Statutory & child protection

The foundations every team needs

Core statutory training that keeps your organisation compliant and your people safe, covering safeguarding through to first aid.

  • Safeguarding & child protectionAligned to Keeping Children Safe in Education and current statutory guidance.
  • Care CertificateThe recognised induction standard for new care staff.
  • First aidFull first aid at work, emergency first aid and paediatric first aid.
  • Prevent dutyRecognising and responding to radicalisation risks.
  • Data protection & information governanceHandling sensitive records safely and lawfully.
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Children's residential care

Role specific training for residential care staff and managers, built around the realities of running a home well.

  • Trauma informed practice & attachmentUnderstanding behaviour through the lens of experience.
  • Missing from care & contextual safeguardingSpotting risk early and responding well.
  • Medication safety, recording & reportingGetting the basics right, every time.
  • Supervision & reflective practiceSupporting staff wellbeing and consistent decision making.
  • Safer recruitmentBuilding a team you can trust.

Qualification pathway: Level 3 Diploma for Residential Childcare (England), with managers progressing to Level 5.

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Supported accommodation

Training aligned to the Supported Accommodation (England) Regulations 2023, built for staff supporting young people towards independence.

  • Support versus careUnderstanding where the boundary sits and why it matters.
  • Risk managementSupporting independence while keeping people safe.
  • Independence skillsPractical support that builds real life skills.
  • Safeguarding, escalation & documentationKnowing when and how to act, and how to record it well.
Education

Education sector

Training that helps schools and education settings meet their safeguarding duties with confidence.

  • Keeping Children Safe in EducationThe current statutory guidance, explained clearly.
  • Teachers' Standards & professional developmentSupporting growth across your teaching staff.
  • Safer recruitment panel trainingBuilding robust, compliant recruitment processes.
  • Online safety, filtering & monitoringAwareness training for a changing digital landscape.
Where a care career starts

Residential Ready

Full course details

The starting course for people new to residential childcare, taken online at your own pace or face to face with your team. No experience needed, and nothing to complete beforehand.

  • Online£195 per learner
  • Face to faceQuoted for your group
  • Online, time to complete1 to 3 weeks
  • AccreditationCPD certified

The twelve modules

  • Safeguarding and child protection
  • Professional boundaries
  • Trauma informed practice
  • Understanding behaviour
  • Mental health, self injury and ligature awareness
  • Equality, diversity and inclusion
  • Health and safety, fire awareness, infection prevention
  • GDPR, data protection and recording
  • Whistleblowing
  • Medication awareness
  • Missing from care
  • Introduction to residential practice
Residential Ready is one step on a longer route. It sits on a pathway that runs from a first day in a children's home, through the Level 3 and Level 5 diplomas, to Registered Manager. See the full career pathway

Delivered the way that works for you

All of our courses are CPD certified and mapped against current statutory guidance.

In person, at our space

Bring your team to us for a focused day away from the workplace.

On site, we come to you

Training delivered at your premises, fitted around your rota.

Distance learning

Flexible online study for teams spread across multiple sites.

Need a course that isn't listed here?

If none of our standard courses are quite the right fit, we can design and deliver bespoke training built around your company's policies, your service users and the way your teams actually work.

Tell Chris what you're trying to achieve and he'll scope the course with you, write it to the right standards and deliver it in the room, online, or as a blend of both.

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