WST Training update May and June 2024

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WST Training update May and June 2024

Welcome to the latest edition of the training bulletin which details the training schedule for May and June 2024.

If you have any training related query, please email WSTTraining@wolverhampton.gov.uk


 Bulletin Summary 


An Introduction to Adverse Childhood Experiences and Trauma Informed Practice

This course offers something both for those who are new to childhood adversity (ACEs) and trauma as a concept and those with some existing prior knowledge. It is aimed at both those who work with children and young people AND those who work regularly with adults.

Trauma can be a multisensory experience, it can happen to anyone at any point in their lives, it may leave us with unexpected moments of overwhelm. During this training we try to make it as safe as possible and provide you with take care warnings throughout and offer emotional regulation techniques.

This introductory module has been developed in partnership between the West Midlands Violence Reduction Partnership and Barnardo's.

The training has the following aims:

  • To develop understanding of the concepts behind the potential impact of childhood adversity and trauma across the life course
  • To understand how to recognise the signs of trauma in behaviour.
  • To recognise and understand the potential impact of working with trauma, including concepts such as vicarious trauma.
  • To gain a basic understanding into how an organisation can begin a journey towards a trauma-informed organisational culture.

Please use the link below to book your place.

21st May 2024 | 9am


Exploitation Webinar

This thought-provoking training helps participants to develop an understanding of exploitation, spot signs of grooming and understand how they can help to protect and support children and young people.

This webinar will support professionals and workforces across a number of sectors at introductory level. Participants should leave with an understanding of what exploitation is, how it manifests and the impact to victims.

It provides realistic content that will help to develop your professional role and response to help identify exploitation and how to respond to it.

Please use the link below to book your place.

22nd May 2024 | 10am


Modern Slavery and understanding the National Referral Mechanism (NRM)

In this session the following topics will be covered:

  • Brief overview of the Barnardo's ICTG Service
  • Modern Slavery signs and criminal exploitation indicators refresher
  • Modern Slavery legislation
  • Understand what the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) is
  • Understand the decision-making process
  • Know how to make a referral and submit additional information
  • Know how to challenge negative decisions
  • Understand how can NRM benefit a child
  • Know what to do when a child turns 18yrs’

This session is aimed at professionals and frontline workers and is delivered by Barnardo's.

Please use the link below to book your place.

22nd May 2024 | 2:30pm


Working with Trauma in Early Years Webinar

By focusing on Trauma in the Early Years, practitioners will be able to support children in identifying how to stay safe and encourage them to share when they may be struggling. This training aims to support practitioners in understanding signs of trauma and how it may present in the early years.

Please use the link below to book your place.

23rd May 2024 | 10am


Serious Violence Duty Briefing

The 60-minute Serious Violence Duty workshop explores the implications of the Duty and how partnerships are working together across the region towards development, publication and dissemination of their strategies to prevent and reduce serious violence.

Please use the link below to book your place.

24th May 2024 | 10am


Ending Male Violence Against Women and Girls Awareness

Violence against women and girls covers a range of distressing and unacceptable crimes, they take place in every locality across the UK and can happen within current or previous relationships, in families, and in communities. West Midlands Violence Reduction Partnership (WMVRP) is working with partners, local authorities and communities to prevent these crimes from happening, starting at an early age.

This training will cover;

  • A brief overview of violence against women and girls (VAWG)
  • What is ending male violence against women and girls (EMVAWG)?
  • The government’s strategy to ending male violence against women and girls
  • What is the Public Health Approach to Violence and what the VRP are prioritising as part of the agenda?

Please use the link below to book your place.

30th May 2024 | 10am

27th June 2024 | 10am


Managing Allegations

Aimed at senior managers who are responsible for receiving and responding to and managing allegations.

Applicants must:

  • Have completed a minimum of Introduction to Safeguarding course within their own agency.
  • Undertake the role of managing any allegation made within their organisation.

The course aims to raise awareness of:

  • What constitutes an allegation against staff, carers and volunteers.
  • How allegations should be managed, and the procedures that should be followed.
  • The role of the Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO) role and the support this can provide.
  • Roles and responsibilities of the key individuals within the reporting organisation, local authority and the police.

By the end of the course, participants should have increased confidence in:

  • Responding, recording and reporting allegations.
  • Overcoming barriers to responding appropriately to allegations.
  • Seeking support from the LADO, where appropriate.
  • Reviewing their allegation management processes.

Please use the link below to book your place.

20th June 2024 | 10am


Training account top tips!

Please ensure that you:

  • Use your own account to make a course booking as you will not receive the Teams link or attendance certificate if someone else books on your behalf.  You can create your own account here.
  • Do not share screens for the training session as it will not be recorded that you have attended the session and you may be charged for this.
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