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Training for trainers in child protection (Northern Ireland)

This course can help you and your organisation develop and support a team of designated staff to deliver their own child protection training

Register online or call us on
0844 892 1026 to book your place.

What is the course about?

It will help you and your staff who are engaged in child protection to develop core skills in planning, designing, delivering and evaluating child protection training.

Who is this course for?

Those who deliver child protection training. They may be employed as trainers or undertake training as part of their substantive role.

What level is the course and do I need any specific skills?

This is a professional development course and you will need to have basic awareness of child protection.

By the end of the course you should be able to: 

• identify, develop and practice strategies to ensure that issues relating to diversity are fully integrated in training
  
  
• describe the different theories about the adult learning process and understand how the training cycle operates at an individual and organisational level
  
  
• identify your own and others’ preferred styles of learning, and understand how different learning styles influence the training process
  
  
• demonstrate awareness of the emotional component for child protection training and identify strategies to manage this at various stages of the training event
  
  
• identify and list performance objectives for a training event
  
  
• renew knowledge relating to group processes and apply this to the design of training events
  
  
• describe a range of training methods and their relationship to learning outcomes and group process
  
  
• identify the problems and benefits of co-working
  
  
• demonstrate and share skills in relation to the presentation of material and the facilitation of discussions
  
  
• identify the various methods and levels involved in the evaluation of the effectiveness of training.

How will I be taught?

Through an interactive face-to-face training programme involving a range of methods including: large and small group discussions, formal input, case studies and presentations.

Course venue

NSPCC Northern Ireland Regional Office, First Floor, Jennymount Court, North Derby Street, Belfast BT15 3HN
Directions to NSPCC Jennymount Business Park (PDF, 36KB)

For further information please call 0844 892 1026, email contactus@nspcc.org.uk or register online

What course could I take next?

You can expand your core knowledge of child protection issues by attending our courses with a specific focus. These include domestic violence, substance misuse, and working with children of parents with mental health difficulties.

We also have learning resources that can support you in your role as a trainer.

We offer a wide range of child protection and safeguarding training courses at our training centres across the UK. 

We're also able to develop or modify a course specifically to meet your organisation's needs. If you can't find what you're looking for, please contact us

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