Open online child safety courses
Join our 2.5 hour live interactive training course to:
- Discover the links between childhood accidents and child development
- Learn the most recent advice about how families can avoid accidents and keep children safe
- Explore effective ways of engaging parents with imaginative techniques that are easy to put into place
- Know how to use CAPT’s resources to support conversations with families about avoiding accidents.
Delegates gave it five-star reviews. Their understanding of the main risks to children, knowledge of what works in preventing serious accidents and skills in raising the topic with parents improved from 3.75 to 4.8 out of 5.
Our next course is on Tuesday 13 October 2026. From 9.30-12 noon. And will cost £55.
Develop your knowledge, skills and confidence
Designed for practitioners who work with families with young children, our interactive training builds your knowledge, skills and confidence in the area of accident prevention. It shares effective ways of engaging parents in child safety and how to use techniques that are easy to put into practice.
This includes explaining the links between accidents and child development, specific risks at different stages and vulnerability factors, enabling you to weave safety advice into your conversations with parents, including at developmental reviews.
As the poorest children are over-represented in preventable accidents, our training will help you empower vulnerable parents to improve child safety.
The course also offers opportunity for discussion and sharing experiences of best practice from other practitioners working with families.
Join us to make the most of every contact with parents and offer practical, evidence-based advice on home safety for the under-fives.
Benefits
- No need to travel, simply join us online. We’ll email you the link to the course and send regular reminders.
- Effective as an introduction to the issues as a well as a refresher for more experienced staff.
- Led by an expert, our course reflects national guidance on reducing accidents and evidence of what works in child accident prevention.
- Delivered via MS Teams, our course is fully interactive, enabling you to ask questions and participate in small group work and whole group discussion.
- An opportunity to meet and learn from other practitioners who are also working with families.
- After the course, we’ll send you an attendance certificate.
Payment
We accept payment by credit or debit card, PayPal, Google Pay or invoice.
For invoice payments, please ask your finance team to send your organisation’s purchase order to finance@capt.org.uk, giving the name, job title, organisation and email address of the course delegate. Once we receive your organisation’s purchase order, we will add you to the delegate list.
If your finance team needs to set us up as a supplier before issuing a purchase order, please ask them to contact finance@capt.org.uk with your supplier form or a link to your procurement portal.
Please note: If you are paying by invoice, we must receive the purchase order before the course start date. Otherwise sadly you will not be able to join the course.
What do delegates say?
“It was a fantastic session I will be able to put into practice straight away. A refresher as well as an update.”
“Great session, well-presented and lots of resources available – this is such a big help.”
“I will bring CAPT’s resources to the team and see if they can be incorporated into the work we do in communities.”
“I will use the advice to help parents have greater awareness and informed choice in face-to- face and online contact and on social media.”
“It was really good speaking with other areas of the country and seeing the work they do in their area.”
Frequently asked questions
The course lasts for 2.5 hours and there will be a comfort break of 10 minutes in the middle.
We deliver the course via MS Teams.
We’ll email you the link to the course and send regular reminders.
This is a live interactive event for course participants, so you won’t be able to access a recording afterwards. If you can’t attend on the day, our refund policy is as follows:
- If you notify us at least three working days prior to the date of the course, we can either offer you a refund or book you onto an alternative course.
- There is no refund if you cancel within three working days but we can book you onto an alternative course.
- There is no refund or offer of an alternative if you don’t notify us that you’re not attending.
Coming soon – Product safety for the under 5s
From button batteries and water beads to unsafe baby products and toy recalls, new product safety concerns arise all the time.
This interactive 90-minute online session will give you the knowledge, skills and confidence to share up-to-date safety advice with families and support parents and carers in a practical, supportive and empowering way.
Register your interest by filling in this form.
