CPD Online will be decommissioned from 16 June 2025. The platform will be fully replaced by iLearn Together. There will be a period of a couple of weeks where you cannot access the booking system to our safeguarding training.
If you have any queries during this time, please email Ellen.Mutch@n-somerset.gov.uk and iLearn@n-somerset.gov.uk and they will be able to support you with booking a course, cancelling a course or amending any details.
Training will continue as normal.
Welcome to the NSSCP multi-agency safeguarding training page. Our primary trainer who delivers the offer is Ellen Mutch.
All users will soon be able to access iLearn which enables easier booking onto face-to-face courses and access to e-learning appropriate to your setting.
A new bespoke course designed by our North Somerset service providers Next Link.
9.30am to 4.30pm
This training will explore how domestic abuse may present in older people, what barriers they may face to access support and how their experiences may differ from other generations.
We will also explore the connection between domestic abuse and abuse of older people, the role of adult social care and capacity assessments as well as what support is available.
This training will explore how domestic abuse impacts on children and what professionals can do to keep them safe and assist in helping them understand and process their experiences.
This training explores what coercive and controlling behaviour is and how it might present in the context of domestic abuse.
You will learn about changes to legislation, policy and practice in this area and how this applies when working with individuals and families.
Explore the North Somerset early help tool for identifying strengths and needs for families to ensure they get the right service at the right time.
9.30am to 1.30pm
The aim of this training is to update staff about drugs children use, local data, how to support children around their own or familial substance use, further understanding why children use substances and exploitation. It will also cover what support the Substance Advice Service (SAS) offer and provide details about the referral process.
The training will be delivered by experienced professionals working within the children and young people’s SAS.
The aim of this training is to update staff about drugs children use, local data, how to support children around their own or familial substance use, further understanding why children use substances and exploitation. It will also cover what support the Substance Advice Service (SAS) offer and provide details about the referral process.
The training will be delivered by experienced professionals working within the children and young people’s SAS.
This training is aimed at professionals working with adolescents, foster carers and those supporting families experiencing difficulties with substance misuse. This training may also be relevant to those working with adult substance users but the focus will be on young people.
On completion of the training, delegates should feel confident in the delivery of Tier 1 substance misuse services (anyone working with individuals using substances). It will prepare you for supporting, signposting and referring individuals and families needing support and treatment.
The session includes the four tiers of substance misuse, your role, specialist drug education, polysubstance use and harm minimisation, local and national data, support available (and how to support others), Physical and Psychological heath, statistics and information on drug related deaths, naloxone, how to respond in an emergency, the brain and Adverse Childhood Events (ACEs) and the relationship with substance misuse.
This training is a response to the legal substances that we see children using locally including nicotine, alcohol, caffeine and CBD. It's delivered by experienced professionals working in North Somerset's children’s specialist substance misuse service, Substance Advice Service (SAS). The training is continually updated to reflect changes in children’s substance use and the law around it.
9.30am to 12.30pm
1.30pm to 4.30pm
9.30am to 3pm
9.30am to 4.30pm
9.30am to 1pm, online
Designed for those who have some contact with children and completed the Level 1 basic awareness within the last year and require an update on current policies and procedures.
Pre-recorded. Available via YouTube.
Please contact ellen.mutch@n-somerset.gov.uk for the link.
Last Tuesday of the month.
10.30am to 11.30am, online
Visit Prevent duty training - GOV.UK website for more information.
9.30am to 11am
Specialist webinars coming soon include:
9.30am to 4.30pm
