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Training for children’s homes

Support your team. Put care at the centre.

Help care workers, support staff and managers develop the knowledge they need for thoughtful, informed practice in residential care.

Begin with your needs

Learning that connects with life in your home.

Your training priorities should reflect the children you support, your team’s experience and the areas where greater understanding would help.

  • Use-of-force law in the context of children’s homes
  • Risk reduction and de-escalation in everyday practice
  • Specialist learning where ligature risk is identified
  • Safeguarding, autism awareness and daily care responsibilities
  • First aid and workplace safety matched to your needs
The children’s homes law course references England’s regulations and quality standards. Read the official guidance.
Your course options

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Explore the course content, benefits and delivery. Choose a focused course or bring several needs together in a training package.

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Comprehensive training packages

Bring your team’s priorities together. Explore individual and combined options in risk reduction, everyday practice and workplace safety.

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16 courses for children’s homes · Explore the details below

Risk reduction

Physical Intervention & Restraint — Children’s Homes

Two-day physical intervention training for children’s homes, with a one-day annual refresher.

2 days
Risk reduction

Ligature Removal & Risk Management

Specialist learning for teams supporting people at risk of self-harm involving ligatures.

Half day · approximately 3–4 hours
Risk reduction

Physical Intervention & Ligature Management — Combined

Bring physical intervention and ligature management into one coordinated programme for teams with both learning needs.

2 days
Safeguarding & support

Safeguarding Children & Young People

Build shared understanding of safeguarding responsibilities and how staff connect learning with local procedures.

1 day
First aid

Emergency First Aid at Work

Learn the essentials of workplace emergency first aid through theory and practical assessment.

1 day · minimum 6 hours
Law & practice

Law on Use of Force — Children’s Homes

Standalone law training that complements your existing physical intervention programme, whoever provides it.

1 day
Everyday practice

Administering, Recording & Storing Medication

Explore the responsibilities and organisational procedures involved in supporting medication practice.

Half day
First aid

Combined Emergency First Aid at Work and Emergency Paediatric First Aid

One day of emergency first-aid learning for teams responsible for both adults and children.

1 day · approximately 6 hours
First aid

Emergency Paediatric First Aid

One-day first-aid learning focused on responding to emergencies involving children.

1 day
Workplace safety

Fire Marshalling — Theory Only

A classroom learning option focused on fire safety awareness and fire marshal responsibilities.

1 day
Workplace safety

Fire Marshalling with Practical Exercise

Explore fire safety responsibilities with a practical component agreed for your venue and learners.

1 day
Workplace safety

Health & Safety Training

Build awareness of everyday workplace risks and the responsibilities that support safer practice.

1 day
Safeguarding & support

Learning Disabilities and Communication with Children

Build understanding of learning disabilities and consider how staff can support communication with children.

1 day
Everyday practice

Recording Your Work & Medication — Combined

Bring documentation and medication responsibilities together in a single day of learning for care teams.

1 day
Everyday practice

Recording Your Work & Report Writing

Develop a more consistent approach to clear documentation and useful professional reports.

Half day
Safeguarding & support

Understanding Autism

Develop awareness of autism and thoughtful support for children and young people as individuals.

1 day
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