Safeguarding in Therapeutic Practice
This training is designed for practitioners and anyone who manages those working one-to-one delivering emotional, wellbeing, or therapeutic-style interventions.
Description
How to safeguard during one-to-one interventions
While all staff receive safeguarding training, working therapeutically introduces additional responsibilities and ethics around confidentiality.
This course provides a practice-focused guide to:
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Holding confidentiality safely in 1:1 work
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Responding to disclosures calmly and ethically
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Making safeguarding decisions without interrupting trust
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Understanding thresholds in context
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Protecting the child, the practitioner, and the organisation
It supports practitioners to navigate safeguarding within the realities of therapeutic-style practice, whilst maintaining statutory guidance.
Members can receive a 50% discount. For your code click here.
Prerequisites
This training is designed for practitioners and anyone who manages those working one-to-one delivering emotional, wellbeing, or therapeutic-style interventions.
Training Objectives:
- To have an understanding of how to safeguard within your therapeutic role
- To understand the legislative and statutory framework that promotes and safeguards a client's welfare
- To know the types of harm and abuse in children and adults
- To understand the ethical boundaries of a therapeutic practitioner within safeguarding frameworks; exploring issues of confidentiality, therapeutic agreements and decision making
- To receive guidance on recording and reporting concerns
- Understand what to do next - signposting
About the trainer
Delivered by Lynn Findlay, who is a specialist safeguarding consultant, qualified psychotherapist, and social worker. She has over 20 years of experience working in safeguarding, as well as many years of experience designing and delivering training sessions in social care and therapy.