MGR-INDHalf day + 12-week workbooklet
New and current registered managers
Your first 90 days leading the home. A half-day workshop, then a 27-sheet workbooklet worked in your own home and signed off by your RI.
- What you answer for, and what you can delegate
- Allegations, Reg 40 notifications, restraint records
- Supervision, safer recruitment, your monthly rhythm
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PATH-RM3 hours
Managers, deputies and aspiring managers
Reg 44 and 45, notifications, inspection, enforcement and safer recruitment, including the 2026 changes.
- Reg 44 visits and Reg 45 reviews
- The Ofsted enforcement ladder and email notices
- Barred list checks after 1 September 2026
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MGR-WSHalf day (3.5 hours)
Managers, deputies and senior team leaders
Leading an inspection-ready home: how Ofsted judges, evidence of impact, stable homes and a steady rhythm.
- The children inspectors sample
- Telling each child's story with evidence
- A 31-day readiness sprint
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PATH-TL3 hours
Team leaders and seniors stepping up
Handover, the shift plan, safeguarding, sign-offs and knowing when to escalate.
- A handover that leaves nothing behind
- Sign-offs and timescales
- When to call the manager
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IWUWorkshop + written exercise
All staff who write incident records
Incident records that are factual, timely and fair to the child, and that hold up when someone else reads them.
- Facts, not labels
- The child's words and view
- A marked written exercise
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SGInduction day
New residential care workers
Recognise, respond, record and refer, in line with Working Together to Safeguard Children 2026.
- Disclosures and the first conversation
- Allegations and the LADO
- Observed sign-off within four weeks
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MEDInduction day
New residential care workers
Safe handling, storage and MAR recording, then three observed rounds before giving medicines alone.
- Reg 23 and safe practice
- Recording and errors
- Three observed rounds
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PACEHalf day
New residential care workers
Playfulness, acceptance, curiosity and empathy on a real shift. An introduction to PACE attitudes, not DDP certification.
- What has happened to this child?
- PACE in everyday moments
- An observed interaction with feedback
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MOD-MISS2 hours
All care staff
The Philomena Protocol, the first hour, and the return interview.
- The first hour, step by step
- Return interviews within 72 hours
- Patterns and exploitation risk
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MOD-EXP2 hours
All care staff
CSE, CCE, county lines and online harm: spot it, record it, share it.
- Signs staff miss
- Recording that helps police and partners
- Sharing information safely
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MOD-DEESC2 hours
All care staff
Calm, connect and record: the rules, the skills and what happens after. No physical intervention is taught.
- Early de-escalation
- Reg 35 records and timescales
- Debriefs that change practice
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MOD-MH2 hours
All care staff
Spotting distress, responding safely to self-harm, getting the right help, and looking after yourself.
- What to say, and what not to say
- Getting help fast
- Recording and follow-up
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MOD-DP2 hours
All care staff
Keeping children's information safe, and sharing it when it keeps them safe.
- UK GDPR in a children's home
- Phones, photos and messages
- Sharing to safeguard
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MOD-FA1.5 hours
All care staff
Knowing who, where and when, until qualified help arrives. Awareness only: certificated first aid comes from a qualified provider.
- Who the first aider is on every shift
- Where the kit is, and what to record
- Calling for help
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MOD-KW2 hours
Key workers
Planning from the placement plan, hearing the child, and writing it up so something changes.
- Plan from the placement plan
- The child's view, in their words
- Actions that get done
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MOD-EDU2 hours
Key workers and all care staff
The education standard, the Virtual School, PEPs, Pupil Premium Plus and the home's daily routine for learning.
- What a good PEP looks like
- Working with the Virtual School
- Attendance every day
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LIEF-PATHS90 minutes
All staff using Lief Care
Click-routes for everyday Lief tasks, from daily logs to the training matrix. Independent training, not endorsed by Lief.
- Fifteen everyday click-routes
- Use the slides as job aids
- Check routes on your own tenant
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LIEF-PLUSThree sessions
Care workers, seniors and managers
What each role does on Lief, from night checks to Reg 44 uploads. Independent training, not endorsed by Lief.
- Care worker tasks
- Senior and team leader oversight
- Manager dashboards and regulatory dates
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ORG-KITTemplates
Training leads, RIs and directors
Training strategy and policy, training needs analysis, qualification clock, quarterly report to directors and a 90-day evaluation pack.
- Find the gaps, fix the biggest first
- Never miss a Level 3 or Level 5 deadline
- Show directors what changed
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IND-ASMPapers A and B
Trainers and training leads
Knowledge checks with a resit paper and observed sign-off checklists for the induction modules.
- Pass mark 8 out of 10
- A different paper for the resit
- Observed sign-off checklists
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Lief courses are independent training for homes using Lief Care and are not endorsed by Lief.
First aid is awareness only; certificated first aid comes from a qualified provider. Physical intervention is never taught.