The safeguarding team is responsible for ensuring all staff employed by Mersey Care have access to good quality training that is relevant to their role and clinical competencies. The safeguarding team achieve this through a combination of mandatory children and adult training at L1, 2 and 3, Children’s Specialist, and additional modular training available as CPD sessions.
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You can contact the Trust Safeguarding hub for advice and support 0151 351 8484 (office hours) or email Safeguardingduty
The Training Brochure describes what mandatory training is required for each role. It also outlines the subject description and how to book a place.
In addition, certain roles are required to do additional training and the brochure describes the subject specific modular sessions that are on offer for the current year and how to book on them.
The modular sessions are also available for any staff member who requires them.
The subject areas offered from April 2024 are:
- Exploitation - Child focused
- Exploitation - Adult focused
- Voice of the Child
- Self Neglect/Hoarding
- Domestic Abuse
- New - Adult Safeguarding Specialist
- New - Child Neglect
- New- Trauma Informed Practice
- New - Safeguarding Children for Mental Health Services
- New - Quarterly Round Ups, led by Named Nurses/Professionals
Children’s Specialist Course is available to book on via the Prospectus.
Find out more about our safeguarding training offer 2024/2025
Safeguarding Modular Training Packages - Powerpoint Presentations
- Adult Exploitation - Adult Safeguarding - Modular Training Package
- Adult Safeguarding Specialist - Adult Safeguarding - Modular Training Package
- Child Exploitation - Child Safeguarding - Modular Training Package
- Child Neglect - Child Safeguarding - Modular Training Package
- Domestic Abuse - Modular Training Package
- FGM and Harmful Practices - Modular Training Package
- Making Safeguarding Personal - Adult Safeguarding - Modular Training Package
- Pressure Ulcers - Adult Safeguarding - Modular Training Package
- Professional Curiosity - Child Safeguarding - Modular Training Package
- Safeguarding Children for Mental Health Practitioners in Adult Services - Modular Training Package
- Self Neglect and Hoarding - Adult Safeguarding - Modular Training Package
- Trauma Informed Practice - Adult Safeguarding - Modular Training Package
- The Voice of the Child - Child Safeguarding - Modular Training Package
External training is regularly offered by the following sources and is often free to practitioners from health providers. Before booking on, please can you ensure that your mandatory safeguarding training is up to date and you have sought your line managers approval. Please be mindful that many of these training providers, although offering free training opportunities do charge for non-attendance which can be anything from £50 -£100 per place depending on the provider, and cancellations need to be provided prior to the training some asking for as much as 2 weeks’ notice, so please check the cancellation policy prior to booking any training to ensure that you can meet the requirements. Thank you
- Warrington Safeguarding Partnerships - Safeguarding Training
- Multi-Agency Training - Knowsley Safeguarding Children Partnership
- Knowsley Safeguarding Adults Board and Safeguarding Responsibilities
- Training | Halton, children and young people safeguarding partnership
- Halton Safeguarding Adults Board Events | Eventbrite
- Liverpool Safeguarding Children Partnership (LSCP) - Professionals
- Professionals - Liverpool Safeguarding Board
- Sefton SCP Events
- Sefton Safeguarding Adults Partnership Board (SSAPB) - Professional Landing Page
- Events