live or on catch up \nCourse outline: \nOnline safety is an ever-evolving area of safeguarding\, with social media and smartphone use playing an increasingly significant role in young people’s lives\, relationships\, wellbeing and development. \nThis webinar will explore current online safety concerns alongside the wider impact of social media and smartphone use on young people’s development\, identity and sense of self. It will consider how patterns of phone and social media use can become habitual or addictive\, and how online spaces may be used as an avoidance or coping mechanism when young people are experiencing difficult emotions or situations. \nThe session will support safeguarding practitioners and those working with young people to look beyond individual online incidents and consider the underlying behaviours\, needs and vulnerabilities that may be influencing a young person’s online activity. \nTraining topics: \n\n\nThe current online safety landscape — headline concerns only\nUnderstand how social media can influence young people’s identity\, development\, relationships and emotional wellbeing\nSmartphone and social media use as an avoidance or coping mechanism\nRecognising when phone/social media patterns signal a wider wellbeing or safeguarding concern\nThe impact of social media on young people’s development and sense of self\nBalancing protection with children’s voice and rights in how we respond\n\n\nLearning outcomes: \nDelegates will: \n\nUnderstand the research on young people in a digital age\nRecognise signs that online behaviour may reflect wider wellbeing or safeguarding needs\nConsider how to balance protective action with respecting a young person’s voice and autonomy\nIdentify one or two practical ways to open conversations about tech use without shutting the young person down\n\n\nBOOK NOW\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker: \nMichelle Smorfitt\, Resilience researcher\, Workplace wellbeing consultant\, and Coach \n \nMichelle Smorfitt is a resilience researcher\, workplace wellbeing consultant\, and coach. She holds an MSc in Integrative Health and Wellbeing (Distinction) from the University of Westminster and is due to complete her PhD on student resilience. Michelle is the Resilience Lead at Persyou\, where she develops innovative approaches to measuring and building resilience in education. Her work focuses on helping young people adapt to change\, manage pressure\, and thrive in an increasingly complex and digital world. \n 
URL:https://www.sacpa.org.uk/event/beyond-online-safety-social-media-smartphones-and-safeguarding-young-people/
LOCATION:Virtual – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Online,Webinar
ORGANIZER;CN="The Safeguarding and Child Protection Association":MAILTO:info@sacpa.org.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270608T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270608T120000
DTSTAMP:20260904T091132Z
CREATED:20260731T153411Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T091132Z
UID:17229-1812448800-1812456000@www.sacpa.org.uk
SUMMARY:Applying the new Information Sharing Guidance
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ From £135\n🎧 DSL\, DDSL\, Senior leaders\, pastoral support\, behaviour leads\, early help workers\, support workers\, family workers\, safeguarding leads\n📍 Online \n\nCourse outline: \nThe new government advice for safeguarding practitioners on information sharing reframes the 7 golden rules and shifts the focus of information sharing from consent to legal basis. \nThis seminar uses case study examples and group work discussion to provide safe space practice in identifying the appropriate legal basis\, applying the legal basis and recording the legal basis for information sharing. \nTraining topics will include: \n\nWhat does the new government advice say\nThe reframing of the 7 golden rules\nWhat is legal basis vs. consent and why the change\nThe interface with health information sharing guidance\nThe importance of recording information sharing decisions\nPractical group-work application on case study examples\nDifficult conversations: explaining the rationale for information sharing decisions.\n\nLearning outcomes: \n\nIncrease knowledge and understanding of changes in recent safeguarding information sharing advice\nBe confident about applying and recording the legal basis for information sharing\nIncrease appreciation of the interface between advice and guidance on safeguarding and health information sharing\nConsider how to frame difficult conversations about information sharing decisions and actions.\n\nBOOK NOW \n*If you would like to become a member and access discounted rates for Sacpa CPD and events\, please click here.
URL:https://www.sacpa.org.uk/event/applying-the-new-information-sharing-guidance-2/
LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) – This event will NOT be recorded\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Online,Seminar
ORGANIZER;CN="The Safeguarding and Child Protection Association":MAILTO:info@sacpa.org.uk
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