Book Your Place - West Yorkshire Safeguarding Week 2026
Taking place week commencing 22nd June, West Yorkshire Safeguarding Week 2026 offers a fantastic opportunity to learn from experienced professionals, explore key topics, and connect with colleagues across the partnership.
Whether you’re looking to refresh your knowledge, gain new insights, or share best practice, these sessions are tailored to support practitioners at all levels.
Browse the programme and book your place today
Join us for a series of engaging and informative sessions designed to support and strengthen your safeguarding practice.
Concerns Resolutions – last chance to have your say
To help us understand how well the Concerns Resolution process supports practitioners when professional disagreements arise, we invite you to share your feedback through our survey.
There’s still time to have your say, if you haven’t already.
Thank you to everyone who has already taken part in our survey.
Your responses will be used to help us identify any changes needed to improve this process.
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 23 June 2026, 9am to 3:15pm
- Thursday 2 July 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 4 June 2026, 9am to 3.30pm
- Tuesday 8 September 2026, 9am to 3.30pm
- Wednesday 30 September 2026, 9am to 3.30pm
Book your place on Working Together to safeguard children and young people
Safeguarding children and young people refresher training
This course provides an update of safeguarding practice, legislation and messages over the last three years. It considers these from both local and national perspectives and covers information such as definitions, raising concerns with Children’s Social Work Services, legislation and key messages from Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews.
Book your place on Safeguarding children and young people refresher training
From the wider safeguarding sector
New online safeguarding learning hub
The Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel have launched a new independent website which is designed to support safeguarding practitioners working with children and families across England.
The website brings together learning from safeguarding reviews and accessible, practical resources in one place, making learning easier to find and use.
The website features a learning hub with content on four themes at launch: Black, Asian and Mixed Heritage children, child sexual abuse, neglect, and vulnerable babies, each offering a rich range of resources to support stronger practice. The hub launches with these themes as a starting point, with future topics planned to be added on a regular basis as the website continues to grow and evolve.
Partner & Staff Engagement Event hosted by Leeds City Council
Join partners, practitioners, and colleagues from across Leeds for a collaborative engagement event focused on the upcoming Children and Families Social Care Reforms.
This session will provide a clear update on national changes, share learning from Leeds's Family Help Test & Learn, and give space to co develop a shared vision for how the reforms could look locally.
Your insight, experience, and voice are essential as we work together to shape the future of support for children, young people, families, and the workforce in Leeds.
Who should attend?
- Children & Families directorate Staff
- Partners across education, health, police, community & voluntary sectors.
Event Details (please only book one)
- Monday 11 May 2026, 12:30pm - 4:30pm at Pudsey Civic Hall, LS28 5TA
- Thursday 14 May 2026, 12:30pm - 4:30pm at Catch, Harehills, Leeds LS8 3QY
- Monday 18 May 2026, 12:30pm - 4:30pm at John Charles Centre, LS11 5DJ
Please book via Eventbrite
For any queries please contact: LeedsRPC@leeds.gov.uk