Safeguarding Training Newsletter June 2026

 

Welcome to the June edition of our SAB & SGCP Safeguarding Newsletter. This month, we’re sharing key updates, important reminders, and opportunities to support your safeguarding practice across the multi-agency partnership.

In this edition, we’ll be:

  • Featuring June training dates now open for booking

  • Highlighting July training dates for forward planning

  • Sharing the Upcoming Course Flyer

  • Highlighting the Stakeholders Network Event

  • Sharing your monthly Training Tip of the Month

Thank you for your continued commitment to multi-agency safeguarding. We appreciate your ongoing engagement with our training offer and look forward to supporting your continued professional development.

Upcoming Training Courses

  • 10th June 2026 Bitesize Session: Threshold, Online, Book Here

  • 11th June 2026 SAB: Mental Capacity Essentials, In-Person, Book Here

  • 15th June 2026 SGCP: Introduction to Child Protection, In-Person, Book Here

  • 18th June 2026 SAB: Raising Safeguarding Concerns- Adults AM & PM, In-Person, Book Here

  • 22nd June Introduction to Child Protection - unusually we have some spaces on the next course - 22nd June - BOOK HERE

  • 25th June 2026 SGCP: Identifying Young Carers, In-Person, Book Here

  • 26th June 2026 SGCP: Serious Youth Violence, In-Person, Book Here

  • 30th July Hoarding and Self Neglect BOOK HERE

Highlighted Upcoming Training Courses

  • 1st-2nd July 2026 SAB: Domestic Abuse, Online/In-Person, Book Here

9th July 2026

  • SAB: Exploitation of Adults, In-Person, Book Here

30th July 2026

  • SAB: Hoarding and Self-Neglect, Online, Book Here

Stakeholders Network Event: Child Neglect & Families First Partnership

Adult Safeguarding Forum

The Adult Strategic Safeguarding Team will be hosting the next Safeguarding Forum for all care providers supporting people who live in South Gloucestershire on Tuesday 21st July 2026. The forum is an in person event and provides an opportunity to network with council and other colleagues and listen to a range of speakers on a variety of topics linked to adult safeguarding. It will take place between 10am and 12pm at Warmley Community Centre (arrivals from 9.30am - tea and coffee will be available). The topics will be Restraint and Assessing Risk. It will be an interactive session with opportunities to contribute your ideas and ask questions. Places are limited so you will need to book a place by emailing adultstrategicsafeguarding@southglos.gov.uk.

Please do not attend without booking a place as we may not be able to accommodate you.

Location : Warmley Community Centre, 20 Deanery Road, Kingswood, Bristol, BS15 9JB Tel: 0117 967 4282

There is free parking available, located behind the Community Centre

Hot water, cows milk and caffeinated tea/coffee will be available, but due to budget restrictions we are unable to cater for more specific dietary needs

Bookings for the Summer HAF programme are now open - click here for more information

Sharing Information to Tackle Child Sexual Abuse 

If a child is at risk of harm, timely, effective information sharing plays a vital role in supporting early identification, protecting children from abuse, and supporting them in their recovery and wellbeing.

To help explain who holds what information, and how to share it, the centre of expertise on child sexual abuse (CSA Centre) has developed Sharing information to tackle child sexual abuse.

The comprehensive new guide is designed for all professionals working with children – whether in statutory agencies or voluntary sector and community organisations – to learn how to use and share the information they hold with other professionals to effectively safeguard the children they work with from child sexual abuse.  You can read more here

There is also a Whole School Approach to Child Sexual Abuse resource available.  Find it here

Exploitation

Reporting Exploitation to the police - are you aware of the police portal for professionals? Everything you  need to know is here on this page

Home Office Disruption Tool - there is also a really helpful guide to disruption of those suspected of perpetrating harm, recent audits and reviews have shown this is not widely known about by professionals.  Take a look at it here

Bikeability 

Bikeability is the government’s national cycle training programme that teaches children and adults the skills and confidence to cycle safely on today’s roads. It offers three progressive levels of practical training, from basic bike handling to navigating real traffic. Delivered by qualified instructors in schools and communities across England, Bikeability helps more people cycle confidently, independently and more often.  We also run holiday courses during the school holidays.  If you are interested please contact cycle.training@southglos.gov.uk

 
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