Advanced Safeguarding, Child Protection and Prevent

Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people is everyone’s responsibility. Education settings including play centres, nurseries, schools and colleges play an essential role in protecting children and young people who may be at risk from harm, abuse and neglect. They do this by creating a safe environment, providing robust policies and procedures, regular training and updates ensuring that the adults who work in the organisation, including supply staff and volunteers, don’t pose a risk to children.

Completion of this course will provide you with all the necessary up-to-date knowledge with regards to government legislation, policy, guidance and best practice from experts in the field to show all safeguards are put in place to protect children and young people from preventable harm.As a result of completing this course you will:

Gain a clear understanding of the importance of safeguarding children and young people
Have an applicable context of safeguarding through studying high profile case studies
Learn key safeguarding legislation and 5 mandatory safeguarding policies for every organisational approach to protecting children
Know your role in ensuring the safety and welfare of children and young people in your environment
Understand the benefits of early help and what to look out for
Understand the different categories of child abuse and accurately identify the signs of abuse under these categories
Develop strategies to deal with safeguarding children and young people in online environments
Recognise and know the appropriate response(s) in handling disclosures of abuse from young people
Know your role on preventing radicalisation and extremism

This module will cover important legislation relating to safeguarding and child protection.

This module will cover important policy-shaping legislation over the years including: The Children Act 1989 and 2004, the Education Act 2002, Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023, Voyeurism (Offences) Act 2019 and Keeping Children Safe In Education. It will also provide information about organisational responsibility and policy formation.

This module will cover the benefits of early help in promoting the welfare of children and young people and what to look out for, as well as providing an overview of contextual safeguarding. This is an approach that engages with extra-familial dynamics of risk in adolescence.

This module will cover the various categories and types of abuse that you might encounter in your environment and how to identify the key signs and indicators which can help you to take appropriate steps to safeguard and protect the child or young person.

This module will take into consideration how technology has forever changed how we communicate. Furthermore, how technology has brought about new ways in which children can be abused. However, this module will also consider both the benefits of technology and how to combat misuse through effective online safety.

This module will cover the various types of disclosures that are commonly encountered in an environment with children and young people. It will also provide methods of identifying abuse and will give strategies for how to properly handle a disclosure.

This module will provide an introduction and overview to critical radicalisation-prevention programmes such as “Prevent” and “Channel” which help to identify and protect children and young people from falling into extremism which might lead to terrorism.

This module will provide an introduction and overview of the principles and requirements to share information which is a vital element in identifying and tackling all forms of abuse and neglect and in promoting a child’s welfare. It will also explore the key requirements of recording.

Advanced Safeguarding, Child Protection and Prevent

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Course content

Module One: Principles of Safeguarding & Child Protection

Module Two: Legal Framework, Legislation, Policy and Guidance

Module Three: Early Help and Contextual Safeguarding

Module Four: Child Abuse Categories, Types and Signs of Abuse

Module Five: Keeping Children Safe Online; An Introduction to Online Safety

Module Six: Dealing with Disclosures and Referring Concerns

Module Seven: Preventing Radicalisation and Extremism in Young People

Module Eight: Information Sharing and Recording