This course will be delivered online and joining instructions/link will be circulated by email beforehand. 

About the Course:

Volunteering can be a great way for young people to learn and develop new skills, gain experience for their future employment, 'give back' to an organisation and help their local community. As well as the time, support and skills that young people can offer, organisations can learn from their young volunteers - particularly as their own experiences both within and outside of their group may be very different to those of adult volunteers.

If you're working with young volunteers (under 18’s) then there are a few things you must consider. Organisations and groups must protect their young volunteers and do all they can to make sure that their volunteering experience is enriched and positive. This VOYC Devon online training session looks at the needs of the groups and individuals you work with from a safeguarding perspective.

Delivered online via Zoom and access details will be forwarded to candidates beforehand.

Please complete the booking form in order to secure your place/s.

This Devon Safeguarding Children Partnership approved awareness raising training has been specifically designed for organisations working in the voluntary and community sector and also private sector, and will cover important issues such as:

• Who needs DBS Checks?

• Effective Staff Induction, Supervision and Appraisal

• Legislation and Policy

• Reporting Concerns

• Best Practice

Delivered by: Tom Coulthard, CEO of VOYC Devon

‘Awareness in Safeguarding’ is to increase awareness and confidence building in respect of identification, responding, recording and reporting processes involved in child protection. This Devon Safeguarding Children Partnership recognised training will also raise awareness of legislation, attitudes & values and blocks & challenges in safeguarding.

Delivered by: Tom Coulthard, CEO of VOYC Devon

This awareness raising course will enable participants to better understand their role and safeguarding responsibilities if their groups are providing activities or services for children and young people.

The outcomes from the session will be that you:

• be more aware of the legal framework for safeguarding and child protection;

• better understand what needs to be done to protect all those involved with the activities of your organisation;

• feel more confident, enabling you to scrutinise any safeguarding related decisions made by your organisation;

• know what resources there are available that can support organisations take reasonable steps to safeguard beneficiaries; 

• identify areas of potential risk and how these might be mitigated by your organisation.  

Delivered by Dan Howlett and Tom Coulthard (CEO of VOYC Devon).        

Who’s this for?

This Devon Safeguarding Children Partnership recognised Group 5 training is for the not for profit children and young people’s workforce who have particular responsibilities in relation to advising and supporting other staff (paid/unpaid) who may have safeguarding concerns, who have the responsibility to receive and refer safeguarding information. This also includes self-employed ‘stand-alone’ practitioners who do not work within an organisation (ie childminders, private tutors, etc).

Delivered by: Tom Coulthard, CEO of VOYC Devon.

‘Awareness in Safeguarding’ is to increase awareness and confidence building in respect of identification, responding, recording and reporting processes involved in child protection. This Devon Safeguarding Children Partnership recognised training will also raise awareness of legislation, attitudes & values and blocks & challenges in safeguarding.