Safeguarding for All in Early Years Webinar

This course will help you to develop an understanding of your role and responsibilities in safeguarding children, increase your knowledge and confidence in working with Buckinghamshire policies and procedures, including child protection.

Aim and purpose 

• Explain the importance of safeguarding and child protection 
• Update practitioners on legislation and their expected roles and responsibilities
• Highlights the range of possible signs, symptoms and indicators of abuse

This training for early years educators is aligned to the Early Years Foundation Stage Safeguarding and Welfare Requirements September 2025, annex C.

This training is not suitable as a refresher for Designated Safeguarding Leads and Childminders

Safeguarding for New Designated Safeguarding Lead in Early Years Webinar

This course is for designated officers in group settings who are new to the role and lead on safeguarding children in their setting. It will provide the knowledge and skills to embed a consistent approach to the development and implementation of policy and procedures within the setting. It will focus on keeping staff ‘up to date’ and ensuring that the key message that ‘child safeguarding is everybody’s responsibility’ is understood by all staff.

This course will help you to develop an understanding of your role and responsibilities in safeguarding children, increase your knowledge and confidence in working with Buckinghamshire policies and procedures, including child protection.

Aim and purpose 

• Explain the importance of safeguarding and child protection 
• Update practitioners on legislation and their expected roles and responsibilities
• Highlights the range of possible signs, symptoms and indicators of abuse
• Childminders should attend the Safeguarding for the Childminder Designated Lead course.

This training for early years educators is aligned to the Early Years Foundation Stage Safeguarding and Welfare Requirements September 2025, annex C.

This training is not suitable for Childminders

Safeguarding for the Childminder Designated Lead Webinar

By completing this course, Childminders will have more confidence with their role and responsibility as the Designated Safeguarding Lead, by completing this course Childminders will 

•  Have updated your knowledge and understanding of how to recognise risk, respond to concerns and how to make a referral
•  Have the tools to help you ensure that staff in the setting have the necessary information and training they need

This course is suitable for Buckinghamshire registered Childminders

This training for early years educators is aligned to the Early Years Foundation Stage Safeguarding and Welfare Requirements September 2025, annex C.

Aims and purpose 

▪ Reflect on the signs and indicators of abuse and neglect 
▪ Consider the role and responsibilities of the childminder as the designated lead 
▪ Understand how to make a quality referral to children’s services – social care 
▪ Consider the necessity for information sharing, confidentiality and good record keeping 
▪ Understand local early intervention processes 

Safer Recruitment Webinar

NEW Safer recruitment training has been designed to give you an understanding and confidence to implement robust safer recruitment practices to ensure those working with children are safe and suitable to do so. KCSIE state whoever is involved in the recruitment process must complete safer recruitment training. To maintain consistency with robust recruitment procedures it is strongly advised that early years providers follow the advice in this guidance to ensure a safe environment for children.

Those with recruitment responsibilities should be committed to ensuring all recruitment is undertaken fairly, effectively and safely and in accordance with legislation. The training covers effective recruitment and selection process including rigorous pre-employment checks and ongoing suitability to help deter, reject, prevent and detect those who seek to harm children from applying to work in your organisation. Safe recruitment policies and practice is a key preventative step.

This course is suitable for management and those with recruitment responsibilities.