Who this training is for
Designated Safeguarding Leads, senior leaders, pastoral staff, family liaison staff and professionals responsible for engaging parents and carers around safeguarding and exploitation awareness.
Overview
This CPD session equips staff with the knowledge, structure and confidence to deliver safeguarding awareness workshops to parents and carers.
The training focuses on helping staff communicate complex safeguarding topics in a clear, calm and trauma-informed way, enabling consistent, accurate messaging across school or organisational communities.
Staff are supported to understand what parents need to know, how to explain it safely, and how to respond appropriately to questions and concerns.
What the training covers
- Key safeguarding risks relevant to parents and carers
- Early signs of exploitation explained in accessible language
- Common parent misconceptions and how to address them
- Structuring a parent awareness workshop
- Using trauma-informed language with families
- Managing difficult or emotional questions
- Signposting parents to appropriate support
- Maintaining clear safeguarding boundariesRecording concerns and reporting to the DSL
- The role of staff in prevention and early help
Duration Options
- 90-minute CPD session
Ideal for twilight training or focused safeguarding CPD - Half-day session (3 hours)
Allows staff to practise delivery and discuss scenarios
Sessions can be delivered in-person across England or live online.
Learning outcomes
After the training, staff will be able to:
- Confidently deliver safeguarding awareness workshops to parents and carers
- Explain exploitation and risk in clear, non-alarmist language
- Respond calmly and professionally to parent questions
- Maintain appropriate safeguarding boundaries
- Provide consistent, accurate messaging to families
- Know when and how to escalate concerns appropriately
Safeguarding and compliance
This CPD is delivered in line with statutory safeguarding guidance, including:
- Keeping Children Safe in Education
- Working Together to Safeguard Children
North Star Training supports staff to engage parents effectively while operating within organisational safeguarding procedures at all times.
Safeguarding responsibility remains with the commissioning organisation, and staff are advised on appropriate reporting pathways for any concerns raised.
All training is trauma-informed, avoids fear-based messaging and supports a consistent safeguarding culture.
Book staff CPD
To discuss staff CPD focused on parent and carer workshop delivery, please get in touch.
Parent & carer
Who this training is for
Parents, carers and guardians supporting children and young people in primary, secondary and post-16 settings.
Overview
These sessions support parents and carers to better understand modern safeguarding risks and feel more confident recognising early signs of exploitation.
The focus is on awareness, reassurance and practical guidance, helping adults respond calmly, communicate effectively and know what to do if they are worried.
Sessions are accessible, non-judgemental and designed to bring parents with the conversation, rather than talking at them.
What the training covers
- What exploitation can look like in everyday life
- Early signs and subtle changes in behaviour
- Online risks, influence and boundaries
- Grooming myths and realities
- How to have safe, supportive conversations
- What to do if you are worried
- How schools and safeguarding systems work
Duration Options
- 60–90 minute workshop
Ideal for parent evenings or community events - Extended session (2 hours)
Allows more discussion and Q&A
Workshops can be delivered in-person or online.
Learning outcomes
After the session, parents and carers will:
- Understand early indicators of exploitation
- Feel more confident noticing changes in behaviour
- Know how to talk calmly and supportively with their child
- Understand when and how to seek help
- Feel reassured about safeguarding processes
Safeguarding and compliance
All sessions are delivered using a trauma-informed approach, avoiding fear-based messaging or blame.
North Star Training supports, but does not replace, school safeguarding procedures.
Any safeguarding concerns raised during sessions are directed appropriately to the organisation’s safeguarding lead.
Book a parent workshop
Parent workshops can be delivered as standalone sessions or as part of an annual safeguarding package.
Youth workshops
Who this training is for
Children and young people in Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5, with content tailored to age, stage and setting.
Overview
Youth workshops are designed to support young people to understand risk, influence and boundaries in a safe, age-appropriate way.
Sessions focus on awareness, decision-making and protective understanding, without fear-based messaging or explicit content.
Delivery is interactive, engaging and grounded in safeguarding best practice.
What the workshops cover
Content is adapted by age group and may include:
- Understanding influence and peer pressure
- Online behaviour and digital boundaries
- Grooming and manipulation explained safely
- Healthy relationships and consent
- Consequences of certain behaviours
- Knowing when and how to seek help
- Trusted adults and support pathways
Duration Options
Workshops can be delivered in-person or online.Duration options
- 60-minute workshop
Suitable for assemblies or curriculum slots - 90-minute workshop
Allows discussion and reflection - Workshop days
Multiple sessions across year groups
Delivered in-person or online, depending on needs.
Learning outcomes
After the session, young people will:
- Better understand risky situations and influence
- Recognise when something does not feel right
- Know how to seek help safely
- Understand the importance of trusted adults
- Feel reassured rather than alarmed
Safeguarding and compliance
Youth workshops are delivered only with a Designated Safeguarding Lead present or available on site.
North Star Training:
- operates within the organisation’s safeguarding procedures
- records and reports concerns factually
- uses trauma-aware language
- ensures content is age-appropriate and safe
Safeguarding responsibility remains with the commissioning organisation at all times.
Book youth workshops
Youth sessions can be booked individually or as part of a whole-school or MAT safeguarding programme.