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ALDO
Access to statutory training is available through Aberdeenshire Council’s ALDO (Aberdeenshire Learning & Development Online) platform. This training ensures staff meet essential compliance and professional development requirements. To get started, please speak to your manager for your login details.
Fathers Network Training
Engaging Fathers Session
Want to support & connect with more dads but not sure where to start?
Fathers Network Scotland are running free foundations session of their highly acclaimed Father Engagement Training.
Further Information and dates available - Father Engagement Training
Paternal Mental Health Training
A FREE session to help you understand why new dads mental health is important and provide the tools to recognise and respond to dads struggling with poor mental health.
Further Information and dates available- Paternal Mental Health Training
SCOTTISH AUTISM - CLICK AND CONNECT SESSIONS
Click and Connect offers free online groups in Art and Choir groups for those who enjoy being creative, and a Mindfulness for Autism Group for those who are looking to reduce the impact of stress.
These groups are delivered online via Zoom and are open to the autistic community and their families across Scotland.
Further information Click and Connect | Scottish Autism
YOUTH LINK SCOTLAND FREE YOUTHWORK REGIONAL TRAINING EVENT – INVERURIE
21 February 2026 (9.30 am to 3.30) Inverurie
This event is an opportunity for staff, partners and volunteers.
Workshops available
- Digital Youth Work (With a focus on online safety, cyber resilience and the impact of AI)
- Positive Masculinity - Imagine a Man
- No Knifes Better Lives
- Youth Voice / Participation / Children's Rights
- Hate Crime and Prejudice Based Behaviours
Reserve your space - amanda.robertson@aberdeenshire.gov.uk
For further information - douglas.findlay@aberdeenshire.gov.u
THE VOICE OF THE INFANT
19 Feb 2026 (9.30am – 10.30am)
This webinar explores infant voice and the foundations of infant mental health, with a focus on how
early attachment, relational experiences and developmental processes shape a child’s emotional
wellbeing. We will look at how infants communicate their needs through behaviour, body language
and cues, and how caregivers and professionals can interpret and respond to these signals effectively.
GIRFEC ASSESSMENT & CHRONOLOGUES MODULE
Chronologies are a key part of ongoing assessment and reflect a child or young person’s lived experiences. Compiling a multi-agency chronology supports professionals and the family to consider significant events with a positive or negative impact on a child or young person’s wellbeing, and to identify any patterns or significant experiences. This course is suitable for anyone who may carry out or contribute to assessment of a child or young person’s wellbeing needs.
Further information Course: GIRFEC: Assessment and Chronologies
ABERDEENSHIRE CHILD PROTECTION COMMITTEE
Neglect Group Subgroup – Neglect Toolkit
Aberdeenshire Neglect toolkit provides a range of practitioner practice tools/materials in the form of guidance documents on the practice considerations and challenges across our diverse workforce when working with neglect.
To find out more about the Toolkit Neglect Toolkit
Access Neglect Training (free) - Neglect
The Neglect subgroup would like to evaluate the effectiveness of the Aberdeenshire GIRFEC Neglect Toolkit and associated training.
If you have used the Toolkit please could you complete the following survey - Aberdeenshire GIRFEC Neglect Toolkit- Practitioner Evaluation Survey
SUPPORTING TRANSITIONS BETWEEN CHILDREN’S AND ADULT SERVICES
26 February 2026 (10.30am -12.00)
The Scottish Government policy teams leading on the National Transitions to Adulthood Strategy and
Children’s Service’s Planning are hosting an online workshop focused on best practice for transitions
between children’s and adult services.
Further information and booking - Transitions Workshop - 26 February 2026.docx
USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) IN FUNDING APPLICATIONS
Many charities are turning to AI to help with all aspects of fundraising, particularly for grant applications, but AI should be used only with caution, and generated content still requires significant human interaction. The NCLF recently published useful guidelines on this topic -
Using Artificial Intelligence tools in funding applications | The National Lottery Community Fund
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