Skip to content.

Child protection training and consultancy in Northern Ireland

As the UK's leading child protection charity, we understand the child protection issues that people working with children and organisations can face.

Our training and consultancy team works with a wide range of organisations across all sectors in Northern Ireland. We explore the steps that can be taken to improve policies, standards and practice to keep children safe.

All our courses follow the key legislation and guidance for safeguarding and child protection in Northern Ireland1.

References

See our Children protection system for Northern Ireland page for current legislation and guidance.

Training to help you keep children safe

Introduction to safeguarding and child protection

Learn how to identify the signs of child abuse and neglect, respond to them and report your concerns. This introductory CPD-certified course is available online, or as a trainer-led course to meet SBNI requirements.

Designated safeguarding officer

Whether you're new to a designated safeguarding role or looking to refresh your knowledge, you'll gain the skills needed to protect the children and young people you work with on this face-to-face training course.

Safer recruitment training

Online and face-to-face safeguarding courses to help you shortlist, interview, vet and recruit the right staff and volunteers. 

Commissioned training

We offer safeguarding training tailored to Northern Ireland. This training can be delivered virtually over Zoom or on-site at your venue. 

Elearning courses

We offer a range of online courses covering key safeguarding and child protection topics, alongside training designed for a variety of professional and volunteer roles.

Consultancy to help you keep children safe

Our expert consultants can help you review your policy and procedures, give advice on specific challenges or create and facilitate training programmes for your team.

Find out more

Consultancy to help you keep children safe

Our expert consultants can help you review your policy and procedures, give advice on specific challenges or create and facilitate training programmes for your team.

Find out more