Training courses

Every module below maps to our training matrix. Work through the content, then pass the knowledge check to record your completion.

SafeguardingMandatory

Safeguarding children

The foundation of every role at LF Pathway Solutions: recognising harm, responding without delay and recording what you have seen.

Who
All staff
Refresh
Annual minimum
Start course
Health & safetyMandatory

Paediatric first aid

Accredited practical first aid for infants and children. This module prepares you for the assessed course and keeps your knowledge current between renewals.

Who
All care staff
Refresh
Every 3 years
Start course
Health & safetyMandatory

Fire safety

Prevention, detection and evacuation — including how to support children who will not or cannot leave the building quickly.

Who
All staff
Refresh
Annual
Start course
Care practiceMandatory

Safe restraint

Restrictive physical intervention as an absolute last resort — the legal test, the risks, and the de-escalation that should make it unnecessary.

Who
All care staff
Refresh
Annual
Start course
Care practiceMandatory

Positive behaviour support

Understanding behaviour as communication, and building the relationships and routines that reduce distress before it escalates.

Who
All care staff
Refresh
Annual
Start course
Care practiceMandatory

Attachment and trauma

Why early relationships shape everything that follows, and how trauma-informed care turns yesterday's struggles into today's strengths.

Who
All staff
Refresh
Annual
Start course
Care practiceMandatory

Equality and diversity

The Equality Act in day-to-day care: identity, culture, faith, disability and the everyday practice that makes a child feel they belong.

Who
All staff
Refresh
Annual
Start course
Health & safety

Food hygiene

Level 2 food safety for anyone who cooks or prepares food with or for the children we support.

Who
Staff preparing food
Refresh
Every 3 years
Start course
Health & safety

Medication administration

Safe handling, administration, recording and error reporting for staff assessed as competent to give medication.

Who
Staff with medication duties
Refresh
Annual
Start course
SafeguardingMandatory

Missing from care

Prevention, the response protocol, and the return home interview that tells you why a child left in the first place.

Who
All care staff
Refresh
Annual
Start course
Health & safetyMandatory

Health and safety

Risk assessment, safe working, infection control and RIDDOR in a residential childcare setting.

Who
All staff
Refresh
Annual
Start course
SafeguardingMandatory

Exploitation (CSE / CCE) and county lines

Spotting grooming and exploitation early, understanding why children do not see themselves as victims, and escalating with the right evidence.

Who
All care staff
Refresh
Annual
Start course
SafeguardingMandatory

Prevent / radicalisation awareness

The Prevent duty as safeguarding: recognising vulnerability to radicalisation and making a Channel referral.

Who
All staff
Refresh
Annual
Start course
Care practiceMandatory

Mental health and self-harm

Responding to self-harm and suicidal thoughts without panic, judgement or false promises — and knowing when to escalate.

Who
All care staff
Refresh
Annual
Start course
Leadership

Leadership and management

Supervision, quality assurance, regulatory compliance and building the reflective culture that keeps children safe.

Who
Managers and senior staff
Refresh
Ongoing
Start course