Events
Welcome to Blackpool Safeguarding Partnerships' Multi Agency Training and Workforce Development Offer
Blackpool supports a culture of continuous multi-agency learning and improvement by providing a wide range of opportunities for agencies to come together and reflect, to improve quality of safeguarding services and ‘learn together’ from experiences, to support the delivery of better outcomes for adults, children, young people and families.
The Workforce Development Strategic Delivery Group provides a strategic overview of training and all workforce development activity relating to all aspects of safeguarding on behalf of Blackpool Safeguarding Adults Board, Blackpool Safeguarding Children Multi-agency Safeguarding Arrangements and Blackpool Community Safety Partnership. Courses will be varied to support key priorities and learning from recent reviews.
All training will be delivered against the following levels, with staff group examples given to allow agencies to identify which course is relevant to attend.
- Level 1 Basic Awareness - healthcare receptionists, volunteers, carers, taxi drivers, maintenance workers, sports coaches, police staff.
- Level 2 Intermediate - youth workers, teachers, social workers, healthcare workers, care home workers, housing officers, paramedics.
- Level 3 Advanced - designated safeguarding leads and officers, GPs, mental health workers, school staff, police officers, social workers, early help workers, health visitors.
- Level 4 Specialist - managers, supervisors and strategic leads, partnership members and staff requiring specialist knowledge to provide key support for children or vulnerable adults at risk.
Charges: non-attendance charging policy
As agreed by BSAB, MASA, BSafe, a non-attendance charging policy for training events has now been implemented.
All multi-agency training is free of charge to participants who attend from all agencies working in Blackpool. However, it is important that we can allocate places and maximise the resource available to continue to make multi-agency training accessible across the workforce.
It has therefore been agreed that any training places not attended, or cancelled within 5 working days of the course running, will incur the following cancellation/non-attendance charges:
- £50 per person for half-day training
- £75 per person for a full-day course
If you have a place booked and an emergency arises within the 5 working days prior, or if you are unable to attend on the day, we will accept another person attending in your place if we are notified at safeguardingtraining@blackpool.gov.uk in advance of the course start time.
If you are not able to email us, your manager must let us know on your behalf. You, or you manager, must let us know if you can't attend at least 5 working days before the course.
PLEASE NOTE
To ensure fairness and equity in application of this policy, charges will be incurred as described above, in all circumstances. Any concerns regarding this policy should be raised with the business unit by emailing safeguardingtraining@blackpool.gov.uk.
Access the full charging policy here.