Bolton Safeguarding Children

04/09/2026

Trauma Informed Schools Webinar: From Evidence to Action
📅 Wednesday 14th October 2026🕐 1:00pm to 2:20pm
💻 Online ✅ Free to attend
• Hear key findings from a national evaluation
• How schools are embedding trauma-informed approaches
• Hear first-hand experiences, challenges, and successes
• Explore how evidence can be translated into practice
• Help shape future priorities
• Find out more about Bolton's Trauma-Informed Schools Community of Practice (CoP)
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03/09/2026

💜 ICON Week 2026: 21-25 Sept: 💜
Supporting Parents, Protecting Babies

A baby's crying can be stressful, but support is available. During ICON Week 2026, we're raising awareness of simple, evidence-based advice to help parents and carers cope safely when a baby won't stop crying. Learn the ICON message, build confidence, and help keep babies safe. Together, we can support families and prevent harm.

19/08/2026

FGM Awareness - Wednesday 30 September 1to2 PM Online
FGM and raising awareness of signs, risk and attitudes when dealing with communities
• Recognise how personal and professional beliefs and attitudes can have an impact when working with families and on multi-agency working
• Gain an appreciation of the need for better communication and information sharing to support good safeguarding in this area
• Have greater awareness of risk factors, including knowing how to assess risk and where to access support
• Learn more about legislation and guidance, and how these affect practice.

FGM and raising awareness of signs, risk and attitudes when dealing with communities

19/08/2026

Forced Marriage and Honour Based Violence Tuesday 29 September • 10 AM - 11:30 AM Online
Forced Marriage and Honour Based Violence -what does it mean, why does it happen and what can we do?

The training will be provided on Zoom by the Endeavour Project.

The course will Increase awareness, knowledge and the cultural context of forced marriages and honour based violence. You will also increase awareness of services to help and your role and responsibilities.

19/08/2026

Prevent Training (Intermediate) Thursday 24 September: 1 PM - 4 PM Hill Centre.
The Prevent training course is designed to help professionals understand their responsibilities under the UK government's Prevent duty, which is part of the broader counter-terrorism strategy (CONTEST).

Prevent training equips professionals with the knowledge and skills to:
Recognise signs of radicalisation and extremism in individuals.
Understand the pathways that can lead someone to adopt extremist views.
Know how to respond appropriately, including how to refer concerns through safeguarding channels.
Work collaboratively with other agencies to support individuals at risk.
It’s relevant to anyone working in education, health, social care, policing, housing, or any frontline role where safeguarding is a priority.

Training to support and enable professionals to deal with concerns of radicalisation whatever the ideology with children they have contact.

10/08/2026

Two-Day Boys Child Sexual Exploitation Training – Phil Mitchell
Identifying, Engaging, Understanding & Safeguarding Boys & Young Men.

Information contact [email protected]

Wed 16th & Thu 17th September 2026, 9:30am - 4pm
@ St George’s Centre, 60 Great George Street, Leeds, LS1 3DL (Booking Deadline: 24th August 2026). This two-day training course is delivered by Phil Mitchell; a senior accredited counsellor and psychotherapist, specialist accredited supervisor, author and trainer with over 22 years' experience working with sexually abused, assaulted and exploited boys and men.
Fee: £218.00 per delegate (£109 per day).

Day One – Identifying Boys . Aim: To increase professionals ability to accurately and appropriately IDENTIFY and SAFEGUARD boys and young men who have been, are being or are at risk of being sexually exploited.
Day Two: Engaging and Understanding Boys. Aim: To increase professionals ability in ENGAGING and SAFEGUARDING boys and young men who have been, are being or are at

27/07/2026

Resistant Families and Neglect Thursday 10th September 10am-12.30pm (online)
Understanding resistant Families, respectful challenge and positive motivation.

This course will help staff to be able to recognise and describe the types of resistance you may encounter in practice, demonstrate an understanding of the underlying causes of resistance.

It will also introduce Bolton’s 2026-2028 Neglect Strategy and and consider what neglect may look like and the impact on a child, the barriers to recognising neglect and successful responses including examining and reflecting on own practice re relationships with family members.

Understanding resistant Families, respectful challenge and positive motivation.

21/07/2026

Bolton's Call to Action: Strengthening Our Response to Child Neglect in Bolton. Hopefully, you are aware we are pursuing action by everyone with respect to Child Neglect. While progress has been made, neglect remains a significant concern and greater impact is needed to achieve lasting change for children. This is a great time for you or your staff to complete the updated Knowledge Nugget on Child Neglect..

20/07/2026

BSCP: Network Bite: Child Sexual Abuse in the Family Environment - Thursday 17th September 1.30 to 3.00pm Online.
To familiarise all staff from all agencies of local learning and practice when dealing with Child Sexual Abuse in the Family in Bolton.

Network Bites Webinar – Child Sexual Abuse in the Family Environment, Local Learning and Practice in Bolton

Bolton Safeguarding Children Partnership is hosting a series of informative “Network Bites” (NwB) webinars.
This session will focus on learning and practice in responding to Child Sexual Abuse within the family environment.
It aims to:
Provide context and background to the topic
Share key messages from current research, including findings from the Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse
Explore learning from local Child Sexual Abuse audits, highlighting implications for practice
Signpost resources, support, and next steps for professionals working in Bolton.

To familiarise all staff from all agencies of local learning and practice when dealing with Child Sexual Abuse in the Family in Bolton.

20/07/2026

The Role of Local Authority Designated Officer - Wed 16th September 10:00-11:30am (Online).
Understanding the role of the Local Authority Designated Officer in dealing with allegations of professional abuse.
“For those agencies whose job it is to protect children and vulnerable people, the harsh reality is that if a sufficiently devious person is determined to seek out opportunities to work their evil, no one can guarantee that they will be stopped. Our task is to make it as difficult as possible for them to succeed...” Bichard Report, 2004,
The objectives of this course:
Understand the LADO role
Understand how and when to access appropriate support and guidance from the LADO
Understand how to deal with an allegation made against a member of staff
Understand the process that may follow

Understanding the role of the Local Authority Designated Officer in dealing with allegations of professional abuse.