Child Protection Awareness Level 1

Children’s Services organises a programme of child protection training which is available to all council staff, free of charge. The team has announced the following dates for it’s Child Protection Level 1 sessions in 2025 as follows:

For more information contact Frances Chapman on 01620 82 9955 or email childrensservicestraining@eastlothian.gov.uk

Routes to access Child Protection Awareness Level 1 training

• if you do not come into contact with children and young people in your day to day employment. You should access Child Protection Awareness Level 1 training via ‘learnPro’, an e-learning resource. Please follow the link and instructions below
• if you do come into contact with children and young people in your day to day employment. You should attend a face to face Child Protection Awareness Level 1 training once only and then refresh your knowledge on line every two years. Please see dates/times and venues above for face to face sessions.
• if you require Child Protection Awareness Level 1 refresher training. You should access this training via ‘learnPro’, an e-learning resource. Please follow the link and the instructions below

Please be aware refresher Child Protection Level 1 Awareness training should be completed every two years if you come into contact with children and young people in your day to day employment.

To access child protection training on learnPro e-learning

Click on the link below and then click on Login to learnPro (right hand side of page) and follow the instructions. New users to learnPro will need to create an account. Existing users should enter their login details, scroll down to elearning, select Public Protection and then select ELC: Public Protection – Child Protection Level 1.

http://eastlothiancouncil.learnprouk.com/