Child Protection Training

To Book courses offered by us directly, simply click on the course(s) you are interested in, on our course calendar at the bottom of this page to find out more and book your place.

Full course descriptions are held on the calendar

Child Protection Training is available free of charge to anyone who has contact with children in Highland. This includes those working with families and in adult services. Child Protection Training in Highland is developed and delivered in line with the National Learning and Development Framework for Child Protection.

Training is developed on a competency basis with 4 workforce groups namely:

Wider Workforce, General Workforce, Specific Workforce and Intensive Workforce

HCPC Trainer led courses available (subject to trainer availability):

General to Intensive Workforce                 Recognition & Response in Child Protection

General to Intensive Workforce                 HLH Recognition & Response (High Life Highland Staff & Volunteers only)

Specific to Intensive Workforce                 Assessment & Analysis in Child Protection

Specific to Intensive Workforce                 Understanding Child Protection Processes

Specific to Intensive Workforce                 Graded Care Profile

Specific to Intensive Workforce                 Child Protection and the unborn

Specific to Intensive Workforce                 Harmful parent-child interactions (emotional abuse/emotional neglect)

Specific to Intensive Workforce                 Trauma Informed Practice

Specific to Intensive Workforce                 Childhood Adversity & Trauma

PLEASE NOTE: A minimum of 12 participants are required for a course to go ahead, Non-Attendance without sufficient notice will trigger a wellbeing check & may incur a fee to your service, please email CP.Training@highland.gov.uk if you cannot attend.

Those in the Wider Workforce are recommended to access the Basic Awareness in Child Protection eLearning and you may also access as detailed below our other learning opportunities for the General Workforce.

Please refer to our Training Micro Guide and our Staff & Managers Guide for further advice & information for selecting courses and workforce categories-

Training Micro Guide

QUICK GUIDE CORE TRAINING MULTIAGENCY 2024

TRAINING GUIDE FOR STAFF AND MANAGERS-2024

We recommend that anyone working with children, young people or their families familiarise themselves with the Highland Language Guide and Highland Getting it Right for Every Child elearning (Local authority staff access via Traineasy to record your learning)

E-Learning

The Highland Child Protection Committee have also developed in partnership with the Care and Learning Alliance a range of E-learning modules which are available free of charge.

Please click on course title you are interested in for more information, simply add to cart, checkout & create a learning account with CALA to access free of charge (no voucher codes are required to access these modules).

Basic Awareness in Child Protection  (Local Authority Staff please access via Traineasy so your learning is recorded)

Introduction to the National Guidance for Child protection (Scotland) 2021

Think you know about Neglect

Understanding the Child Plan

Introduction to Chronologies

Introduction to Child Sexual Exploitation

Children Affected by Parental Substance Misuse

The NSPCC have also kindly given permission for us to share their resource ‘How to Spot Neglect’ – a useful film from their Graded Care Profile 2 training toolkit. This will be a helpful reminder for all practitioners who have undertaken the GCP2 training course.

A wide variety of courses are available to you, from NHS Education for Scotland (NES) using the TURAS system. When you first visit you will be required to set up your own account with a password. To set up your training account and access the booking system visit: https://learn.nes.nhs.scot/

The TURAS system also offers a professional portfolio section, you may wish to upload certificates on completion of our courses to your training account for safekeeping.

Safe & Together Training 

Safe & Together training is suitable for those with direct responsibilities in relation to assessment and planning for children, young people and families in child protection and domestic abuse.

CORE training is available in the following areas – Attendance is required at all four sessions.

Fort William 3^rd, 4^th, 10^th & 11^th March 2026 – confirmed

Wick 14^th, 15^th, 21^st & 22^nd May 2026 – to be confirmed

Inverness 9^th, 10^th, 16^th & 17^th June 2026 – to be confirmed

Portree 2^nd, 3^rd,9^th & 10^th September 2026 – to be confirmed

Strathpeffer 12^th, 13^th, 19^th & 20^th November 2026 – to be confirmed

 9^th,10^th, 16^th & 17^th December 2026 – to be confirmed

To book a place on the course please contact Mary Cameron – mary.cameron@highland.gov.uk

For enquiries with regards to Safe & Together training scheduled in Highland please contact Mike Mawby, Programme Coordinator, Safe & Together, Highland Child Protection Committee/Highland Violence Against Women Partnership  mike.mawby@highland.gov.uk

FOR MORE ADVICE ON CHILD PROTECTION TRAINING

If you need help identifying what training you need, please first speak to your line manager or you can contact us at CP.Training@highland.gov.uk.

For NHS Staff only please also refer to the NHSH training framework 2024-26 (003)

For those with an Adult Protection Remit you may also wish to visit Adult support and protection | NHS Highland (scot.nhs.uk) for more support and advice.

For those seeking training in relation to mental health please visit  Training – Highland Mental Wellbeing