Safeguarding Designated Person- CPD accredited

Safeguarding is everyone’s business. Every organisation must appoint a designated person to lead on this responsibility and support staff who encounter safeguarding issues in the course of their work. The role of designated person can be challenging and unfamiliar to many, but is vital in protecting the organisation, its staff and the people you work with.

This course is for potential appointees, safeguarding designated persons and managers who need to understand the role of the designated person and the part they play in the organisation.

Online assessment included.

Module 1: Understanding safeguarding training requirements

Module 2: Safeguarding responsibilities of the designated person

Module 3: The role of designated person

Module 4: Designated person and the safeguarding board

This safeguarding designated person course focuses on:

• Identifying key skills and requirements for the role
• The critical elements of a training audit and how to conduct one
• The role and responsibilities of the designated person within the organisation
• What support staff need and how to provide it
• Engaging with the local safeguarding board
• Linking with external agencies to support the designated person.

Summary

This is an online course, if you order through Reed (This site) you will receive an email confirming your booking. Once we receive notification from Reed, we will email you a link with instructions to create your account and a redeem code to enter which will unlock your chosen course.

The training is accessed through a web browser, there will be a learner file which you can download and complete as you progress through the course. If you need tutor support you can click on the envelope icon (on the course) and email your question to the tutor.

How it works

The key topics for this course have been broken down into lessons, each lesson dealing with a specific area of the overall subject. Each one has clearly set learning outcomes and assessment criteria.

You can progress through the course at your own pace. If you need to leave the course, it will remember where you left off, so when you return there is no need to repeat steps. We often include external links, videos, webpages, downloads, which provide excellent resource files.

At the end of each lesson is a knowledge checkpoint, you will need to achieve more than 75% to pass the lesson, which then unlocks the following lesson. Upon completion of the final lesson your CPD certificate will be unlocked. You can save this as a PDF to your computer or simply print it off.

When

The course is self-paced so you decide at what pace the training goes. You will have 12 months access to the course and can revisit it as many times as you need.

CPD

The content of this course has been independently certified as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines.

This course is for potential appointees, safeguarding designated persons and managers who need to understand the role of the designated person and the part they play in the organisation.

No prior knowledge is required.