Missed out on our in-person Learning Session: Improving Practice Through Children's Case Reviews?
You can now register for our online session!
This interactive session will give you the opportunity to:
- Hear key learning from recent children's case reviews in Leeds
- Explore how this learning applies to your day-to-day practice
- Reflect on how systems and services can support, or sometimes challenge, effective safeguarding
- Take away practical insights and discussion points to share with colleagues and teams
Event details:
Date: 22 October 2026
Time: 2:00pm to 3:30pm
Location: Microsoft Teams
This session is designed to support ongoing professional learning and encourage open conversations about safeguarding standards across Leeds. Participants will leave with valuable insights and questions to help drive continuous improvement within their organisations.
Don't miss this opportunity to be part of improving practice and strengthening outcomes for children and young people.
Register now and join the conversation.
Have your say on safeguarding in Leeds
Join the LSCP Practitioner Group and help influence safeguarding guidance, share feedback on learning from reviews, and provide a frontline practitioner perspective on partnership communications and developments. Participation is flexible, with most engagement taking place by email and opportunities to contribute when it suits you. If you're passionate about improving outcomes for children and young people, we'd love to hear from you.
Email: lscp.info@leeds.gov.uk to register your interest.
LSCP Training
New dates have been added to our training offer. Book your place today!
Introduction to Safeguarding
Online introductory training for people who are in regular contact with children and young people either directly, through work with their families / carers or through the setting in which they work.
This is seen as a minimum requirement for all people working within settings which work with or have regular contact with children and young people.
This course should be accessed through your own agency, however for agencies from the smaller third sector, voluntary or private sector (which do not have access to training within their own agency) this course is available via the LSCP.
Leeds Community Healthcare staff can access Introduction training in-house via their induction process.
For those practitioners working for key members of the Safeguarding Partnership (LCC, CSWS, Health Providers, Education, WYP), introductory training should be accessed through your own agency.
Learning outcomes
By the end of the course participants will have:
- An awareness of the signs and indicators that a child is experiencing abuse, neglect or exploitation
- An awareness of the impact abuse can have on a child's development
- An understanding of the importance of being professionally curious and responding to concerns about a child
- The skills to recognise and respond to safeguarding concerns in an appropriate way
- An understanding of the importance of working alongside others, including family members and other professionals to respond to safeguarding concerns.
- A basic understanding of local and national guidelines, policy and procedure relating to safeguarding children.
It is recommended that people undertake Safeguarding Children & Young People Refresher Training every 3 years following completion of this training.
Trainer details
This training is delivered by the Leeds Safeguarding Partnership Business Unit.
Delivery
This session will be delivered live on Zoom and participants will need to attend the full session in a private space with no distractions.
This is an interactive session and in order for participants to fully engage we ask that the training is accessed via a laptop or PC only (no mobile phones or tablets).
Delegates’ videos and microphones should be switched on throughout the whole session.
Only one delegate per device and if accessing in the same room as a colleague please ensure headsets are used.
Preparation for the session
This course should be accessed through your own agency or organisation.
For those smaller third sector, voluntary or private sector organisations (who do not have access to training within their own agency) this course is available via the LSCP.
Introduction to safeguarding children training only needs to be completed once. We recommend that you update your safeguarding training every 3 years by completing Safeguarding Children & Young People Refresher Training.
Charging
There is a charge for all private organisation for attendance and non-attendance to training. Third Sector / not-for-profit agencies who have an annual turnover of more than £250k will be charged £50.
LSCP partner agencies, or Third Sector / not-for-profit agencies who have an annual turnover of less than £250k (voluntary, community, faith) will be exempt from charges to attend learning events. With the exemption of non-attendance as stated below.
All delegates from any agency will be charged £50 for non-attendance at the live session, so you will need to provide billing details when you register for the course. For further information see our Charging Policy.
Dates/Times
- Tuesday 15 September 2026, 9am to 3.15pm
- Tuesday 10 November 2026, 9am to 3.15pm
Book your place on Introduction to Safeguarding Children & Young People training
Working together to safeguard children and young people
This online multi-agency course is for any member of staff who is considered to be a lead professional for safeguarding or may be involved in multi-agency approaches to safeguarding children and young people in their organisation. This may include undertaking s47 (child abuse) enquiries, working with complex cases, or those who would regularly attend Initial Child Protection Conferences.
- Thursday 3 December 9am to 3.30pm
- Tuesday 12 January 9am to 3.30pm
Book your place on Working Together to safeguard children and young people
From the wider safeguarding sector
Helping keep children safe in sport this summer
With the summer holidays now underway, many children and young people will be spending more time taking part in sports clubs, holiday camps, activity programmes, and community events. While these activities provide fantastic opportunities to stay active, make friends, and build confidence, it's important that children can take part in environments where their safety and wellbeing are a priority.
The NSPCC has a dedicated resource for parents and carers, Keeping Your Child Safe in Sport, which offers practical advice on how to choose safe clubs and activities, support children positively in their sporting journey, and know what to do if something doesn't feel right.
Yorkshire & Humber Multi-agency Safeguarding Trainers (YHMAST) Presents...
Bridging the Gap: Transitional safeguarding and exploitation
Tuesday 29 September 2026, 9.30am to 1.00pm via MS Teams
Following their popular Transitional Safeguarding Masterclass in November 2025, this year’s regional conference will explore how a Transitional Safeguarding approach can strengthen responses to exploitation.
Young people affected by exploitation and other forms of contextual harm often continue to experience significant risks beyond their 18th birthday. However, support, services and safeguarding responsibilities can change considerably during this period, creating challenges for young people, families and professionals alike.
Through contributions from three expert speakers and facilitated Q&A, this conference will:
- Explore the relationship between Transitional Safeguarding and exploitation
- Examine the experiences and needs of young people moving towards adulthood
- Consider how children's and adults' services can work together more effectively
- Share emerging learning, research and examples of local practice
This event is free to access and open to all Yorkshire and Humber professionals, including strategic leaders, managers and practitioners working across safeguarding partnerships, children's social care, adult social care, health, education, youth justice, policing, community safety, housing and the voluntary and community sector.
Further details to follow. In the meantime, registrations are now open!
This conference is funded by YHMAST and free-to-access for Yorkshire and Humber professionals
Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel
Adolescent suicide: new learning resources
The CSPR Panel have published new resources to help practitioners identify, prevent and respond to suicide risk in adolescents.
Drawing on learning from safeguarding reviews, the resources explore how risk can build over time, why earlier concerns may not always be recognised for what they are, and what practitioners can do differently to support vulnerable young people.
Available on their online learning hub, the resources include a briefing paper, poster, case study and a slide pack designed to prompt reflection and discussion across teams and partnerships.
Quarterly reports now published on the CSPR Panel website
The Panel have published their first quarterly reports covering serious safeguarding incidents occurring between April and December 2025.
Across the first three quarters, the reports highlight:
- Recurring themes relating to suicide, mental health, domestic abuse and non-engagement
- Learning from reviews involving complex and overlapping vulnerabilities
- How long-standing concerns, family disengagement and unmet needs can contribute to serious harm
- Opportunities for safeguarding partners to reflect on local practice and service responses
Future quarterly reports will continue to be published on a regular basis, providing safeguarding partners with more up-to-date insight into emerging themes and risks.
Dates for your diary
8 August - Safe Sport Day | Safe Sport International
10 September - World Suicide Prevention Day
21 - 25 September - ICON Week