Events

Multi-agency safeguarding learning and development

September 2025-March 2026

Multi-agency safeguarding training Update September 2025

The learning and development forum has carried out a detailed training needs analysis and has produced a new learning and development strategy (LINK). This includes a set of agreed multi-agency competencies the workforce needs to deliver contemporary practice challenges. Partners are keen to get “back to basics”, empowering staff and volunteers with the competencies they need to work effectively in a challenging multi-agency environment. Partners are now working on course design and pilots for each course are being development. This page will be updated as course dates are agreed by partners. All courses are designed, delivered and facilitated by partners working together

A summary of the courses currently in development below:

Children specific:

What to do when a child needs help:

This course provides professionals with essential information and tools to help them navigate local multi-agency networks to find the right help for the child. Professional attending will be provided with tools and information to consider the range options available when the child needs help. Through discussion of various case scenarios, practitioners will enhance their decision making through engagement with the child and family and with partners. Following a detailed evaluation and review the course will be rolled out to become a regular multi-agency training event for everyone working with children and young people.

Learning from safeguarding practice reviews:

Betty Lynch is the strategic lead for the safeguarding partnership and chair of Slough Safeguarding practice review group and is author of safeguarding practice reviews and rapid reviews. Betty is working with partners to facilitate interactive workshops to empower practitioners to improve their practice through learning from reviews. Referring largely to local experience, we hope that practitioners will impact on practice through attitudes, language and behaviour in relation to children and adolescents and multi-agency communications and behavioural interactions.

Leading and managing risk in a multi-agency environment:

Partners are working with Janine Edwards, a training consultant. Janine retired from being our full-time trainer in May 2024 but has come back to work with us to provide this vital training . Designed for those who are regularly involved in complex multi-agency systems, looking to advance their communications, negotiation and complex resolution skills. This course is ideal for any child protection specialists, managers and leaders, particularly those new to Slough or who have not had recent safeguarding training. The course uses sound theoretical frameworks to help leaders and managers negotiate the complexity of working together on high levels of risk and what can sometimes be a highly charged environment. Looking at relational models and trauma informed practice and learning, the course aims to empower our managers leaders and specialists to perform well together. This course is advanced level and is pitched at experienced senior practitioners and leaders so previous safeguarding training is essential.

Safeguarding adolescents from Harm outside the home:

Strategic MACE, our local multi-agency governance lead group for safeguarding children and young adults from harm outside the home. This group and our learning and development strategy emphasises the importance of developing relational skills and understanding trauma informed practice for all those who work with children, young people and their families. Learning will include learning from local experience as well as national research and safeguarding practice reviews. Learning will be provided through a series of modules on specific topics. This course is being delivered by local partners together.

What to do when an adult needs help

This course is for everyone who works with adults and provides essential information and skills to work with partners to provide them with the help they need, including the role of Adult social care services, and when and how to make a safeguarding referral and thinking through the options available, learning about local resources and working with the person concerned. This course is in development and booking details will be shared soon.

Learning from Safeguarding Adult Reviews

Partners will facilitate interactive workshops to empower practitioners to improve their practice through learning from Safeguarding Adult Reviews. Referring largely to local experience, practitioners will find these short seminars will meaningfully and directly change practice through attitudes, language and behaviour in relation to adults and adolescents.

These courses are currently in design and they will be delivered in January to March 2026. Dates and booking information will be updated below.

Title	Occurences
Children at risk of harm outside the home training	1 in 1 locations	View & Book
Understanding Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation Through Lived Experience	1 in 1 locations	View & Book
What to do when a child needs help training	1 in 1 locations	View & Book
What to do when an adult needs help training	1 in 1 locations	View & Book