managing a risk assessment
about the course
This two-day course is the second module in our training series relating to childcare and child protection assessments. This course is primarily for workers who take a lead role in assessments. Following many requests we are offering the opportunity for practitioners to explore the professional standards that must be considered when conducting an assessment.
The course guides you through the process of setting up the work, on-going planning and evaluating, ensuring clarity of roles and responsibilities, to making recommendations, formalising decisions and understanding outcomes. It is a practice based course and delivered by experienced trainers who work in this field. Social Workers, Managers in Social/Health care, Colleagues in the Private, Voluntary and Statutory sector. Family Centre and Family Support staff who have a supervisory and a lead role throughout the assessment process, will all find this course invaluable to their practice.
course aims and objectives
This course aims to:
- Provide an understanding of the importance of thorough planning and evaluation as an ongoing process throughout the assessment.
- Explore roles and responsibilities and gain the ability to fulfil a key role during an assessment, gaining more clarity and confidence about good practice standards and the importance of working together across agencies.
- Provide a range of practical work methods to enhance the assessment.
- Provide a working knowledge of The Risk Assessment Framework and understand how to engage in an assessment using this as a structure.
- Facilitate practical learning to address methods of communication, including the reviewing and evaluation process, supervision, meetings etc.
- Explore the sensitive and crucial question of engaging families in an assessment, addressing issues of equality and diversity, staying child centred and keeping the child safe.
- Develop a range of skills, which will enhance professional judgements, decisions and recommendations.
- Help delegates to understand what Professional Dangerousness is in practice.
- Have time to explore the legal context of the assessment, with particular reference to reporting to and giving evidence to court when the assessment forms part of legal proceedings.
how to book this course
This two-day course is charged at £130 per person + VAT. To book this course you will need between 12 and 25 people that need training. This could be your own team of staff or you could contact other childcare professionals, local authorities or agencies in your local area who may also require the training. When you have between 12 and 25 delegates that need training you can contact our administration team to discuss available training dates.
Please email info@futurechildcaretraining.com and let us know which month(s) you would like the training to take place, how many delegates you have, and also which town/city you would like to training to be held - for all of our group courses one of our trainers will travel to your local area to deliver the course at a venue you have organised. Once we have checked our training diary we will get back in touch with a list of available training dates and an estimated quote for the training. If you would prefer to speak directly to a member of our team please call 024 7654 5500 and we will be happy to discuss your requirements with you.
You will be responsible for organising a suitable venue and any catering you wish to provide for the delegates. Also, where necessary you will need to organise and pay for two evenings accommodation for our course trainer (the evening prior to the course and the middle evening). We will be responsible for making the necessary travel arrangements for our course trainer and the travel costs will be added to your invoice. For further details about the course please do not hesitate to contact us.