Training

Putting the Child Sexual Abuse Response Pathway into Practice

This webinar helps professionals learn how to start using the Response Pathway in practice, and empowers them to understand the role they, and their colleagues, can play to best protect and support children. The session gives advice and examples of how to use the Response Pathway and explains how it supports professionals to meet the needs of children and their families.

Following the webinar, you can expect to have:

• A good understanding of the guidance and resources available throughout the Response Pathway, and how it can support you in your work
• An understanding of how other local safeguarding children partnerships have used the Response Pathway, and the steps they have taken to embed it into multi-agency practice
• A clear idea of the steps that you can take to begin using the Response Pathway to support either your own individual practice or wider practice across your agency / partnership, and awareness of the further support available through the CSA Centre

10/11/2026, 09:30–11:00 (Virtual Training)

Signs and Indicators of Child Sexual Abuse

This session will introduce professionals to the Signs and Indicators Template and give an opportunity to use it in practice. It aims to give professionals working with children the knowledge and confidence to act when they are concerned about a child.

Following the webinar, you can expect to have:

• An understanding of the Signs and Indicators Template and how to use it in practice
• The ability to build a picture of concerns when you are worried a child is being, or has been, sexually abused
• Greater knowledge of the emotional, behavioural and physical signs of sexual abuse and sexually abusive behaviour, and the factors that increase children’s vulnerability to this form of harm
• Greater confidence in identifying, discussing, exploring and communicating concerns that a child is being sexually abused

11/11/2026, 09:00–10:30 (Virtual Training)

Speaking to Children About Sexual Abuse

This webinar aims to help give professionals the knowledge and confidence to act, using the CSA Centre’s Communicating with Children Guide.

Following the webinar, you can expect to have:

• A good understanding of how the Communicating with children guide can support you in your work
• Increased awareness and understanding of the barriers children face in telling
• A greater understanding of the professional behaviours that can give children the confidence to speak out
• Increased knowledge and confidence in how to respond when a child tells of their abuse

11/11/2026, 11:00–12:30 (Virtual Training)

Manual Handling Training

The courses will be held in the manual handling training suite at Penmorfa, Aberaeron, and will be delivered in line with the Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) All Wales Manual Handling Passport Scheme (AWMHPS).

Training available:

2-day Manual Handling Passport Training

06/10/2026 & 07/10/2026, 09:15–16:00

03/11/2026 & 04/11/2026, 09:15–16:00

09/12/2026 & 10/12/2026, 09:15–16:00

Manual Handling Update Training

29/09/2026, 09:15–16:00

14/10/2026, 09:15–16:00

11/11/2026, 09:15–16:00

02/12/2026, 09:15–16:00

Manual Handling Risk Assessments (The Essentials) Training

05/11/2026, 09:15–16:00

Inanimate Load Handling Training

03/12/2026, 09:15–12:30

Manual Handling Continuous Professional Development Workshops
Free for individuals who have completed the 2-day Manual Handling Passport training with Ceredigion Council.

22/10/2026, 13:00–16:00

01/12/2026, 13:00–16:00

More information about the courses and fees is available here. Fees must be paid in advance to secure a place and are non-refundable.

Age Awareness & Age Discrimination

Age Cymru’s Age Awareness training has been developed for those that regularly speak to older people through their work to improve service experience. This training will equip you with the tools and insights to improve your service for older clients and support you to make your service more inclusive and welcoming.

Objectives:

• To define ageism and age discrimination
• To identify barriers that can cause age discrimination and prevent older people from achieving age equality
• To explore age awareness and customer service

02/12/2026, 14:00–16:00 (Virtual Training)

Catheter and Stoma Care Training

This training is for non-clinical social care staff working with adults or children (i.e. domiciliary care, residential care homes and support workers).

This course will cover:

• Theory behind placement, infection prevention and management of stomas
• Theory behind placement, infection prevention and management of catheters
• Practical workshops on the infection prevention care and dressing placement of stoma bags
• Practical workshops on changing catheter bags, placement of bags and infection prevention

16/10/2026, 10:00–12:30, Ystwyth Room – Penmorfa, Aberaeron

Incontinence and Pressure Area Care

The course will cover the fundamental aspects of incontinence, what it is, why it happens and how we care for a clients that are incontinent.

It will also explore pressure area care, including what pressure sores are, how they develop, the risks they pose to clients, and what actions carers can take to prevent them.

Objectives:

• Understand incontinence
• How can we help a client who is incontinent
• What is a pressure sore
• How does a pressure sore develop
• How can we prevent a pressure sore for occurring

16/10/2026, 13:00–15:30, Ystwyth Room – Penmorfa, Aberaeron

Safeguarding Adults Group B

The session aims to expand on Safeguarding Group A eLearning for all staff working with adults with care and support needs that have a duty to safeguard them.

All Group B practitioners have regular contact with members of the public in their roles. This includes practitioners who are or aren’t registered or regulated and volunteers. Group B practitioners are those who spend time with people in a group setting or on a one-to-one basis. They will have a particular responsibility in relation to the people they work with and will need a higher level of knowledge than those in Group A because of their direct involvement with people. The people they work with may or may not have safeguarding concerns.

Objectives:

• Develop your understanding of Safeguarding and be able to describe how to work in ways that safeguard people from abuse, harm and neglect
• Develop an understanding of Person-Centred working
• Explain factors, situations and actions that could lead or contribute to abuse, harm and neglect
• Understand legislation, national policies, codes of conduct and professional practice in safeguarding
• Understand your legal responsibilities
• Know how to recognise and report different types of abuse, harm and neglect
• Know who to contact for advice and support

Please note that attendees will be required to refresh this training every 3 years. 

21/10/2026, 09:30–15:30 (Virtual Training)

17/11/2026, 09:30–15:30 (Virtual Training)

Safeguarding Children Group B

All Group B practitioners have regular contact with children and members of the public in their roles. This includes practitioners who are or aren’t registered or regulated and volunteers. Group B practitioners are those who spend time with people in a group setting or on a one-to-one basis. They will have a particular responsibility in relation to the people they work with and will need a higher level of knowledge than those in Group A because of their direct involvement with people. The people they work with may or may not have safeguarding concerns.

Objectives:

• Understand legislation, national policies, codes of conduct and professional practice in safeguarding and your legal responsibilities
• Know how to recognise and report different types of abuse and neglect
• To learn about our duties in relation to safeguarding and the referral process
• Develop your understanding of safeguarding and be able to describe how to work in ways that safeguard children and young people from abuse, harm and neglect

Please note that attendees will be required to refresh this training every 3 years.

22/10/2026, 09:30–15:30 (Virtual Training)

18/11/2026, 09:30–15:30 (Virtual Training)

Introduction to Welfare Benefits for 16 – 25 year olds 

This course will include:

• Why there are different categories of benefits
• The structure of the benefits system, including key cards for over 20 benefits
•  The qualifying conditions for the main benefits including Job Seekers Allowance, Employment and Support Allowance, Income Support, Housing and Council Tax Benefit, Child and Working Tax Credits, Universal Credit and PIP
• Valid claims and appeals
• Maximising benefits; underclaimed benefits and premiums
• How to signpost and refer cases
• At a glance guide to the structure of the benefits system
• Briefly,  the main changes to benefits over the last year; at a glance guide to proposed benefit changes; common and topical benefit problems your clients will experience
• An overview of Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payments

12/11/2026, 09:45–16:00 (Virtual Training)

Understanding Independent Professional Advocacy 

If you are supporting people who face barriers to speaking up for themselves and who are going through social care and support assessment, planning, review, safeguarding processes (as adults or parents) or recent complaint about any of these, you need to have an understanding of the 3 County Independent Professional Advocacy Service.

By attending this information session, you will find out more about this free and confidential service, what is independent advocacy, how it can assist the people you support, and how to refer into the service.

20/10/2026, 09:30–10:30 (Virtual Training)

20/10/2026, 09:30–10:30 (Virtual Training, Welsh Medium)

Introduction to Adverse Childhood Experiences using Virtual Reality

This training is aimed at frontline staff working with members of the community that may have experienced ACEs.

The immersive nature of Virtual Reality enabled training will allow you to experience the impact of ACEs through the eyes of the child in order to better meet their needs.

This training aims to:

• Help you understand what ACEs are
• Understand the impact of ACEs on an unborn child, child, young adult and on into adulthood
• Consider how this should affect your practice

23/09/2026, 09:30–12:30, Caron Room – Penmorfa, Aberaeron

Trauma Informed Practice using Virtual Reality

Prior to attendance at this training you must have completed the Introduction to Adverse Childhood Experiences using Virtual Reality course.

This training is aimed at frontline staff working with members of the community that may have experienced trauma.

The immersive nature of Virtual Reality enabled training will allow you to experience the impact of trauma through the eyes of the child and young person in order to better meet their needs and use Trauma Informed Practice in your role.

This training covers:

• Understanding what Trauma Informed Practice is
• The impact it has on children and adults
• How to incorporate it into practice  

23/09/2026, 13:00–16:00, Caron Room – Penmorfa, Aberaeron

Social Media, Children & Young People using Virtual Reality

This training will increase your understanding of the problems children and young people face online.

This training will look at:

• Cyberbullying
• Feeling overwhelmed
• Seeing distressing and hurtful content
• Being influenced by negative attitudes
• Gaming addiction and gambling
• Explore how we can best support our children and young people

24/09/2026, 09:30–15:30, Caron Room – Penmorfa, Aberaeron

Knife Crime Awareness using Virtual Reality

This training uses immersive virtual reality experiences to support a deeper understanding of the challenges young people face in their communities.

Objectives:

• Explore what we know about knife crime, who carries knives and why
• Understanding the underlying causes and risk factors associated with knife crime, as this will be crucial for any effective intervention
• How young men are being radicalised by social media
• Explore effective prevention strategies that can help in reducing knife crime and promoting community safety
• Building connections with young people to support them in building emotional intelligence, self-awareness, and trust in their instincts, empowering them to navigate conflict and make safe, informed choices
• Look at successful community initiatives that have been implemented to reduce knife crime and foster a safer environment for all

11/11/2026, 09:30–15:30, Caron Room – Penmorfa, Aberaeron

Dementia Awareness using Virtual Reality

This course has been designed to support and inform carers, social workers and support staff in caring for an adult with Dementia. Using Virtual Reality headsets, the session will explore the person’s experience of Dementia, and its impact, as well as the implication for their care and support needs. There will also be an opportunity to consider and share good practice and reflect on contextual issues for people living in Ceredigion and in Wales.

Objectives:

• Understand the nature of Dementia and its impact on the person and on their families
• Understand the experiences of people with Dementia using Virtual Reality
•  Reflect on how best to provide care and support to individuals, their carer’s and their families

25/09/2026, 09:30–13:00, Caron Room – Penmorfa, Aberaeron

12/11/2026, 09:30–13:00, Caron Room – Penmorfa, Aberaeron

Heart Start / Emergency First Aid

Training to enable staff to deliver emergency first aid and use a defibrillator.

Objectives:

• Responding to a first aid situation
• Administer first aid to an injured person in a safe manner including CPR and using a defibrillator
• State the need for recording incidents

12/10/2026, 13:00–16:00, Caron Room – Penmorfa, Aberaeron

06/11/2026, 09:30–12:30, HCT – Llanbadarn Learning Centre, Aberystwyth

07/12/2026, 09:30–12:30, Caron Room – Penmorfa, Aberaeron

Dining Immersive Experiential Training (DIET)

A 3-hour training session designed to immerse staff into the world of a person living with Dementia. Using specialist equipment, they will understand the fear, feeling and anxiety that people live with during a mealtime.

Objectives:

• Agnosia and Food – Understand what agnosia is and how it can cause issues around identifying food and drink
• Communication Disorders – Understand how communication disorders can affect a person’s ability to read menus or make food and drink choices
• The Dining Area – Understand how too much clutter in the dining area could cause difficulties for people with dementia at mealtimes, and how to create dementia inclusive dining spaces

14/10/2026, 10:00–13:00, Canolfan Rheidol, Aberystwyth

14/10/2026, 13:30–16:30, Canolfan Rheidol, Aberystwyth

19/11/2026, 10:00–13:00, Canolfan Rheidol, Aberystwyth

19/11/2026, 13:30–16:30, Canolfan Rheidol, Aberystwyth

Substance Misuse

Barod is offering a series of Substance Misuse training courses for all professionals to help them to identify substance use and misuse, to refer into services and to provide basic support and information to people around their substance use. You need to attend the Basic Substance Misuse Awareness course prior to attending the Adolescent Brain Development and Substance Use course.

Basic Substance Misuse Awareness

11/11/2026, 09:30–16:00 (Virtual Training)

Adolescent Brain Development and Substance Use

07/10/2026, 09:30–16:00 (Virtual Training)

Alcohol and Screening

13/01/2027, 09:30–13:30 (Virtual Training)

Cannabis and Screening

08/12/2026, 09:30–13:30 (Virtual Training)