Safeguarding Training - Information for Welsh organisations

In line with the new National Safeguarding Training Standards in Wales any future safeguarding training requests need to consider the new Groups which Social Care Wales have developed to ensure individuals within an organisation are receiving the correct and appropriate level of training.

IT IS UP TO THE INDIVIDUAL ORGANISATION TO DETERMINE WHO RECEIVES WHICH LEVEL OF TRAINING.

We have highlighted different sectors below who will have to introduce and apply these new training standards to their safeguarding training for their organisations.

All information relating to the new standards and the groups can be found on www.socialcare.wales,  HERE.

We are able to offer Safeguarding Training for individuals in Group B and Group C (Group A training is available as online and accessible to all Free of Charge) via the Social Care Wales website.

Group B 

Group B practitioners are those who spend time with people in a group setting or on a one-to-one basis. They will have a particular responsibility in relation to the people they work with and will need a higher level of knowledge than those in group A because of their direct involvement with people. The people they work with may or may not have safeguarding concerns  (Social Care Wales descriptive).

Group C

Group C practitioners are those who have direct responsibility for safeguarding people:

  • who have an assessing role that’s linked to the safeguarding process and / or
  • who are operating at a level where they can give advice about safeguarding to those in group A and group B and / or
  • in a setting they work in or manage and / or
  • with whom they spend a lot of time unsupervised and there may be safeguarding concerns.

Group C practitioners also include an organisation’s designated safeguarding person and people who take a more prominent role in safeguarding decisions, including those with an active role in core groups and protection planning activities.

Group C practitioners could potentially contribute to or are fully engaged in assessing, planning, intervening and reviewing the needs of people where there are safeguarding concerns (Social Care Wales descriptive).

Delivery Method

Group B – can be delivered online or face to face with flexible delivery to suit the needs of the organisation with maximum group size 16 (dependant on suitability of venue) The Group B can be delivered directly into an organisation.

Group C – delivered face to face with flexible delivery to suit the needs of the organisation with maximum group size 16 (dependant on suitability of venue) – these sessions will generally be delivered as open sessions.

To enquire about courses running in your area please call 01978 757524 or email training@groundworknorthwales.org.uk