Contextual Safeguarding and Extra-Familial Harm Training Course

Course Summary

Contextual safeguarding is specific approach focusing on situations outside of a family environment which may increase the risk of harm or abuse for children, young people and in particular adolescent young people, considers the influences which they could be exposed to and how these might constitute safeguarding concerns.

This training course describes the meaning of safeguarding, abuse, contextual safeguarding and extra-familial harm, describes the six core principles of safeguarding and lists legislation which is relevant to safeguarding children.

This training course defines situations outside of an immediate family environment that may increase risk for children and young people and lists activities which can constitute a contextual safeguarding risk and extra-familial harm.

This training course describes influences that children and young people are exposed to in adolescence which could constitute a safeguarding concern and evaluates how extra-familial relationships can be just as harmful as those a child or young person has with their family and to consider these as part of assessing risk.

This training course considers barriers to implementing preventative or protective measures when a risk comes from a factor in their wider environment and explain the four key dynamics that should be considered when understanding where threats or risks may come from (home and family, peer groups, school/education and neighbourhood).

This training course explain the four key features of an appropriate response to prevent contextual safeguarding concerns, states how to raise concerns about the safety or wellbeing of a child or young person and defines the meaning and purpose of Child Protection Online Protection (CEOP) and the National Referral Mechanism (NRM).

Finally, this training course defines the principle of a 'two-tier approach' to Contextual Safeguarding, explains the importance of involving children, young people and in particular adolescence in decision making around risk and concern and describes approaches to take with children and young people to promote awareness and reduce risk. This is an accredited course.

Course Learning Outcomes

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Who is this course for?

This Contextual Safeguarding and Extra-Familial Harm training course is designed for professionals working with children and young people including support teams, education professionals and foster carers.

Duration

1 day course - we can be flexible on start and finish times to suit your needs such as school run friendly times.

Availability

This [Name] is offered in two delivery formats:

• Remote Online: Led by a live tutor via Zoom or Microsoft Teams, allowing participants to join remotely. (Also known as virtual classroom training)
• Face-to-Face: Delivered in person at your location or a venue you arrange. (Also referred to as on-site training)

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Certification

Each learner completing this course will receive a digital (PDF) certificate of learning. View example certificate

Accreditation

The course contents are accredited by the Open College Network (OCN) Credit4Learning as a Level 3 course.