Hate Crime Awareness Training (in person)

Target Group

This training is targeted at professionals or volunteers in direct contact with vulnerable adults or children including social workers, family support workers, health professionals, schools, police, Private, Independent and Voluntary (PVI) sector supporting Sutton residents in residential care, nursing care, home care, Personal Assistants, and supported living. 

Competency requirements: 

Adults: Staff Groups A, B, C and D as per Bournemouth University National Competency Framework for Safeguarding Adults.
Level 1, Level 2 staff and above (ref: NHS Intercollegiate document 2018 - Adult Safeguarding: Roles and Competencies For Healthcare Staff): all health care staff including receptionists, administrative staff, caterers, domestic and transport staff, porters, community pharmacist counter staff, peer support workers and maintenance staff, board level executives and non-executives, non-clinical staff working in primary health care settings plus all practitioners who have regular contact with patients, their families or carers, or the public and above.

Children: Group Level 2 (regular contact with children, young people and/or parent/carer) or Level 3 (predominantly working with children) or above (including strategic leads) as set out in the Safeguarding Competency framework in London Safeguarding Child Procedures. Inter-Collegiate Standards 2 for health professionals.

Aim

The aim of this session is to raise awareness about the risks to adults and children relating to radicalisation and extremist influence.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this session participants will have:

• An increased understanding of what the (ERW) Extreme Right Wing is
• An increased understanding of how the ERW recruits/operates, targeting susceptible individuals
• An ability to recognise the signs of radicalisation and grooming
• An improved awareness and increased confidence to talk and listen to people with challenging opinions in a non-judgmental and non-confrontational way
• An improved understanding of the process of how individuals in danger of extremist influence need help and support, from professionals so they do not carry the risk after having an initial conversation.