Child Protection Response Team Training | Level 1

This course is not meant as a “All Staff Training” – it was designed to provide the intro level to deeper training for members of the school’s response team (or potential members of the school’s response) only.

Summary

This foundational course enables deep training of school-based child protection (CP) team members, and covers 6 essential synchronous modules:

1) Rights-Based Child Protection

2) Online Safety

3) Policies and Procedures

4) Establishing a Team Approach

5) ITFCP Managing Allegation Protocol

6) First Responder Training

Within these 6 modules, additional topics addressed include definitions and possible indicators of abuse, professional boundaries, creating a school climate of safeguarding, the grooming process, and child-on-child abuse. Case studies are used throughout the course to support schools in strengthening safeguarding procedures. Support and resources for whole staff training are provided through the training-of-trainers approach. The Level I Certificate earned at the end of this training is valid for three years.

Target Audience

This training is recommended for all CP team members. CP teams are comprised of child protection designates and deputies, senior leaders and designated board members, counselors, HR professionals, athletic and activity directors, nurse/medical staff, and staff with special child protection responsibilities including IT, social emotional learning (SEL), trips/service learning, and curriculum areas of vulnerability including early years, special needs/SEN, athletics, music, and performing arts.

Outcomes

Anticipated outcomes include:

● Understanding child protection accreditation standards and foundational beliefs.

● Determining needed policies and stages of implementation.

● Identifying supporting resources, including ITFCP Managing Allegation Protocol, audits, and CP policy samples.

● Working as a team to enhance or create CP policies and procedures.

● Prioritizing supplemental policies.

● Understanding basic victim and offender behaviors.

Prerequisites and Pre-Coursework

There are no prerequisites for the Level I training course. However, once registered, participants will be asked to complete the 4 self-paced, asynchronous training modules that make up ICMEC’s “Intro to Safeguarding” course. After successfully completing all 4 modules, participants will be issued a certificate of completion. Those certificates must be collected by the host organization before the beginning of the live/synchronous Level I workshop to confirm that participants completed the pre-coursework.