Training & Learning Events

In addition to the BSAB multi-agency programme and ME learning offer we would like to share with you local, regional and national learning opportunities. We hope that the varied training offer below would be of interest to you and/or your teams. As a Board we would welcome your feedback on any of the following training you may attend - please do let the Board Manager know if you register for any of these.*

*Please note: whilst we aim to share learning opportunities that are made widely available, the options below are not directly commissioned by the BSAB and therefore we cannot assume responsibility for their content.

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HTF: The National Referral Mechanism: Webinar for First Responders - Thursday 10 December • 10 AM - 12 PM GMT

Free webinar for all First Responders to increase the understanding of the NRM decision-making process and strengthen NRM referrals

The Human Trafficking Foundation invites all First Responders to join this webinar to learn more about the National Referral Mechanism (NRM). We will take an in-depth look at what makes a good NRM referral and how the decisions are made.

For more information please visit here.

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Kent and Medway Safeguarding Adults Board Open Session - Safeguarding Adults Review (SAR) ‘Yared’ - Tuesday 8 December 2026, 6:00pm-7:15pm

The Kent and Medway Safeguarding Adults Board (KMSAB) is hosting a free online learning session on 8 December, 6:00pm-7:15pm, exploring the findings from Safeguarding Adults Review (SAR) Yared. Presented by independent SAR author Nicky Brownjohn, the session will share learning on traumatic brain injury, homelessness and prison release, the use of emergency departments as places of safety, and improving support for asylum seekers. The event is open to all practitioners, carers, people with lived experience, and anyone with an interest in safeguarding adults. Booking is free, with places currently available.

To book a place please visit here.

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South East London ICB: SEL Neighbourhood Care Staff Activation Webinar - Tuesday, 1st December 2026
12:30 - 13:30

Join this webinar to explore how Children and Young People (CYP) Integrated Neighbourhood Teams are being developed across South East London, bringing partners together to improve outcomes, reduce inequalities and ensure children and families receive the right support, at the right time, in the right place.

For more information please visit here.

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LGA: Discriminatory Abuse Practice Toolkit: Making Safeguarding Equitable – Launch Webinar - Thursday 19 November 2026, 12.30 - 2.00pm

Join LGA colleagues during Safeguarding Adults Week for the launch of the Discriminatory Abuse Practice Toolkit.

The webinar will provide an overview of the toolkit and how it can support practitioners to recognise and respond to discriminatory abuse. Speakers will also share examples of how the approach has been used in practice.

For more information please visit here.

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SCIE: Seeing the Whole Picture: Using the LOOK Safeguarding Framework to Recognise Cumulative Harm - Wednesday 18 November, 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) invites you to attend a free safeguarding webinar featuring a presentation by Parminder Sahota, an experienced safeguarding leader, registered mental health nurse and independent reviewer. The session will be chaired by Alison Ridley, SCIE Safeguarding Audits and Reviews Programme Manager. The webinar will share key findings from Parminder's analysis of 38 statutory safeguarding reviews and introduce the LOOK Safeguarding Framework.

For more information please visit here.

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BSAB Learning Workshop: Safeguarding in the context of end-of-life care (Fred) - Tuesday 17 November 2026, 14:00-15:00

In this collaborative learning event, practitioners will explore learning arising from a complex safeguarding case (Fred), with a thematic focus on hospital discharge, multiagency communication, care coordination and safeguarding at the end of life. This is an opportunity for professionals to come together in a reflective space, strengthen partnership working and improve outcomes for adults with complex health and care needs.

For more information please visit here.

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BASW: When Rough Sleeping Becomes a Safeguarding Issue Seeing the person beyond the street: the role of adult social work - Monday 16 November 2026, 12:30pm to 1:30pm

For Adult Safeguarding Week, join Ellie Atkins, Chair of the National Peer Network for Homelessness Social Work in England, to explore how social work can strengthen safeguarding responses for people experiencing multiple exclusion homelessness.

To register please visit here.

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Trauma & Hoarding: National Film Premiere - Diable En Boite (Devil in a Box) - Various dates

The Bromley Safeguarding Adults Board is pleased to share an invitation to a national online film premiere exploring the links between trauma and hoarding behaviours.

Diable En Boite (Devil in a Box) is a powerful short film developed by psychologist Ian Porter in collaboration with a person with lived experience of hoarding. The film is based on a real-life "trauma transcript", which was adapted into a theatre script and professionally performed and filmed at the Unity Theatre, Liverpool.

This innovative project aims to provide practitioners with greater insight into the impact of trauma on hoarding behaviours and forms part of a wider programme that will include a training and resource package to support professional learning and practice.

Access registration for the Event via the following links:

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Academy for Justice - Trauma Informed Practice: More Good Days at School - The Conditions for Change - Wednesday 14 October, 16:00-17:15

This free online seminar explores findings from More Good Days at School, a report from Warren Larkin Associates examining the implementation of trauma-informed approaches across 28 secondary schools in England. Drawing on one of the largest studies of its kind, the research provides a detailed picture of the experiences of students and staff before trauma-informed support was introduced.

For more information please visit here.

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Academy for Justice: No Child Left Behind - Rethinking Violence Against Women, Girls and Children - Thursday 24 September 2026, 13:00-14:15

This seminar explored how professionals can strengthen approached to tackling Violence Against Women and Children.

For more information please visit here.

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Care Learning: Various Free Health and Social Care Training

Care Learning offers a range of free online health and social care training courses that may be useful for practitioners involved in adult safeguarding. While the training is primarily aimed at the health and care sector, several courses align well with safeguarding practice and professional development.

Access is straightforward: create a free account on the Care Learning website to enrol in any of the available courses. While some topics may already be available through internal learning platforms, these courses provide an additional source of learning and professional development for those working in or alongside adult safeguarding.

For more information please visit here.

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CNWL Law and Domestic Abuse Webinar - Tuesday 22 September 2026, 12:00 - 14:00

This event will explore family and criminal law in relation to domestic abuse, including legal options available to help prevent domestic abuse.

For more information please visit here.

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Human Trafficking Foundation Online Forum: Modern Slavery and Gender Politics - Tuesday 14 July, 2 PM - 4 PM

Gender politics refers to the power dynamics, societal norms, and institutional structures that shape the roles, rights, and expectations of different genders. Join this sessions for a thought-provoking online forum that examines gender politics and modern slavery, including victim identification, survivor support and offender motivation. Does one size fit all? What does a truly inclusive response looks like in practice?

Topics the event will cover:

What the data tells us about the relationship between gender identity and modern slavery
How gender affects identification of victims of modern slavery
How traffickers use gender stereotypes to commit crimes
Comparing gender dynamics in child and adult exploitation
The role of culture and ethnicity in gender politics
Non-binary, trans and gender non-conforming survivors of modern slavery
Designing services that work for everyone

For more information please visit here.

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Human Trafficking Foundation: How to Build Effective Modern Slavery Partnerships - Thursday 9 July, 12 PM - 1:30 PM

Join this session to gain knowledge on how to build effective modern slavery partnerships.

Responding to modern slavery requires more than individual effort. It demands joined-up, effective partnerships across sectors.

Join this interactive session exploring what it takes to build and sustain effective modern slavery partnerships. Through speaker presentations, open discussion and Q&A, this will examine:

Why strong partnerships are needed to tackling modern slavery
The challenges of building and sustaining them
What good looks like and the benefits when it works

This session is designed for statutory authorities and all those involved in responding to modern slavery, whether you're new to partnership working or looking to strengthen existing approaches.

For more information please visit here.

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Homeless Link: Support to End Homelessness 2025 - findings from annual research - Wednesday 08 July 2026, 10-11am

Learn the latest about the state of the sector, including capacity, support needs, available support, funding sources and challenges faced.

Since 2008, Homeless Link has produced an annual review of the available support for single homelessness in England.

Hear from their research team as they give an overview of the latest findings from Support to End Homelessness 2025, which tracks trends in and provides a detailed overview of the nature and availability of these homelessness services and the support needs and circumstances of the people accessing them.

The team will also discuss the challenges and opportunities faced by the sector, and the various ways in which it helps people move on from homelessness and achieve positive outcomes in their lives.

For more information please visit here.

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Kent Association of the Blind: Bitesize Deafblindness Awareness Session - Thursday 2nd of July 12-1pm

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Join KAB for an informative and interactive session with Kent Association of the Blind trainer Amanda Bodemeaid to increase our understanding of deafblindness.

This event aims to build awareness, challenge misconceptions, and provide practical information about support available for people with dual sensory loss.

Did you know?

Deafblindness receives unique recognition within the Care Act framework, with specific legal requirements for specialist assessment and support for people with combined sight and hearing loss.
This week is Deafblind Awareness Week (June 22 to June 28) and is marked annually during the last week of June in honour of leading humanitarian Helen Keller birthday on June 27.

Whether you are new to the topic or looking to develop your knowledge further, this session will provide valuable insights and opportunities for discussion.

Together, let's raise awareness and improve understanding of deafblindness.

Join the live session via this link.

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Bromley Prevent Awareness Training By PRDO South London - Wednesday 01 July, 3:00-4:30pm

Tailored for Bromley, after this session you will:

Know what Prevent is
Understand why Prevent is important
Understand how Prevent applies to your role
Identify the emotions and behaviours that might make someone susceptible to radicalisation
Understand how to apply the notice, check, share procedure

To register please visit here.

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London Safeguarding Children Partnership: Various events and dates themed around transitional safeguarding

Incels - A deep dive into extreme misogyny - Tuesday 2 June, 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Spiritual and ritual abuse (SARA) - Wednesday 3 June, 10 AM - 11 AM
Introduction to trauma-informed practice - Tuesday 9 June, 12 PM - 1 PM
Working with parents and carers who are neurodivergent - Wednesday 10 June, 10 AM - 11 AM
Manosphere and misogyny - Thursday 11 June, 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
An overview of generative AI and young people - Friday 12 June, 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Beyond the screen - belief, influence, and hidden safeguarding risk - Monday 15 June, 12 PM - 2 PM
Using Safe Plans and solution-focused conversations in suicidal crisis - Tuesday 16 June, 12 PM - 2 PM
Tackling racism and inequalities in safeguarding children and young people - Wednesday 17 June, 9 AM - 10:30 AM

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Kent and Medway Safeguarding Adults Board Open Session: Organisational Abuse - Could It Happen Here? - Tuesday 09 June, 6-7.30pm

Join Kent and Medway Safeguarding Adults Board for this free online session on Tuesday 9 June, 6:00–7:30pm, featuring leading safeguarding expert Professor Michael Preston-Shoot.

Professor Preston-Shoot brings extensive experience in safeguarding practice, including chairing Safeguarding Adults Boards and co-authoring the national analysis of Safeguarding Adults Reviews.

In this session, he will share key learning from the West Sussex Safeguarding Adults Board “Response to Provider Learning Review” (May 2025), highlighting important themes and recommendations for both local and national practice.

This is a valuable opportunity for professionals to reflect on organisational abuse, strengthen safeguarding approaches, and consider how learning can be applied in practice.

For more information please visit here.

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Zero Suicide Alliance: LGBTQ+ Suicide Awareness Training (launch webinar) - Thursday 04 June, 10:00 - 11:00am

The Zero Suicide Alliance (ZSA) is launching new LGBTQ+ Suicide Awareness Training.

This free online webinar will explore why the course was developed, the insights and lived experience that shaped it, and offer a first look at the content before its public release.

The training is aligned with national suicide prevention priorities and has been shaped by lived experience, community insight, and clinical expertise.

For more information please visit here.

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Drive Mobilization Sessions (April - July 2026) - Pan-London - transforming the national response to perpetrators of domestic abuse.

This is a series of Drive Mobilization Sessions, delivered online via Microsoft Teams.

The Drive Partnership - formed by Respect, SafeLives and Social Finance- is working to transform the national response to perpetrators of domestic abuse. They work to end domestic abuse and protect victims by disrupting, challenging, and changing the behaviour of those who are causing harm. This work is located within a whole family, whole system, coordinated community response. They also advocate for systems and policy change- to develop sustainable, national systems that respond more effectively to all perpetrators of domestic abuse.

The Drive Project is their flagship intervention working with high-harm, high-risk and serial perpetrators of domestic abuse to prevent their abusive behaviour and protect victims. Drive believes domestic abuse is not acceptable or inevitable. Drive works to end domestic abuse and protect victims by disrupting, challenging, and changing the behaviour of high-harm, high-risk, and serial perpetrators; those who have been assessed as posing a risk of serious harm or murder to people they are in intimate or family relationships with. Drive challenges perpetrators to change and works with partner agencies – like the police and social services – to disrupt abuse.

These sessions are designed to support mobilisation across sites by equipping professionals with the knowledge needed to understand and contribute to the Drive approach.

For more information please visit here.

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Academy for Social Justice: Reframing Masculinity for Young Men and Boys in a Changing World - Thursday, 21^st May, 2026, from 14.00 to 15.15 via Microsoft Teams

Dr Sophie King-Hill will explore the pressures shaping young men’s and boys’ identities in today’s rapidly changing social and digital landscape. Drawing on findings from her new book and extensive UK-based research, Sophie will examine how online cultures, mental health challenges and enduring gender expectations are reshaping modern boyhood.

This free online seminar is a repeat due to high demand and will highlight the contradictory demands many boys face—being emotionally open yet tough, respectful yet dominant, and progressive while rooted in outdated gender norms. Dr King Hill will show how these tensions are intensified by social media, gaming and online misinformation, which often promote narrow and harmful models of masculinity, and will emphasise how experiences of masculinity are shaped by class, race, sexuality and neurodiversity.

To register please visit here.

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Oxleas: Coercive control conference - 30 April 2026, 09:30-12:00

Please join this half-day conference focusing on coercive control, lived experience and clinical practice.

See below for speakers at the event:

"Breaking the Spell" - How professionals and services help or hinder journeys out of ongoing intimate partner abuse. Dr Rachel Maciag, Oxleas clinical psychologist, will be presenting her research on how interactions between services and victim-survivors influence journeys to safety, and intersect with processes of coercive control. Mental health needs that arise across individual journeys from ongoing abuse into recovery will be discussed.

Oxleas NHS Trust Lived Experience project –“Inspiring Hope and Empowering Change” Stories of journeys, illustrations and overall findings from Oxleas domestic abuse lived experience group project will be shared. This group is made up of NHS staff and service users who have shared their journeys, to inform service design and actions.

Please book your place here.

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Thrive London: Trauma-Informed Practice training - Open Source Training

Thrive LDN has partnered with Nicola Lester Psychological Trauma Consultancy to offer free, pre-recorded trauma-informed practice training to support individuals and organisations.

Find below open access workshops and further materials to support individuals and organisations to achieve Bronze, Silver and Gold standard.

The training is designed for anyone in a role supporting others, whether formal or informal. However, participating in the training supports an understanding of how trauma influences and shapes the lives of those it touches regardless of previous knowledge or role.

For more information please visit here.

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Office of the Public Guardian: Webinar Series - Various Dates

An introduction to OPG - Thursday 05 March, 12:30 PM - Come along to this webinar if you're a health or social care professional who'd like to learn more about the Office of the Public Guardian.
Attorneys, deputies and decision-making: Wednesday 15 April, 12:30 PM - Join the second webinar in OPG's series, where we'll be focusing on attorneys, deputies and decision-making under the MCA 2005.
Managing concerns about attorneys and deputies: Wednesday 20 May, 12:30 PM - Join us for the final webinar in the series, where we'll be focusing on managing concerns about attorneys and deputies.

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Rape Crisis South London (RASASC) - Specialising in Training on Sexual Violence

RASASC deliver training to teams of 5-16 professionals in any organisation that might come into contact with survivors of sexual violence. They can deliver training in person or remotely, and offer a range of session lengths to suit a team’s needs. They will charge a fee for larger organisations, but for smaller organisations they do have some funding to offer free sessions.

For more information about our training, visit https://www.rasasc.org.uk/training/

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Young People Gambling and Gaming Harms

YGAM, an award-winning education charity, is offering FREE online training on the topics of gaming and gambling harms including the blurred lines between the two.

Younger generations now grow up entwined in the digital world, always just a few clicks away from the online galaxy of gaming and gambling. This training will equip you with the knowledge, resources, and confidence to spot the
signs of harm, start informed safeguarding conversations and signpost to support when needed.

Join YGAM’s growing network of trained professionals!

Click here to select your profession and date.

Any questions regarding these sessions, please email training@ygam.org

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Homeless Health London Partnership and Aneema: Improving Access to Services for Clients Experiencing Multiple Disadvantage & Co-occurring Conditions

Backed by the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID), this aneemo course has been created in partnership with the NHS’s Transformation Partners in Health and Care Co-Occurring Conditions Team to support cross-sector professionals in recognising and supporting the multiple and co-occurring needs of people who experience multiple disadvantage.

The comprehensive curriculum will benefit both frontline staff and system leaders across health, social care, voluntary sector and the criminal justice system. You will develop an understanding of the individual, service and system level barriers that exist for people with multiple needs accessing services; recognise the prevalence of trauma and working in a Trauma-Informed way; be given practical and creative approaches to assessment, engagement and support; and recognise the importance of gender informed service models and peer support. The content also covers the use of legislation such as The Care Act, Safeguarding, the Mental Capacity Act, The NICE guidance, Drug Strategy and NHS Long-Term Plan, and what a Trauma-informed Criminal Justice System can look like.

For more information or to sign up, please click here.

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London Fire Brigade (LFB): A Carers Guide to Home Fire Safety - Learn how to keep people that receive care safe from fire

Sadly, around one third of people who die or are severely injured by fire were in receipt of some form of care or support. If you are a formal (e.g. domiciliary care worker, support worker or clinician) or informal carer (e.g. family member, friend or neighbour) and are caring for someone in their own home, our Carers Guide to Home Fire Safety will help you identify fire risks and show you what you can do to reduce them.

Find out more here.

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Independent advocacy under the Care Act 2014 e-learning course (SCIE) - now available

Under the Care Act 2014 the role of the independent advocate is to support an individual or carer to understand information, express their needs and wishes, secure their rights, represent their interests and support them to obtain the care and support they need.

This course explains what independent advocacy means under the Care Act 2014.

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Thrive LDN is leading a campaign to get 100,000 Londoners to take the FREE online suicide prevention training.

Thrive London have partnered with the Zero Suicide Alliance, who have created a training program to help people to be able to identify warning signs and to feel comfortable having conversations about suicide.

Access this training here.

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