Safeguarding

Training programme

We offer an extensive range of training courses to people who have a responsibility for safeguarding children.

There's no charge to register for these courses, however if you fail to attend you'll be liable to pay a £50 fee. You must attend a course you register for, and if you're unable to attend you must unregister within at least 24 hours of the course start time.

Places can be booked and cancelled online via the POD.

June 2025

Course Date and time Delivery platform
Coercive control workshop Tuesday 3 June
10am to 1pm		 Barnsley Town Hall - book directly with IDAS
Lite Bites Seminar: Child sexual exploitation Thursday 5 June
10:30am to 12pm		 Microsoft Teams
Contextual safeguarding training Friday 6 June
10:30am to 12pm		 Microsoft Teams
Domestic abuse signs and indicators, DASH risk assessment and MARAC Tuesday 10 June
10am to 3:30pm		 Wellington House, Barnsley - book directly with IDAS
Children and young people who have displayed harmful sexual behaviour - An introduction Tuesday 10 June
9:30am to 12:30pm		 Room 14, Barnsley Town Hall
Safeguarding children in the first year of life Wednesday 11 June
10:30am to 12:30pm		 Microsoft Teams
Building stronger relationships Thursday 12 June
9am to 4:30pm		 Wombwell Family Hub
Professional curiosity Thursday 12 June
10:30am to 12pm 		 Microsoft Teams 
Designated safeguarding lead training Friday 13 June
9am to 3pm		 Barnsley Town Hall
Training for MARAC representatives Tuesday 24 June
10am to 1pm		 Zoom - book directly with IDAS
Understanding and working with the impact of vicarious and secondary trauma
Book a place with BSARCS.		 Friday 27 June 
10am to 12:30pm		 Zoom
Children and young people online Friday 27 June
10am to 12pm		 Microsoft Teams

July 2025

Course Date and time Delivery platform
Harms Outside The Home - Level 1 - Identification and Early Prevention Tuesday 1 July
1:30pm to 4:30pm		 Microsoft Teams
Attending case conferences and core groups in Barnsley Tuesday 1 July
2pm to 3:30pm		 Microsoft Teams
Working with resistant families Tuesday 1 July
10:30am to 12pm		 Zoom
Online harms  Thursday 3 July
9:30am to 11:30am		 Microsoft Teams 
Harms Outside The Home - Level 1 - Identification and Early Prevention Thursday 3 July
9:30am to 1pm		 Microsoft Teams
The importance of the voice of the child Thursday 3 July 
10:30am to 12pm		 Microsoft Teams 
Mental health before and after the baby Thursday 3 July
10am to 12:30pm		 Room 11, Barnsley Town Hall 
Working together to safeguard children and young people Friday 4 July
9:30am to 3:30pm		 Room 11, Barnsley Town Hall
Domestic abuse signs and indicators, DASH risk assessment and MARAC Tuesday 8 July
10am to 3:30pm		 Zoom - book directly with IDAS
Harms Outside The Home - Level 2: Emerging Risk - Diversion Tuesday 8 July
9:30pm to 1pm		 Room 11, Barnsley Town Hall
Educational neglect Tuesday 8 July
10am to 11pm		 Microsoft Teams
Understanding the work of our integrated front door Wednesday 9 July
12pm to 1pm		 Microsoft Teams
Understanding non-fatal strangulation training.
Delivered by Mark Dransfield of South Yorkshire Police		 Wednesday 9 July
10:30am to 12pm		 Microsoft Teams
Harms Outside The Home - Level 3: Disruption - Family Help and Community Guardianship

Wednesday 9 July
9:30am to 12:30pm

 Room 1, Barnsley Town Hall
Changes: Introduction to signs of wellbeing model and new early help assessment paperwork Thursday 10 July
9:15am to 12:15pm		 Barnsley Town Hall
Harms Outside The Home - Level 2: Emerging Risk - Diversion Thursday 10 July
9:30am to 1pm		 Microsoft Teams
Early help assessment family network meetings and action planning, including the voice of the child Thursday 10 July
1pm to 4pm		 Barnsley Town Hall
Signs of safety partnership briefing Thursday 10 July 1:30pm to 3pm Microsoft Teams
Graded care profile 2 Friday 11 July
9:30am to 1pm		 Room 11, Barnsley Town Hall
Signs of safety partnership briefing Monday 14 July 1:30pm to 3pm Microsoft Teams
Basic awareness of safeguarding children Tuesday 15 July
10am to 12:30pm		 Microsoft Teams
Harms Outside The Home - Level 4: Protection, Disruption and Pursuing Tuesday 15 July
1:30pm to 4:30pm		 Room 11, Barnsley Town Hall
Bullying and links to trauma Wednesday 16 July 
10:30am to 12pm		 Microsoft Teams 
Harms Outside The Home - Level 4: Protection, Disruption and Pursuing Thursday 17 July
9:30am to 12:30pm		 Microsoft Teams
Domestic abuse: Safeguarding children and young people Tuesday 22 July
10am to 3pm		 Barnsley Town Hall - book directly with IDAS
Harms Outside The Home - Level 3: Disruption - Family Help and Community Guardianship Tuesday 22 July
9:30am to 1pm		 Microsoft Teams
Harms Outside The Home - Level 4: Protection, Disruption and Pursuing Thursday 24 July
9:30am to 1pm		 Microsoft Teams
Understanding and responding to intrafamilial sexual abuse
Book a place with BSARCS.		 Monday 28 July 
10am to 12:30pm		 Zoom 

August 2025

Course Date and time Delivery platform
Children nude image sharing Monday 4 August
10am to 12pm		 Microsoft Teams
Understanding the dark web Monday 4 August
1pm to 2:30pm		 Microsoft Teams
Domestic abuse signs and indicators, DASH risk assessment and MARAC Tuesday 5 August
10am to 3:30pm		 Barnsley Town Hall - book directly with IDAS
Changes: Introduction to signs of wellbeing model and new early help assessment paperwork Thursday 7 August
9:15am to 12:15pm		 Barnsley Town Hall
Early help assessment family network meetings and action planning, including the voice of the child Thursday 7 August
1pm to 4pm		 Barnsley Town Hall
Children and young people online Monday 11 August
1pm to 3pm		 Microsoft Teams
Coercive control workshop Tuesday 12 August
10am to 1pm		 Barnsley Town Hall - book directly with IDAS
Supporting harder to reach survivors of domestic abuse Tuesday 19 August
10am to 1pm		 Barnsley Town Hall - book directly with IDAS
Dealing with disclosures of sexual abuse from children and young people 
Book a place with BSARCS.		 Wednesday 20 August
10am to 12:30pm		 Zoom 
Understanding child/adolescent to parent abuse Tuesday 26 August
10am to 1pm		 Zoom - book directly with IDAS

September 2025

Course Date and time Delivery platform
Coercive control workshop Tuesday 2 September
10am to 1pm		 Zoom - book directly with IDAS
Basic awareness of safeguarding children Friday 5 September
10am to 12:30pm		 Microsoft Teams
Changes: Introduction to signs of wellbeing model and new early help assessment paperwork Monday 8 September
9:15am to 12:15pm		 Barnsley Town Hall
Early help assessment family network meetings and action planning, including the voice of the child Monday 8 September
1pm to 4pm		 Barnsley Town Hall
Signs of safety partnership briefing Tuesday 9 September 9:30am to 12pm Room 11, Barnsley Town Hall
Training for MARAC representatives Tuesday 9 September
10am to 1pm		 Zoom - book directly with IDAS
Building stronger relationships Thursday 11 September
9an to 4:30pm		 Wombwell Family Hub
Safeguarding children in the first year of life Friday 12 September
10:30am to 12:30pm		 Microsoft Teams
Working with sexual harm, recognising and responding to online sexual harm.
Book a place with BSARCS.		 Tuesday 16 September
10am to 1pm		 Zoom 
Lite Bite Seminar - Child neglect Tuesday 16 September
10:30am to 12pm		 Microsoft Teams
Designated safeguarding lead training Thursday 18 September
9am to 3pm		 Barnsley Town Hall
Graded care profile 2 Friday 19 September
9:30am to 1pm		 Room 11, Barnsley Town Hall
Signs of safety partnership briefing Wednesday 24 September
9:30am to 12pm		 Reception Room, Barnsley Town Hall
Hidden men Thursday 25 September
10:30am to 12pm		 Zoom
Lite Bites Seminar: Child criminal exploitation Tuesday 30 September
1:30pm to 3pm		 Microsoft Teams

October 2025

Course Date and time Delivery platform
Working together to safeguard children and young people Thursday 2 October
9:30am to 3:30pm		 Room 11, Barnsley Town Hall
Changes: Introduction to signs of wellbeing model and new early help assessment paperwork Monday 6 October
9:15am to 12:15pm		 Barnsley Town Hall
Early help assessment family network meetings and action planning, including the voice of the child Monday 6 October
1pm to 4pm		 Barnsley Town Hall
Professional curiosity Thursday 16 October
10:30am to 12pm		 Microsoft Teams 
Contextual safeguarding training Friday 24 October
10:30am to 12pm		 Microsoft Teams

November 2025

Course Date and time Delivery platform
Bullying and links to trauma  Tuesday 4 November
10:30am to 12pm 		 Microsoft Teams 
Understanding non-fatal strangulation training.
Delivered by Mark Dransfield of South Yorkshire Police 		 Thursday 6 November
10:30am to 12pm		 Microsoft Teams 
Neurodiversity awareness training Tuesday 11 November
9:30am to 12:30pm		 Room 11 Barnsley Town Hall
Attending case conferences and core groups in Barnsley Wednesday 12 November
10am to 11:30am		 Microsoft Teams
Working with resistant families Wednesday 12 November
10:30am to 12pm		 Zoom
Changes: Introduction to signs of wellbeing model and new early help assessment paperwork Thursday 13 November
9:15am to 12:15pm		 Barnsley Town Hall
Early help assessment family network meetings and action planning, including the voice of the child Thursday 13 November
1pm to 4pm		 Barnsley Town Hall
Designated safeguarding lead training Friday 14 November
9am to 3pm		 Barnsley Town Hall
Children nude image sharing Friday 14 November
10am to 12pm		 Microsoft Teams
Prioritising child sexual abuse - An engaging day of talks and workshops facilitated by the Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse Tuesday 18 November
9:30am to 4:30pm		 Barnsley Civic, Eldon Street, Barnsley
Children and young people who have displayed harmful sexual behaviour - An introduction Wednesday 19 November
10am to 12:30pm		 Microsoft Teams
Graded care profile 2 Friday 21 November
9:30am to 1pm		 Room 11, Barnsley Town Hall
Basic awareness of safeguarding children Friday 28 November
10am to 12:30pm		 Microsoft Teams

December 2025

Course Date and time Delivery platform
The importance of the voice of the child Tuesday 2 December
10:30am to 12pm		 Microsoft Teams
Lite Bite Seminar - Child neglect Thursday 4 December
10:30am to 12pm		 Microsoft Teams
Mental health before and after the baby Thursday 4 December
10am to 12:30pm		 Room 11, Barnsley Town Hall 
Working together to safeguard children and young people Friday 5 December,
9:30am to 3:30pm		 Room 11, Barnsley Town Hall
Safeguarding children in the first year of life Monday 8 December
10:30am to 12:30pm		 Microsoft Teams
Changes: Introduction to signs of wellbeing model and new early help assessment paperwork Wednesday 10 December
9:15am to 12:15pm		 Barnsley Town Hall
Early help assessment family network meetings and action planning, including the voice of the child Wednesday 10 December
1pm to 4pm		 Barnsley Town Hall
Building stronger relationships Thursday 11 December
9am to 4:30pm		 Wombwell Family Hub
Lite Bites Seminar: Child sexual exploitation Friday 12 December
10:30am to 12pm		 Microsoft Teams

January 2026

Course Date and time Delivery platform
Understanding the dark web Friday 9 January
1pm to 2:30pm		 Microsoft Teams

February 2026

Course Date and time Delivery platform
Children and young people online Friday 6 February
10am to 12pm		 Microsoft Teams

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