The Academy brings together training and consultancy for social workers and safeguarding professionals who want to build confident, competent, and calm practice.
Whether you’re just starting out or leading a safeguarding team, you’ll find reflective, practical learning designed to strengthen skills, support wellbeing, and create lasting impact.
Safeguarding Training
Building confident, competent, and calm safeguarding practice across organisations.
Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility — but effective safeguarding requires confidence, clarity, and calm under pressure.
At The Social Work Collective Academy, we deliver specialist safeguarding training for professionals working with children, families, and adults at risk. Our sessions are designed to strengthen knowledge, build reflection and communication skills, and support confident decision-making in complex situations.
Led by experienced social workers and safeguarding practitioners, our training combines professional expertise with a reflective, relational approach — helping teams understand not just what to do, but why it matters.
We work with organisations of all sizes — from local authorities and education settings to football clubs, charities, private sector teams, and community services. Wherever there’s a duty of care, we can help you build confident, competent, and calm safeguarding practice. Our training covers:
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Recognising and responding to risk and harm
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Recording and reporting safeguarding concerns
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Creating calm, confident safeguarding cultures
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Professional boundaries and safer working practice
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Multi-agency collaboration and communication
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Reflective decision-making and supervision
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Each session is practical, engaging, and tailored to your organisation’s needs.
We offer half-day, full-day, and bespoke packages — all designed to create confident, competent, and calm safeguarding professionals.
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Recent Testimonials
"I would definitley recommend this to newly qualified social workers. It was pitched at exactly the right level"
Sara, ASYE, online Masterclass attendee
"Thank you so much, I came to the communication skills master class, you gave me amazing advice which I have used for both my placements"
Student social worker, online Masterclass attendee
“I had very little knowledge prior to the session so the session has enhanced my full understanding of court skills and what’s expected of us and made me feel much more confident with the whole situation.”
Social Work Sorted
Client
"Everything court related! The trainer was extremely knowledgeable and interactive. I started following Social Work Sorted on Instagram for more information"
Student Social Wokers. University of Salford Step Up programme