Safeguarding adults and children training courses

Learn how to put good safeguarding into practice with SCIE’s training courses for social care providers, health and housing. Book a CPD accredited course.

Getting help to overcome abuse

Part of Children’s services

This quick guide, which is written from the perspective of young people who have experienced abuse and neglect, explains to young people what they should expect from services. It is based on recommendations from the NICE guideline on child abuse and neglect (NG 77) and has been developed with young people who have experienced abuse or neglect. It covers: recognising abuse and neglect, changes in feelings and behaviour young people may experience, lists key recommendations from the NICE guidance and provides advice on getting help. It also includes a young person’s account of abuse which highlights the difference the right support can make.

Not making a referral when young people disclose sexual activity: practice issues from Serious Case Reviews

Part of Safeguarding children

Practice issues from serious case reviews, learning into practice. Information about young people’s sexual activity or sexual health relevant to safeguarding does not trigger referral.

Unresolved disagreement about the need for children’s social care involvement: practice issues from Serious Case Reviews

Part of Safeguarding children

Practice issues from serious case reviews, learning into practice. Referring agencies and children’s social care disagree about whether cases referred to children’s social care actually need their involvement, and this is not resolved.

Lack of communication between children's and adults' social care: practice issues from Serious Case Reviews

Part of Safeguarding children

Practice issues from serious case reviews, learning into practice. Professionals in children’s and adults’ social care not communicating when needed.

Euphemistic language in reports and written records: practice issues from Serious Case Reviews

Part of Safeguarding children

Practice issues from serious case reviews, learning into practice. Professionals using euphemistic or misleading language in reports and written records, which hinders communication.

Reluctance to share all information in presence of families at child protection conferences: practice issues from Serious Case Reviews

Part of Safeguarding children

Practice issues from serious case reviews, learning into practice. Professionals can experience the participation of families in conferences as hindering frank exchange of information.

Using Serious Case Review Quality Markers to support quality

Part of Safeguarding children

This webinar provides an introduction to a set of 18 quality markers for use in children's case reviews and serious case reviews, which were developed as part of the Learning into Practice project. The webinar provides an overview of the rationale for the work, describes how the markers have been developed and how they might be used. The Quality Markers are intended to support commissioners and lead reviewers to commission and conduct high quality reviews. Covering the whole process, the quality markers provide a consistent and robust approach to SCRs and are informed by the existing knowledge base regarding investigations/reviews and organisational learning.

Disagreement about use of early help assessment: practice issues from Serious Case Reviews

Part of Safeguarding children

Practice issues from serious case reviews, learning into practice. Agencies use the Common Assessment Framework because they’ve been told to, even though they don’t agree with this suggestion.

SCIE Learning Together: reflections from the South West project

How a systems approach to children's safeguarding case reviews can improve learning.