Safeguarding training

All staff should receive appropriate safeguarding and child protection training at induction.

Training should be regularly updated so staff have the relevant skills and knowledge to effectively safeguard children and young people. This includes training staff to understand safeguarding policy and procedures and making sure they have up-to-date knowledge of safeguarding issues.

Training must also enable staff to identify signs of possible abuse and neglect at the earliest opportunity and respond in a timely and appropriate way.

National and local guidance

To find out more about how safeguarding training helps keep children and young people safe use the following DfE statutory guidance:

• Keeping Children Safe in Education
• Working Together to Safeguard Children

To find out the safeguarding training arrangements for Essex, download the ESCB SET safeguarding and child protection procedures.

Level 1 safeguarding training

All staff in schools and education settings should have access to Level 1 training which provides a basic understanding of safeguarding.

This training only needs to be taken once and it can be included as part of the induction process for all new staff.

For more information and to access Level 1 training in Essex visit the ESCB Safeguarding Children Level 1 elearning - basic awareness web page.

Secure area information

All our safeguarding training is available in our secure area and includes:

• Level 2 safeguarding training
• Level 3 training for DSLs
• Honour-based abuse training
• Prevent training
• Safeguarding training for governors

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