This event provides staff with evidence based knowledge and skills to make a difference to young people and demonstrate you are putting their health outcomes front and centre.

This course is designed to meet the needs of aspiring, new and experienced Responsible Individuals for Children’s Homes. The course is a series of very practical, live online sessions addressing the day to day life of the RI with lots of reflection and embedding practice between the sessions.

We run a session on Regulation 27 notifications for Supported Accommodation Providers and a separate session on Regulation 40 notifications for Children’s Homes. Please see full details below to register to join one of these FREE sessions.

The demands on holding the Registered Manager’s position and the complexity of young people we are supporting is increasing. It’s crucial that Registered Managers, and other people taking a significant role get the support and the training they need to deliver high quality services that really make a difference to young people.

As the Ofsted landscape continues to change, particularly for our colleagues in residential care, this training will look at the inspection of children’s homes in detail, seeking to define and broaden our understanding of the process. Ultimately, this training will seek to empower and embolden, providing knowledge and practical support to help you manage your inspection.

dialogue has commissioned this training to be delivered by PAPYRUS. Prevention of Young Suicide (PAPYRUS) is the UK charity dedicated to the prevention of suicide and the promotion of positive mental health and emotional wellbeing in young people.

This course explores the role and builds the skills of Nominated Individuals and Registered Service Managers.

Our Outstanding Residential Care course examines the underpinning framework for outstanding care and draws on our trainers’ decades of experience in creating the ambition, culture, training, and monitoring environment required to enable our young people to achieve great things.

This short course has been developed in response to learning from the Registered Manager vacancy rate research dialogue conducted with input from 378 leaders and managers across the sector. Ofsted were part of the Independent Steering Group and heard the feedback on the worries managers carry into this important meeting.

This full-day course is delivered online and improves understanding of the legislative requirements for Regulation 45.

This course will ensure managers have the skills to prioritise the safety of children and young people, work within interagency procedures and guidance and properly support their staff through proportionate decision-making and a caring approach.

We’ve been working with our team to develop a trauma informed pathway for children’s homes and residential schools to build the capability and confidence of your teams’ work with children and young people.

We’ve individual and organisational pathways with options for those new to trauma informed work, and for people who are highly experienced. You’re welcome to book through the links below, or to contact us and devise a bespoke package to meet the needs of your setting now and in the future.

dialogue runs the national Regulation 44 Independent Person Network, provides regulation 44 training and helps children’s homes and residential special schools find independent people to visit and quality assure their provision.

Young people with disabilities are almost four times as likely to be abused or neglected. In residential care, the risk rises further due to the number of people involved in their care. This course focuses in on the experience of children and young people, the factors behind the increased risks and how to address them.

This course seeks to narrow the division between perceptions of ‘online’ and ‘offline’ worlds, helping participants identify with young people’s growing perspective of an integrated digital age. The impact of online activity is a part of what happens in the ‘real’ world, and vice versa.

Our specialist child sexual exploitation training is designed by experienced practitioners, senior managers and senior police officers and has been delivered very successfully as multi-agency training, within organisations through to Local Children’s Safeguarding Board level.

This full-day course is delivered online and improves understanding of the legislative requirements for Regulation 32.

A practical guide to supporting young people in care to creating the networks and skills to thrive. This training intends to empower staff in residential children’s homes to ensure young people in their care are provided with the best transition to in(ter)dependence. This is a challenging time for all young people and the more we plan for life beyond care the better chance a young person has of reaching their potential.

While young people in care are at higher risk of sexual exploitation and abuse, early sex and teenage pregnancy they often miss out on sex and relationships education through absence from school, being away from parents and a lack of clarity and confidence in who should be talking to them about sex.

Safeguarding is a live activity that unfolds as you work. Recognising and planning for risk are essential. but we must train and trust our staff to respond to situations as they arise.

This course examines the real dilemmas in working with young people, how to begin to identify risk, and keeps a strong focus on the rights to a healthy childhood for all the young people involved.

It’s crucial your leaders and managers have a thorough understanding of safeguarding. Our course is in depth, aligned to the guidance, and built on the experience of hundreds of leaders who have previously completed the course.

A course from dialogue for managers and staff of residential settings to consider their obligations under the mental capacity act and what this means for children and young people in their care.

One in ten young people go missing from care, usually multiple times, twenty times the average and they often experience significant harm.

Running a business supporting children living away from home is a serious endeavour and requires more than just a monetary investment. Successful children’s care away from home is skilled, value-led work and requires understanding of the requirements at every level of the organisation.

As the Ofsted landscape continues to change, particularly for our colleagues in supported accommodation, this training will look at the inspection of supported accommodation in detail, seeking to define and broaden our understanding of the process. Ultimately, this training will seek to empower and embolden, providing knowledge and practical support to help you manage your inspection.

This course is aimed at practitioners working with young people who may be self harming. It is thought at least 13% of young people may try to hurt themselves on purpose at some point between the ages of 11 and 16 and all agencies have a duty to identify who may be at risk, open up communication and intervene effectively to protect young people.

The most common form of abuse, neglect affects not only young people’s quality of life but their sense of self and self-worth, risk taking behaviours and understanding of relationships. It can lead to enduring problems through adolescence into adulthood.

County lines gangs are highly organised criminal networks that use sophisticated, frequently evolving techniques to groom young people and evade capture by the police. Perpetrators use children and young people to maximise profits and distance themselves from the criminal act of physically dealing drugs
Definition of county lines, National Crime agency, 2019

Family time is important for all of us. For some young people, especially those in care, time with families brings complications and in some cases this time needs to be supervised.

This course explores how to create the right environment for safe, positive time with families. It equips supervisors with tools to understand the risks, plan ahead, respond effectively in a child-centered way and make an effective record.

Are you concerned about the impact of drugs on the young people in your care? Our course provides essential information and practical guidance to help them navigate the complexities of substance use. Learn about the latest data, risks, and effects of common substances, as well as strategies to reduce harm and promote healthy decision-making. Equip yourself with the tools to have open conversations and support young people on their journey to a safer future.

This group 3 course equips participants with a sound approach to safeguarding children. Beginning with values, culture and listening skills, the course equips workers with the knowledge and skills to identify, listen and respond to safeguarding concerns.

Our supervision course now runs as four online half-day sessions or can be delivered in two days at your venue. It aims to equip supervisors with the skills and confidence to support and challenge workers to better understand risk and the quality of work being undertaken with children and families.

There are more than 70,000 young people and children who go missing each year, with incidents estimated at 215,000 for these children and young people.

The Children’s Homes (England) Regulations 2015 and Quality Standards set out the steps that registered persons must take to ensure that staff and members of the proprietor body are recruited safely.