Very Brief Advice on Smoking (VBA+)
This 30-minute module will provide you with the knowledge and skills needed so that you can feel confident in delivering VBA+. While this training module features general practice the principles of, and skills to deliver, VBA+ apply to any clinical or community setting.
Ten public health tips e-learning module
Discover this eLearning module tailored for adult social care professionals, focusing on health promotion and preventive practices. Build on your existing knowledge to enhance support quality, with practical guidance on integrating public health approaches into daily care routines.
Fire Prevention & Safeguarding
The following resources and training have been developed to equip all those who come into contact with people who are at increased risk of fire in their homes with the knowledge and understanding they need to help prevent fatal or serious fire incidents.
● Fire prevention e-learning:
Home Fire Safety Training (in person at Sutton Civic Offices):
● Wednesday 5th March 2025 (09:30 - 12:30)
FREE online Psychological First Aid (PFA) training course
Join us for our 90 minute online training webinars led by Rachael Grant, Regional Officer.
This session is ideal for those that are new to using outcome measures in their practice, as part of the induction process for new staff joining your service, or as a refresher for those with more experience.
The focus is on principles and practice so this could be relevant to staff working in a range of settings in statutory services, voluntary and community organisations or education settings – anywhere where children and young people may be receiving support with their mental health and wellbeing.
To introduce measures and develop an understanding of what they are and the roles of different measures. Participants will look at the principles and consider how they can be used.
Develop an understanding of what outcome and feedback measures are and why they are beneficial to them, young people and the service.
Understand key principles of using measurement tools.
Develop an awareness of the range of measures and when they could be suitable.
Consider the views of children and young people on the use of measures and their implications.
Know how to access further guidance and support.
Attendance at this online CORC training event is a benefit of CORC membership so joining is free for staff at CORC member organisations (maximum of ten places per setting for full members and one place per setting for associate members). Before using the link, CORC members can obtain their discount code by emailing us at corc@annafreud.org
If your organisation is not a member, the cost to attend this online training session is £25 per person.
Suicide prevention training
Developing Together - Social Work Teaching Partnership
The CPD programme for social workers is available here
Free child sexual abuse e-learning module
Chronologies are a vital tool for practitioners working with children and their families, supporting practice in a number of different ways.
Capture significant events in the child and family’s life
Consider the child’s felt and lived experience
Understand the source of actual and potential harm impacting on children and young people
Identify protective factors and to decide next steps for intervention in a range of contexts.
This practice tool aims to support social workers and their managers to navigate these complexities by providing an overview of the process that should be applicable to a range of contexts. View the practice tool
Hannah Scott talks to Amy*, Kahlil and Imogen from the Family Justice Young People’s Board (FJYPB) about their experiences of working with Childrens Services, the Family and Criminal courts. (*pseudonym used). The Family Justice Young People’s Board (FJYPB) are a group of more than 70 children and young people aged between eight and 25 years old, who live across England and Wales. Listen to the podcast
Child victims of modern slavery e-learning module
This is aimed at statutory safeguarding partners and builds on their First Responder training course.
The module covers child specific indicators of modern slavery, grooming and recruitment, child criminal and child sexual exploitation, the section 45 defence under the Modern Slavery Act, and making referrals into the national referral mechanism. All frontline professionals who come into contact with children are being encouraged to undertake the new training.
The online book launch for Jez’s Lucky Day took place on 1 June 2021. Alongside the authors discussing their inspiration for this popular children’s fire safety book, the event included three fire and rescue service (FRS) practitioners discussing how they have used the resource in their face-to-face and online work with children. Melanie Owen from Hampshire FRS talked about how she takes this big, brilliant paperback book and uses it online with children. Diana Harris of Mid and West Wales FRS talked about how the story allowed for connections with a child who was described by their mother as “the son of Satan”. Finally, Charly Walmsley gave an account of using the book’s gentle but effective fire safety messages with an older child with autism. The recording of the event can be accessed here and is insightful listening for all working in this field
It can be very hard for practitioners to find information, resources and support related to child firesetting behaviour. The newly launched fabtic website aims to provide a one-stop shop to help address this. The site includes information on training, supervision, direct work services, resources, research, events and opportunities to connect with other professionals. The website makes it easy to access FEwithJo, with its resources for children and posts that can provide CPD for staff, and to sign-up to the Talking About Firesetting group on LinkedIn. It also tells you about the resources, research papers and publications fabtic provides. Please do grab a cuppa and take a look
Wessex Acute Frailty Education and Awareness