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Safeguarding and Child Protection Awareness Course (Online Level 1)

Essential course for those who come into contact with children at work

What you'll get:

  • One year access to course
  • CPD-Certified certificate
  • Easy access on computer, tablet or phone
  • Duration: Approx 1.5 hours

Why this course?

  1. Our courses are trusted by many schools and organisations in the UK and abroad
  2. Covers up to date UK government guidance on safeguarding
  3. Quick and simple to sign-up and access on your computer, tablet or phone
  4. Includes optional speech, listen on the train etc.
  5. CPD-Certificate certificate emailed to you straight away upon completion

Course aims - To enable you to:

  • Be aware about possible child abuse in different forms
  • Recognise and respond to concerns about a child
  • Take appropriate action
  • To understand normal child development
  • Maintain a focus on the child

Session 1 of 5: Definitions and types of abuse and maltreatment

  • What is Safeguarding and Child Protection
  • Definitions
  • Types of abuse and maltreatment
  • Child Protection activity around us
  • Why is Child Protection important?

Session 2 of 5: Additional Government guidance

  • Additional Government guidance
  • Some specific types of harm and the additional guidance provided by the Government in each case

Session 3 of 5: Child development, disclosure, responding

  • Normal child development
    Disclosing
  • Finding out: concerns about a child
  • Responding appropriately
  • How do you feel

Session 4 of 5: Safeguards in place

  • Protecting children - your role
  • What safeguards are in place?
  • Safeguarding yourself and other adults
    Working with others

Session 5 of 5: Case studies, final thoughts and goals

  • Case studies
  • Final thoughts
  • Goals

Useful Contacts

  • Useful books
  • links
  • contacts

Test and Certificate

  • Short multi-choice test
  • Certificate emailed to you straight away upon completion

What People Are Saying:

Really got a lot of this course. Now got a good understanding of the basics of Safeguarding.

Anne Poore