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This is a four-day course designed to consolidate and deepen knowledge and understanding of the Protective Behaviours (PBs) process. Throughout the course participants will have the opportunity to develop their skills and confidence to work in a Specialist Practitioner role including supporting colleagues using Protective Behaviours in the workplace, promoting and sustaining the process on a wider scale within an organisation and developing consistent resources. This course is for people who have completed 2-day Foundation Level Protective Behaviours training and are currently regularly using the PB process. It is also for people regularly using PBs who are interested in developing their knowledge for their personal development. The Specialist Practitioner course is a pre-requisite for anyone thinking about training to become a Protective Behaviours Trainer.
Tue 17th & Wed 18th March 2026 &
Wed 22nd & Thur 23rd April 2026
(9.30am-4.30pm)
Venue: Bulkington Village Community & Conference Centre, School Rd, Bulington, Bedworth CV12 9JB
Total cost: £555.00
includes all training materials as well as refreshments
Participants are required to attend the full duration of the course to achieve certification.
About the trainers
Ann Seal has a professional background in nursing, health visiting, teaching in FE and working in education safeguarding including working with schools to develop protective education practices. She has an MA by Research in which she researched teacher perspectives of protecting children through a curriculum approach to safeguarding. Ann has been a Protective Behaviours trainer since 2001 working as an independent trainer or in her role as a manager in the Education Safeguarding Service in Warwickshire until 2020. Alongside promotion of Protective Behaviours across the education sector (from Early Years to Secondary), she has been a trainer for Warwickshire Safeguarding Children Board, delivering PBs courses to any professionals working with Warwickshire children. Ann uses PBs in all aspects of life at home and work. Further details available in PBTP profile and at annseal.co.uk.
Sally Ann Hart has a background of working in education and has been involved in this at every key stage. After qualifying to teach in 1985, she chose to specialise in special educational needs and went on to become an accredited trainer in Protective Behaviours in 2003. Sally Ann is qualified to teach infant massage which fits perfectly with the ethos of Protective Behaviours and adds to Sally Ann’s interest in helping parents and practitioners meet the needs of babies and young children. Sally Ann has also worked with the University of Northampton and undergraduate students reading Early Childhood Studies incorporating Protective Behaviours training within degree modules. Sally Ann uses Protective Behaviours every day in her work and with her family! Further details available in PBTP profile and at sallyannhart.co.uk.
Ann & Sally Ann are co-founders of the Protective Behaviours Training Partnership and PBPeople (including the Protective Behaviours Association)
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Please note that this training is 'face-to-face', or 'in-person' - i.e. the trainer and trainees meet at a designated venue