Bolton Start Well

BSCP courses

Upcoming course availability on multi-agency training with Bolton Safeguarding Children Partnership (BSCP).

All courses listed in the multi-agency course brochure are free.  The brochure is available at: multi-agency-safeguarding-training.

Child Exploitation (Basic): Tuesday 13th September 2022, 1:00pm (90 mins) Click to Enrol
Child Exploitation has many faces including Criminal, Sexual and Modern Slavery. The offenders are predatory and the victims often the most vulnerable.  This course is aimed at an introduction to  staff who are seeking information and knowledge to improve their identification and understanding of children at risk.

Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO): Wednesday 14th September 2022, 10:00am (90 mins) Click to Enrol
This presentation from the LADO will outline their role, when and if you need to be making referrals and seeking their advice and guidance with respect to your staff or volunteers and abuse by professionals or those for  who you may have concerns or a complaint or an allegation is made against.

“Bolton Lads and Girls Club”– Network Bite (NwB): Tuesday 27th September 2022, 1:00pm (90 mins) Click to Enrol
The NwB is to share and learn what resources are available to you in Bolton.  Bolton Lads and Girls Club is a youth club and registered charity based in Bolton. They have universal open access offer of resources involving play and youth work, sport provision, arts and music programmes, dance, drama, multi-media, outreach and detached street based programmes in neighbourhoods and communities, and projects such as the National Citizens Service, Young Leaders programmes and SEND programmes.  In addition they provide tailored packages of support to vulnerable and complex children, young people and families including 1:1, Early Help, Young Carers service, programmes for Looked after children, and programmes that tackle employability, homelessness, independent living for those 16 plus through psycho and social support. In addition they have a range of mental health services including bereavement support, Safe Zones, THRIVE practitioners and work in schools providing 1:1 and group therapeutic support.

Other courses 

The courses below are not provided by BSCP and they have no further information or administration of them. BSCP advise you to contact the organisations direct for further information.

Course name: Online Safety 
Organiser: The UK Internet Safety Centre (free)
Held: Online, MS Teams
Tuesday 13th September 2022, 9:30am (90 mins) Click to Enrol
Tuesday 13th September 2022, 1:30pm (90 mins) Click to Enrol
Open to all who work with children and young people.  This event will give you the latest in research, legislation, technology, tools and resources along with exclusive access to the presentation and resource materials. Safety online is constantly changing and the purpose of the event is to provide access to this information. The organisers provide vital information, critically supplemented with access to detailed resources to review later.

Course name: Support for Trafficked Children Within the Criminal Justice System
Friday 30th September 2022, 12:00 noon (1 hr) Click to Enrol
Friday 28th October 2022, 12:00 noon (1 hr) Click to Enrol
Develop your understanding of how to support young people who are victims of trafficking within Criminal Justice Systems.