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Child Protection and Safeguarding Awareness
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Summary

Price
£19.99 inc VAT
Study method
Online, On Demand 
Course format
Reading material - PDF, article
Duration
1.9 hours · Self-paced
Qualification
No formal qualification
Certificates
  • Reed Courses Certificate of Completion - Free
Assessment details
  • Final Exam (included in price)
Additional info
  • Tutor is available to students
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Overview

The Child Protection and Safeguarding Awareness course is designed to provide learners with a clear and structured understanding of safeguarding principles and child protection responsibilities across education, childcare, and community settings. This course focuses on awareness, recognition, and informed understanding rather than statutory safeguarding authority or professional certification.

Learners explore why safeguarding is essential, how children may be placed at risk, and how organisations establish policies and procedures to protect children’s wellbeing. The course introduces legislative frameworks, ethical practice, equality considerations, and the importance of accurate record keeping.

Key themes include safeguarding principles, child protection processes, wellbeing awareness, inclusive practice, and professional responsibility. The course supports learners in recognising safeguarding concerns and understanding appropriate escalation pathways.

Rather than qualifying learners to lead safeguarding practice, this course builds foundational awareness, professional understanding, and responsible insight suitable for individuals working with or around children.

Certificates

Assessment details

Final Exam

Included in course price

Curriculum

This course contains

Format: 8 PDFs, 1 Article and 1 Quiz

Duration: 1h and 54m

Description

This Child Protection and Safeguarding Awareness course consists of eight structured modules, followed by an assessment, each designed to develop awareness of safeguarding principles and child protection practice.

The course begins with an introduction to safeguarding, outlining what safeguarding means and why it is essential in protecting children and young people. Principles for practice explore ethical conduct, professional boundaries, and duty of care awareness.

The legislative and policy framework introduces safeguarding-related laws and policies at an awareness level only. Child protection in action explores how safeguarding concerns are identified, recorded, and escalated within organisational systems.

Equality practice and safeguarding examine inclusive practice and how safeguarding responsibilities apply across diverse communities. Policies, procedures, and best practice explore organisational responsibilities and professional expectations.

Wellbeing and effective childcare examine how safe, nurturing environments support children’s physical and emotional wellbeing. Record keeping explores the importance of accurate, confidential documentation in safeguarding processes.

The course concludes with an assessment to consolidate understanding of child protection and safeguarding awareness.

Certification

After successful completion of the Child Protection and Safeguarding Awareness course, learners receive a free digital certificate from Reed confirming course completion. A provider-issued certificate is also available following verification, with optional premium certificates and academic transcripts available separately.

Who is this course for?

This course is suitable for individuals seeking general awareness of child protection and safeguarding. It is ideal for parents, carers, teaching assistants, childcare support staff, volunteers, youth workers, community workers, or anyone working in environments where safeguarding awareness is required.

Requirements

No formal qualifications or prior safeguarding experience are required to enrol on this course. Learners should have a basic to good standard of English, access to the internet, and a computer, tablet, or smartphone. Completion of the assessment is required to successfully finish the course.

Career path

This course supports professional awareness and understanding of safeguarding responsibilities. It may complement roles in education, childcare, youth services, health and social care support, or community settings, but it does not qualify learners to act as safeguarding leads or meet statutory safeguarding training requirements on its own.

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This course is advertised on Reed.co.uk by the Course Provider, whose terms and conditions apply. Purchases are made directly from the Course Provider, and as such, content and materials are supplied by the Course Provider directly. Reed is acting as agent and not reseller in relation to this course. Reed's only responsibility is to facilitate your payment for the course. It is your responsibility to review and agree to the Course Provider's terms and conditions and satisfy yourself as to the suitability of the course you intend to purchase. Reed will not have any responsibility for the content of the course and/or associated materials.

FAQs

Study method describes the format in which the course will be delivered. At Reed Courses, courses are delivered in a number of ways, including online courses, where the course content can be accessed online remotely, and classroom courses, where courses are delivered in person at a classroom venue.

CPD stands for Continuing Professional Development. If you work in certain professions or for certain companies, your employer may require you to complete a number of CPD hours or points, per year. You can find a range of CPD courses on Reed Courses, many of which can be completed online.

A regulated qualification is delivered by a learning institution which is regulated by a government body. In England, the government body which regulates courses is Ofqual. Ofqual regulated qualifications sit on the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF), which can help students understand how different qualifications in different fields compare to each other. The framework also helps students to understand what qualifications they need to progress towards a higher learning goal, such as a university degree or equivalent higher education award.

An endorsed course is a skills based course which has been checked over and approved by an independent awarding body. Endorsed courses are not regulated so do not result in a qualification - however, the student can usually purchase a certificate showing the awarding body's logo if they wish. Certain awarding bodies - such as Quality Licence Scheme and TQUK - have developed endorsement schemes as a way to help students select the best skills based courses for them.
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