Child Protection Training

On the 22-23 March 2016, the Umhlali project staff and three homework club tutors underwent training on child protection and safeguarding.

The training covered the following:

1. Why is child protection necessary?
2. What is child protection?
3. Protecting children from what?
4. Child protection definitions
5. Perceptions of children
6. Indicators of abuse
7. Why do organisations sometimes not take action or respond to reports of child protection issues?
8. What might deter a child from making a report?
9. The Children’s Act
10. The Sexual Offences Act
11. When must reporting take place?
12. Consequences of making a report
13. National Child Protection Register
14. What does this mean for employers?
15. Case studies
16. Managing disclosure from a child
17. Who comes into contact with children in your organisation?
18. Self-audit risk assessment
19. Assessing child protection risks in interventions

 
Should you be interested in finding out more about the child protection materials, please send an email to the project manager at regan@cjcp.org.za.