The Aberdeenshire CPC coordinates multi-agency child protection training and professional development for all those who work with children and families across Aberdeenshire.
Upcoming multi-agency child protection training events in Aberdeenshire. To book a place, please use the booking links provided or contact the CPC Learning & Development team.
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For all staff who may come into contact with children or families in the course of their work. Provides awareness of child protection, how to recognise concerns, and how to report.
Advanced
For staff who work directly with children and families and may have a more active role in the child protection process, including attending meetings, contributing to assessments, or making referrals.
Specialist
For professionals with specialist roles in child protection — including child protection chairs, IRD leads, social workers, named and designated persons, and others with key responsibilities.
Training places can be booked by:
Using the booking links on the training calendar above
Through your agency's own training booking system where applicable
When booking, please include your name, job title, organisation, and the date of the event you wish to attend. We will confirm your place and send joining instructions by email.
ALDO — Online Learning
The Aberdeenshire Learning and Development Online (ALDO) platform provides accessible e-learning resources for professionals working with children and families across Aberdeenshire.
Aberdeenshire Learning and Development Online (ALDO)
ALDO provides self-paced online learning modules covering child protection, GIRFEC, domestic abuse, neglect, and more. Modules are available to all professionals working with children and families in Aberdeenshire.
ALDO is also used to host recordings of webinars and learning events, including the Bairns' Hoose practitioner learning sessions.
If you do not have to an ALDO account, click here to request an account.
Getting it right for every child (GIRFEC) operational practice modules:
Children and Young People’s Rights and Participation
Information sharing
Named Person, Lead Professional and the Team Around the Child
Multi-Agency Meetings
Assessment and Chronologies
Other modules:
Mental Health and Wellbeing
Corporate parenting
Solution focused approaches
Multi-Agency Training Programme
The Aberdeenshire Child Protection Committee delivers a rolling programme of multi-agency child protection training and regular webinars covering a range of child protection topics. This approach supports ongoing learning and ensures practitioners can access training throughout the year.
All sessions are available to book via the training calendar and are open to Aberdeenshire multi-agency professionals only. The programme is designed to support shared understanding, strengthen professional practice and promote effective multi agency working.
Evaluation & CPD
All CPC training is evaluated to ensure it is meeting the needs of practitioners and improving child protection practice. Evaluation takes place at multiple levels:
Reaction — participant feedback after training (satisfaction, confidence, relevance)
Learning — pre/post assessments where appropriate to measure knowledge gain
Transfer — follow-up evaluation to assess whether learning has been applied in practice
Impact — the CPC's Learning & Development Subgroup reviews training data to assess impact on practice
Evaluation findings feed into continuous improvement of the training programme and are reported in the CPC Annual Report.
Child protection training counts towards Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirements for many professional registrations, including social work, nursing, teaching, and others.
Participants receive written confirmation of attendance for each event. For e-learning via ALDO, a certificate of completion is issued on successful completion of each module.
It is the responsibility of individual practitioners and their agencies to ensure they maintain up-to-date child protection training in line with their professional requirements.
If you are unable to attend a training event you have booked:
Please cancel your place as soon as possible to release it for someone on the waiting list
Cancellations should be made at least 5 working days before the event by emailing the CPC training team
Late cancellations (within 5 working days) may be reported to the delegate's manager
Non-attendance without notification will be recorded and may affect future bookings
If a course is full, you can be added to the waiting list. You will be contacted if a place becomes available.
Contact the CPC Learning & Development Team
For booking enquiries, bespoke training requests, or questions about the programme, get in touch with the team.
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