Jessica Spenceley: Safeguarding & Child Protection in Private Practice – May 2025
Summary of Training
The day will support you to deepen your understanding of safeguarding and child protection and will provide you with the space to explore how this relates to the context of your work. The workshop will build on your knowledge base, equip you with additional tools to support and advocate for vulnerable youth, and help you to feel more confident as you move forward in your practice.
This online workshop runs 10am – 4pm.
Learning Methods
The day will utilise an array of learning and teaching styles including small group discussions, multimedia methods, and lecture delivery.
Handouts, additional learning resources, and recommended reading will be provided.
Aims and Objectives
- Review concepts related to safeguarding and child protection
- Explore the area of risk and how this relates to lone working
- Develop greater awareness of key legislation and guidance
- Understand your role as a designated safeguarding professional
- Demonstrate an understanding around how to handle concerns
- Explore multi-agency working
- Discuss ethical dilemmas
About Jessica Spenceley
Jessica Spenceley is a highly experienced international therapist, social worker, and facilitator whose specialisms include trauma, grief, adoption, and safeguarding. She has a wealth of experience in health and social care settings utilising an integrative and relational model of practice providing direct services to children and families. Jessica has managed child protection and safeguarding services within the charity sector, and she is involved in work as a provider of therapeutic and assessment services, trainer, and leader in adoption support service development and implementation.
Ethical Conduct
It is a requirement that all participants adhere to ethical conduct in the context of events including:
- Respect for our team, trainers and other attendees
- Adherence to policies and procedures
- Maintaining confidentiality and privacy
- Sensitivity to complex issues being discussed
Anyone in breach of these threshold requirements may be removed from an event and could be unable to attend further events in the future. This is to safeguard the staff and participants as well as to enable quality assurance for the safety and wellbeing of all attendees.
In booking an event these criteria are agreed to in principle and committed to in practice.
Self-Care Notice
Therapeutic trainings can work with complex and emotive topics that may be deeply personal for some delegates, depending on their lived experience. There will be breaks included on the day and one to one support will be available if needed, but please do reflect on whether you feel able to attend. Your safety and wellbeing is of paramount importance.
Recordings
Please note – our live online events are NOT recorded for purchase or view at a later date nor do we permit independent recordings of the event to be made. This is to safeguard the nurturing and contained environment we create online in order to maintain our culture of safe, private and supported interactivity and sharing.
Uncredited Use or Replication of Content Shared
On behalf of the trainers we work with, we do not allow content shared during our CPD days to be replicated or used in any way without due credit to the copyright owner. Doing so without previous consent may result in exclusion from further events.
Ways to Pay
It is possible to arrange payments for tickets to our events in instalments on the condition that the full balance has been received no later than one month before the chosen event takes place. We also offer discounts for groups / teams of 3+, discounts for individuals booking 3 events or more, and we can provide invoices if you wanted to arrange for your place of work to pay for you (advance payment required). To discuss or arrange any of these ways to pay, please email [email protected]
Terms & Conditions
All bookings to be paid in full except where private arrangements have been made to pay in instalments and agreed by us. Tickets &/ or any instalment payments are non-refundable once payment has been made. You can re-sell or transfer your ticket to another attendee up to 24 hours before the event opens – as long as we have notice in writing with their name. On request With Kokoro Ltd may be able to help advertise and/or facilitate any re-sales but this will incur an admin fee of £15.00 to cover our costs including subsequent charges we receive from the ticket providers. Please note With Kokoro Ltd cannot ever guarantee a successful re-sale and responsibility for finding a new purchaser remains with the original ticket holder at all times. No transfer or refund will be considered for a ‘no show’ on the day of the event or if you choose to leave the event early.
If you are booking a ticket as part of a discount offer, only ONE discount can be applied to a ticket at any one time.
With Kokoro Ltd reserves the right to make changes to the booking terms and conditions, the timetable, content and/or any events at any time due to unforeseen circumstances. In the event of cancellation by us and if we cannot offer an alternative date, we will refund the cost of the ticket price for the event in full. We will not be responsible for any further cost incurred by you in relation to your booking.
