Posted April 16, 2026
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East Sussex Safeguarding Children Partnership, Free Training
From 1st September 2025 all multi-agency training provided by the East Sussex Safeguarding Children Partnership (ESSCP) will be FREE to attend for ALL organisations across East Sussex. The three pan Sussex Children’s Safeguarding Partnerships are adopting a joint charging policy to ensure equity and accessibility across Sussex for both statutory and non-statutory organisations.
Click on the link for each course to take you straight to the course details. You need to be logged into your East Sussex Learning Portal (ESLP) account for the hyperlinks to work. Put ESSCP in the search field on the ESLP and you can view all the ESSCP training on offer. The attached document contains information on more ESSCP training opportunities and other multiagency training opportunities.
In Focus
Identifying the Sexual Abuse of Children Identifying the Sexual Abuse of Children: Findings from a National review into child sexual abuse within the family environment uncovered ‘significant and long-standing issues. Children who are sexually abused by someone in their family are frequently not being identified by practitioners, nor are they receiving the response needed for their ongoing safety and recovery. Child sexual abuse in the family environment has been allowed to thrive in secrecy and silence for far too long’. In East Sussex we have had a recent Safeguarding Practice Review with findings that fit with recommendations from the National Review and an essential first step in addressing gaps in knowledge and practice is to attend training on this important subject. | |
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Start date: 22/05/26 Time: 10:00 – 15:00 Venue: Virtual, MS Teams
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New courses
Adolescents and Abusive Behaviours in their Intimate Relationships Dates: 17/06/26 & 26/11/26 Venue: Virtual, MS Teams | |
The training focuses on domestic abuse, both experienced and perpetrated by young people in their intimate partner relationships. The training will explore ways in which to engage young people and their families, consider and use strategies, interventions, tools, and resources available to practitioners in East Sussex when working with young people and their families who are experiencing violence and abuse. |
Understanding Neglect for Families and their children; Using the Neglect Toolkit to assess, record and refer families for support Dates: 09/07/26 Venue: Uckfield Civic Centre | |
The ESSCP is promoting this new Neglect training course which introduces the updated Neglect Toolkit and Neglect Matrix. This course will give you an overview of current research in relation to child neglect and to explore the East Sussex Neglect Toolkit to:
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Upcoming courses
Contextual Safeguarding: Responding to Exploitation and Abuse Outside the Family Home Date: 12/05/26 Venue: ESTDC, St Marys House, Eastbourne | |
| This face to face classroom course, will enable participants to understand the meaning of Contextual Safeguarding and how we are responding to the issue within East Sussex. Participants will gain an understanding of the theory of contextual assessment and the links between children at risk of exploitation and how contextual approaches will support and enhance traditional safeguarding approaches. |
Trauma Informed approaches to working with Families in a Multi Professional Context: Foundation Level Date: 15/06/26 Venue: ESTDC, St. Marys House, Eastbourne | |
Are you working with individuals who find it challenging to engage with conventional services or offers of help? Ever asked yourself “what has happened to them” rather than “what is wrong with them?” Then this course is for you. Trauma informed approaches are strength based and recognise that past experiences, relationships, intersectionality, and context affect current ways of being, relationships and interactions. The Trauma informed lens reframes behaviour that has been traditionally seen as “resistant, difficult, challenging or problematic” as individuals’ best attempts at coping and surviving. In this context it is understandably that the relationships practitioners build with people to promote safety, is emotional work, that inevitably impacts upon them. |
Safeguarding Children with Additional Needs Date: 25/06/26 Venue: Wellshurst Golf Club, Hellingly | |
This course aims to challenge professional thinking, values and beliefs that exist around children and young people with special educational needs and Disability. The training will highlight specific risk factors and enable participants to understand the signs and indicators associated with safeguarding children with additional needs. |
Places still available
Managing Allegations Against Staff Dates: 30/09/26 Venue: Virtual, MS Teams |
Online Learning |
eLearning courses covering mental health, child sexual abuse, domestic abuse, alcohol and drugs and much more are available on our website at https://eastsussexcc.learningpool.com/login/index.php |
In East Sussex, through our Family First programme, we’re tackling the need for earlier help first, so that families can get the support they need as early as possible. The Family First programme has been designed to transform the way services which support children and families are delivered. For more information, please visit the Family Hub.
Please find attached guidance on registering for an account if you are external user. If you have any queries about the booking process or course administration, please contact us.
Get in touch
Enquiries
0300 124 6810Address
Community Action East Sussex
49 Station Road
Polegate
East Sussex
BN26 6EA
