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This training course equips staff who work with vulnerable children, young people and adults with the knowledge and practical skills to address emerging risks posed by artificial intelligence in online environments. Participants will explore how AI technologies can be misused for grooming, manipulation, and abuse, while also learning how to critically evaluate online interactions, apply safeguarding frameworks, and promote resilience among children and vulnerable groups. Through interactive activities and case studies, learners will gain confidence in challenging suspicious AI interactions and ensuring organisational safeguarding practices remain robust in the face of evolving digital threats. View the full course details

Neurodiversity is a way of describing and embracing differences in people, how people think, process information and express emotions. Neurodiversity focuses on reducing stigmas, embracing individuality and creating an inclusive and accepting environment. This training course will describe the meaning of neurodiversity, how to recognise neurodiversity, discuss the six principles of inclusion, describe how neurodivergence impacts thinking and communication and consider neurodivergent qualities, strengths and approaches to success. Available as a remote training session with a live tutor, creating a flexible and cost effective way to engage in training. For further details, see our website

Ringway Training are about to launch a new series of Open Courses (individual places available to book on a remote, live tutor led course). These have proven popular for occasions when there may be two or three staff in the team who require the training. It has also been popular with individuals who want to develop their professional knowledge. The first session which we will be running as an open course is our popular Incident Debriefing Facilitator Training Course ( https://www.ringwaytraining.co.uk/courses/incident-debriefing-training-accredited ) on 12th March. All our open courses are accredited, and we are aiming to keep these affordable with an introductory price of £59.99 per person. If you wish to book places, please reply with number of attendees. We would be grateful for any feedback from yourself in relation to: If Open Courses would be of interest to you in the future and; Which topics from our list of training courses would be of most interest – a full list can be found ...

For anyone who is isn’t aware, there is a new Online Safety Bill going through parliament which imposes additional responsibilities on firms which host user-generated content, i.e. those which allow users to post their own content online or interact with each other, and for search engines, which will have tailored duties focused on minimising the presentation of harmful search results to users. Platforms likely to be accessed by children will need to: prevent access to material that is harmful for children. ensure there are strong protections from activity which is harmful to children, which the government expects will include harms such as bullying. One of the main aims of this new law is the focus on preventing children accessing harmful (but technically legal) content such as self harm and having much easier mechanisms for reporting content. Much of new law seems to leave the implementation specifics to the platforms themselves with regulator OFCOM likely to provide guidance on ho...

Focusing on the topic Tutor led training course can ensure that teams remained focused on the topic with fewer distractions and interruptions, away from their usual working environment where the chances of being distracted by other work issues and colleagues can be prevented. Discussing issues with colleagues E-learning can be useful for very straight forward topics with ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ answers, but many of the training topics in the young people, education and disabilities sector require much more focus on human soft skills and the success of the training will thrive on the opportunity for teams to discuss their experiences and questions. Sharing ideas Face to face training enables people who may have had similar experiences to share their ideas, thoughts and opinions and to gain new ideas and views from others. Rewarding achievement Providing staff training shows that you care about people’s development and can help retain staff, whilst taking teams out of their usual working env...

Here at Ringway Training we’re marking World Mental Health day on the 10th October 2020 by show casing some of the great work our customers have been doing this year and provide some advice on the kind of training that may be suitable for your organisation. The profile of mental health and mental wellbeing has had a big rise in 2020, there is much more awareness about it both in the general population and within business and organisations. Many of our customers are realising the value of looking after their staff’s mental health to help improve morale, reducing absenteeism and most importantly improve the services they offer. One of the problems is the scope of mental health can seem huge and confusing. How do you know where to start with so many topics out there? – it can get really confusing. Mental Health in Social Care and Education. We are specialist training provider within social care and education particularly for young people’s services and foster care agencies and many ...