This is a Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan Local Safeguarding Children Board training course

Target Group: This is multi agency training for staff from any agency from Cardiff or the Vale of Glamorgan who may be working with children where parental substance misuse may be an issue.

Those attending would need to have an understanding of the Children Act, what the term significant harm means, have an understanding of child protection processes and have had experience of working within this area of practice.

Course Content

To develop a wider understanding of the competing needs in working with parents and children in the area of child protection and substance misuse

The value base underpinning this area of work – Who is the client? Whose needs are paramount?; understanding what constitutes significant harm and when this threshold has been crossed; understanding / awareness of the impact of substance misuse on parenting and when this crosses the line into child protection and significant harm; exploring effective joint working in family focussed interventions

Course Facilitator

Viv Mumby, Trainer, Families & Community Care

To request a place please email csbooking@cardiff.gov.uk with your full name, job title, workplace address, telephone number and email address. Booking confirmation will be emailed about 2 weeks before the course.