An Introduction to Safeguarding Children
Virtual College
Summary
Overview
If you come in to contact with children for short periods during the course of your work or as a volunteer this is the course for you.
Safeguarding children is everyone’s responsibility. You can ensure you are trained to level 1 in safeguarding and child protection issues in just a few hours with this online training. If you need training to level 2 you will need to undertake our core course
After completing this course you will have a better understanding of the types of abuse and neglect a child in your care may suffer, and most importantly how to identify the signs of neglect and how to take the correct course of action if you suspect a child is being neglected.
Other key areas of the training include knowing how to deal with a situation when a child or adult discloses abuse, and reliable methods of keeping accurate records.
If you are in contact with children for extended periods of time, either at work or in a voluntary position, you may want to consider completing Awareness of Child Abuse and Neglect Core.
Please be aware that this training content deals with a potentially disturbing subject matter and material and images used may be of a graphic nature.
CPD
Description
Lesson Plan
Key topics covered in this course include:
- Introduction to safeguarding children / child protection
- Physical abuse
- Sexual abuse
- Emotional abuse
- Neglect
- What to do if you suspect abuse or neglect
The course also features a comprehensive summary
The content of this course has been independently certified as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines.
How it Works
What
This is an online course, all the training will be taken through your browser window. There will be no face-to-face sessions with instructors nor will you receive any training material through the post. If you wish you may print out any page of the training material and may also print the notes you took during the training.
You can also revisit the training material at any time, even after you have completed the course.
How
The material for this course has been broken down into several smaller lessons, each lesson dealing with a specific area of the overall subject.
The lesson consists of a series of pages in which an instructor will talk you through the lesson material at a pace that suits you. Pages may also include supporting pictures, graphs, animation or extra sounds to help with the learning where appropriate. Some lessons will include challenges/quizzes to help you keep in touch and interested in the material.
Lessons can be taken in any order and each lesson may be PAUSED and RESUMED at any stage. When all lessons in the course have been completed our system will realise and automatically record that you have successfully completed the course
When
The course is self-paced so you decide how fast or slow the training goes. You can complete the course in stages revisiting the training at any time.
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