At SaferNow, our mission is simple:
to empower practitioners with the knowledge, tools and support they need to navigate Risks Outside the Home alongside the young people they work with.
We believe safeguarding is a shared responsibility.
When we learn together, reflect together, and share what works,
we don’t just improve outcomes — we build stronger, safer systems around young people.
Explore our specialist training areas below.
Each one is designed to grow confidence, deepen understanding,
and support the kind of practice that makes a real difference.
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Contextual Safeguarding: In Practice
Learn how Contextual Safeguarding provides a framework for protecting young people by recognising and responding to risks in their wider lives and relationships.
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Understanding Risk Outside the Home
Our training on Understanding Risk outside the home provides essential knowledge for identifying and responding to dangers that children and young people face in their communities and online, beyond the family environment.
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Safety Planning
Our Safety Planning training empowers you to develop effective strategies and practical plans to protect children and young people from identified risks and ensure their ongoing well-being.
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Safety First, Desistance Later: Working with Young People Who Harm
This training focuses on prioritising immediate safety while equipping professionals with strategies to support young people who harm towards long-term desistance and positive change.
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Disrupting Exploitation: A Multi-Agency Effort
Disrupting Exploitation: A Multi-Agency Effort empowers professionals to collaborate effectively across agencies, collectively breaking cycles of exploitation and safeguarding vulnerable individuals.
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Trauma-Informed Practice
Our Trauma Informed Practice training provides essential insights and practical strategies for understanding and responding to the impact of trauma on young people, fostering their resilience and supporting their development.
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Neurodiversity and Exploitation
Our Neurodiversity and Exploitation training equips professionals with crucial understanding and practical approaches to recognize and respond to the heightened vulnerabilities and unique needs of neurodivergent individuals experiencing exploitation.
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Curiosity and Hypothesising: Essential Skills for Safe Assessments
This training cultivates critical thinking and imaginative exploration, equipping professionals with the essential skills of curiosity and hypothesising to conduct thorough and safe assessments.
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Urban Street Gangs and Organised Crime
This training provides a critical deep dive into the evolving landscape of urban street gangs and organised crime, equipping professionals to understand their structures, recruitment tactics, and the complex factors that entangle young people in exploitation.
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Understanding the Youth Justice System
This training demystifies the Youth Justice System, providing practitioners with the essential understanding and confidence to support young people and their families through every stage, from out-of-court disposals to sentencing.
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Understanding Children's Services
This training provides third sector practitioners with the essential understanding and knowledge of Children's Services, building confidence for effective participation in multi-agency meetings and when supporting young people and families.
Under Review
These trainings are under review. Want one to come back sooner? Let us know — it helps us prioritise what matters most.
Criminal Exploitation: County Lines and Beyond
Drug Markets, The Dark Web and Young People
Resettlement: Safety Net Support
Young People, Violence and Trauma