Safeguarding and Community Safety training
Learning management system
If you are external to the council you must register for a training account, to do so please refer to our how to apply for training webpage.
Training opportunities
The Training Sub Groups of the Gateshead Safeguarding Children Partnership (GSCP), Safeguarding Adults Board (SAB) and Community Safety Board aim to ensure priority areas are supported by appropriate training opportunities for Gateshead Council and Partner Agency employees.
Over the year the training programmes will be developed, as priorities change, or demand increases. It is recommended that you regularly check this page for updates.
If you work for the Health Service and are due to refresh your Multi-Agency Level 3 training, please check for the * listed next to the course.
Upcoming training opportunities for the following month
Please note this table will be updated each month to summarise what training is upcoming.
| Date | Time | Course title |
| 29 November | 9.30am to 1pm | Safeguarding Adults Undertaking Enquiries (Professionals Level 3) |
| 30 November | 9.30am to 12.30pm | Safeguarding Adults Reporting Concerns |
| 5 December | 9.30am to 12.30pm | Introduction to the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA) |
| 13 December | 1.30 to 4.30pm | Early Help Assessment (Common Assessment Framework) |
| 15 January | 10.30am to12.30pm | Safeguarding Adults Review Interactive Workshop |
| 18 January | 9.30am to 12.30pm | Child Protection Awareness |
| 23 January | 10am to 12pm | Gender and Exploitation Session * |
| 23 January | 1 to 3pm | Safeguarding Adults Review Interactive Workshop |
| 24 January | 9.30am to 1pm | Safeguarding Adults Undertaking Enquiries for Provider Services Level 3 |
| 25 January | 9.30am to 12.30pm | Children Living with Domestic Abuse * |
| 29 January | 10am to 12pm | Exploitation and Missing Risks to Separated Migrant Children (UASC) * |
| 30 January | 9.30am to 1pm | Domestic Violence and Abuse - Awareness Raising (DAPS Level 1) Blended |
| 31 January | 1 to 3pm | Safeguarding Adults Review Interactive Workshop |
Gateshead Safeguarding Adults Board has organised a programme of events
All bookings can be made by emailing - SAB BS
| Date/ Venue | Event |
Wednesday 10 January 2024, 11am to 1pm Gateshead Masonic Hall | Friday Friends (Mate Crime) - The Lawnmowers Theatre Company (Here is a 5 min promo of the Mate Crime training package show (opens new window) so you get a little sneaky peek of what to expect.) Come and join the Lawnmowers Theatre Company, a theatre company ran by for and with people with learning disabilities as they explore the issue of mate crime through a live show. The training will involve a 20-minute showing of their play called "Friday Friends." This play highlights the risks that People with Learning disabilities face and how vulnerable they can be. We discuss what true friendship means and how people vulnerabilities can be exploited. You will also get the chance to look at the failings to protect our character and how it could have gone better by rerunning the play to see what support and choice was available to the character. Our seasoned and highly trained learning disabled actors will also train your safeguarding gut. You will meet in role characters where you as the learner will decided whether there is a true safe guarding risk and need to act. Come and join the Lawnmowers for an interactive 2-hour exploration learning experience informed by lived experience. The Lawnmowers hope to see you there. |
Wednesday 17 January, 2 to 3.30pm Civic Centre Council Chamber | Self Neglect - A lifestyle choice or something more? Come along to this interactive event to explore the concept of Self-Neglect, what leads to people's apparent self-neglect and when we can accept this as a lifestyle choice or when we need to use our professional curiosity to explore this further. |
Friday 19 January 2024, 10am to 1pm Gateshead Masonic Hall | Lads Like Us - Professional Curiosity and Trauma Informed Practice Lads Like Us give a human voice to survivors of childhood trauma and childhood sexual abuse. Danny and Mike will deliver a thought-provoking, powerful, and honest session. They will speak candidly of their own childhood abuse and the missed opportunities within social care and the criminal justice system, including their inspirational journey and proof that recovery is possible. |
Tuesday 24 January 2024, 11am to 12noon Teams | Vicarious Trauma, Vicarious Resilience, Secondary trauma, and Moral trauma (Practitioners session) This briefing will give participants the opportunity to learn more about the impact of regularly working with people affected by trauma and the impact this can have on our own wellbeing. |
Training opportunities for 2023/24