Induction: Online Training Courses and Videos

Induction: Required Links and Online Training

This page lists all the links and online training resources required during induction at Handcrafted. Links are organised by who needs them. Where a resource is an internal Handcrafted training video, the YouTube link is given.

For the full list of induction tasks, see the current induction spreadsheet.

All staff

Staff handbook and policies

• Policy wiki — all staff should read the About Handcrafted, Quick Guides and Essentials, and Organisational Topics sections, and familiarise themselves with the safeguarding children policy, safeguarding adults policy, devices policy, health and safety policy, and complaints policy.

Compulsory training for all staff

• NCSC Cyber Security — Top Tips for Staff (online video; upload screenshot on completion)
• Prevent Awareness (online training)
• Zero Suicide Alliance — Suicide Awareness Training (online training)

Internal induction videos

All staff watch these as part of their induction. Confirm completion using the induction videos completion form (and separately the safeguarding video form).

• Internal Safeguarding Training
• The Solution Focused Approach
• Confidentiality and Disclosure
• Conditioning Awareness
• Lone Working Basics
• Principles of Risk Assessment
• The Person Centred Approach

Job admin

• Upload NCSC training screenshot
• Blue Light Card (optional; for eligible staff)

Support staff working with young people under 18 (u18s induction)

The following training must be completed before lone working. Most is available through Virtual College or Aneemo — contact Shalom or Lorraine for access and login details.

Virtual College

• Self-Neglect
• Child Criminal Exploitation, Gangs and County Lines
• Child and Adult Sexual Exploitation
• Misogyny Awareness: Children and Young People
• Self-Harm
• Safeguarding Children — Level 3 Certificate
• Awareness of Health and Safety
• Fire Safety

Aneemo

• De-escalation
• Trauma-informed Approaches
• Solution-focused Practice
• Strengths-based Approaches
• Substance Misuse Risk — Drugs and Alcohol
• Mental Health Skills
• Boundaries and Disclosure

Job admin (before lone working)

• Upload driving licence, MOT and car insurance — required before lone working with young people

Housing support staff

No additional external links — induction tasks are primarily on-the-job training and practical kit. See the Housing Support Induction module in the spreadsheet.

Kitchen staff

• Food Hygiene / Safety Level 2 — for staff leading cookery activities or preparing meals in community hubs. Must be completed before lone working in a kitchen.

Display screen equipment (DSE) users

For staff whose role requires regular use of display screen equipment (e.g. admins, managers):

• DSE Self-Assessment Checklist

Completion forms

• Confirm induction videos watched
• Confirm safeguarding video watched
• Upload NCSC Cyber Security screenshot
• Upload driving documents (u18s staff)

For questions about any of these resources, contact Seymour or the named contact in the Induction spreadsheet.