Multi Disciplinary Safeguarding Training

Aberdeen City Council Child Protection Committee commission a range of multi agency GIRFEC and child protection training courses. These are delivered by our Multi Disciplinary Safeguarding Training Officers who work alongside the Child Protection Committee’s Learning & Development Co-ordinator to design, develop, and deliver up-to-date safeguarding training courses, suitable for all staff within the children’s services workforce in Aberdeen City.

Courses include

Assessing & Planning (GIRFEC)

This training covers how to undertake an assessment using the GIRFEC tools, ensuring all partners to the child's plan can fully contribute.

It is a requirement that you complete the e-module 'Introduction to Safeguarding' before attending other GIRFEC courses.

'Introduction to Safeguarding' is an E-module available via accessing the following link:

Introduction to Safeguarding e-module (GIRFEC) | Aberdeen City Council

We also recommend that you complete the 'Managing, Recording & Sharing Information'

E-Module available in video format before attending any live GIRFEC courses:

Managing Recording & Sharing Information (GIRFEC) | Aberdeen City Council

Risk, Analysis & Thresholds (GIRFEC)

This course examines how we identify, assess, analyse, and manage risk. It promotes understanding of needs and risks within the framework of a child's whole world. A number of practical exercises enable participants to increase their use of GIRFEC tools to increase and improve analysis of the child's situation.

It is a requirement that you complete the e-module 'Introduction to Safeguarding' before attending other GIRFEC courses.

'Introduction to Safeguarding' is an E-module available via accessing the following link:

Introduction to Safeguarding e-module (GIRFEC) | Aberdeen City Council

We also recommend that you complete the 'Managing, Recording & Sharing Information'

E-Module available in video format before attending any live GIRFEC courses:

Managing Recording & Sharing Information (GIRFEC) | Aberdeen City Council

Effective Chronologies (GIRFEC)

This training examines the framework & guidance for developing Chronologies to ensure high quality and effective information gathering. It offers the opportunity to improve practice by providing practical opportunities for completing and assessing both single and multi-agency chronologies.

It is a requirement that you complete the e-module 'Introduction to Safeguarding' before attending other GIRFEC courses.

'Introduction to Safeguarding' is an E-module available via accessing the following link:

Introduction to Safeguarding e-module (GIRFEC) | Aberdeen City Council

We also recommend that you complete the 'Managing, Recording & Sharing Information'

E-Module available in video format before attending any live GIRFEC courses:

Managing Recording & Sharing Information (GIRFEC) | Aberdeen City Council

Managers Course – Early Intervention (GIRFEC)

This course covers children and young people’s mental health and identifying and acting on early indicators of neglect and emotional abuse.

This course recognises that Managers sometimes find it difficult to fit in time for training. This new course gives you the opportunity to update your knowledge, get a look at the multi-agency child protection training available for front line staff in Aberdeen, and also meet with other Managers in a multi-agency setting.

Introduction to Safeguarding (GIRFEC) – E-Module

The key messages of the Introduction to Safeguarding training module are:

To introduce the GIRFEC National Practice Model and tools available to improve assessment of children and young people’s wellbeing.
To increase awareness of legislation and policy context for current safeguarding of Scotland’s children.
To develop professional skills in identifying and reporting child protection concerns.
To increase professional understanding of the processes in place to safeguard children and the need for multi-agency working and information

* Please allow apx 2 hours to complete this module.

Managing, Recording & Sharing Information (GIRFEC) – E-Module

The key messages of the Managing Recording & Sharing Information training module are:

To ensure that professionals understand the importance of high quality, secure record keeping.
To ensure that professionals understand the need for appropriate multi-agency information sharing.
To increase awareness of data protection legislation and in particular highlight the importance of GDPR (General Data Protection Regulations) to ensure the legal basis for information sharing is recognised.

* Please allow apx 1 hour to complete this module.

We can also deliver bespoke training courses on request.

Further information

For information on the above courses and all others currently available within the City both face-to-face and via Teams, follow the link to the Aberdeen Protects website where you can find out about the wide range of safeguarding training available to support your practice, and to book your course.

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