To be an effective professional, be it a social worker, police officer, teacher or youth worker, we must address all parts of a young person’s life, including their digital world. We cannot afford to switch off from social media; we need to switch on to the language young people use, understand how we approach harmful online activity, and learn to encourage positive online behaviour.

The Social Switch Project Frontline Training is a free interactive course delivered online, aimed at professionals working with young people. It will give you the confidence to deal with the challenges and opportunities of social media. It will also give you a chance to share your experiences with other practitioners as the training is designed to be as interactive as possible.

The training will:
– Build you understanding of young people’s online behaviour and how you can support them to become positive voices online.
– Discuss the safeguarding risks associated with social media use and how to appropriately respond.
– Improve your understanding of the steps you can take to build resilience in young people dealing with potentially harmful content.
– Increase your capacity to support young people to be positive voices online.

This event will take place on Zoom – the link to join will be sent to you prior to the event through an Eventbrite email – please check your inbox and spam/junk folder for the email closer to the time.

Please note NWG events are frequently oversubscribed and, when possible, we would like to offer places to other delegates on the waiting list. Therefore, if a place is allocated to you but you cannot attend, please notify us as soon as possible by emailing [email protected]