motivational interviewing
& SafeGuarding Training

"Our face to face and online (Zoom/Teams) training provides you with tools, techniques and strategies to take away and put into use when working with children, young people and their families. Our Safeguarding audits helps ensure your organisation is compliant for safeguarding and safer recruitment

We pride ourselves on training which places children, young people and families at the heart of a collaborative, person-centred, strengths-based approach. We provide up-to-date courses which are relevant for practice in 2025."

James Upton

ABOUT ME

James is an experienced practitioner, safeguarding auditor and trainer in the Health and Social Care field who uses his experience to provide relevant training for today’s changing workforce needs.

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TRAINING

We provide training in Children’s Safeguarding and in Motivational Interviewing. James uniquely combines aspects of both of these for his courses: Safeguarding Supervision for Schools.

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FUTURE EVENTS

A programme of courses are available throughout 2025 and 2026.

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CONTACT ME

James Upton
james.upton@miandsafeguardingtraining.co.uk

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Current Courses

Supervision in schools: protecting students and staff wellbeing

Safeguarding and child protection issues can be complex and often emotionally exhausting.

Consequently, staff left in a state of heightened emotion, may become burnt out, more likely to become ill, less effective in key decision-making processes, less effective in keeping children safe in education.

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  • 1 or 2 Day
  • Max 15 People
Safeguarding Supervision for Health and Social Care

Safeguarding and child protection issues can be complex and often emotionally exhausting.

Consequently, staff left in a state of heightened emotion, may become burnt out, more likely to become ill, less effective in key decision-making processes, less effective in their case work.

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  • 1 or 2 Day
  • Max 15 People
Designated Safeguarding Leads

This course enables DSL’s to understand roles and responsibilities of keeping children safe in education. The course takes an in-depth look at the impact of contextual safeguarding, in particular the impact of online safety, helping you to formulate a school action plan.

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  • 1 Day
  • Max 20 People
Motivational Interviewing

To develop knowledge, skills and confidence in using Motivational Interviewing to enable behaviour change in clients and groups. You will gain understanding of the spirit and method of MI.

The two days offer practical experience in trying out this approach with opportunity to observe others practice and receive feedback on you practice sessions.

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  • 2 Day
  • Max 15 People
Safer Recruitment training

This course is ratified by the Safer Recruitment Consortium. James has completed the ‘train the trainer’ course and is able to certify participants who attend this course in line with the Safer Recruitment consortium.

This is for both Education and for the wider Children’s workforce and in line with government legislation.

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  • 1 Day
  • Max 16 People