Safeguarding Children and Young People Training Course (Level 3)

Course Overview

For any organisation which works with children and young people, safeguarding and child protection is of critical importance and supporters need to be able to recognise the actions and indicators of abuse, how people can be vulnerable and what they need to do to raise concerns about a child or young person’s safety.

This training course identifies what constitutes abuse and considers safe ways of working to reduce the risk of abuse occuring and confirms the procedure to be followed if any concerns or suspicions of abuse are raised. This is a Level 3 accredited course.

Course Aims

• Understand what safeguarding is
• Understand types of vulnerable people
• Understand actions and indicators of abuse
• Understand the effects of abuse
• Understand safeguarding disclosure, recording and reporting procedures
• Understand ways of preventative working
• Understand ways of safeguarding and providing support to vulnerable children and young people

Course Objectives

1. Describe the meaning of the terms safeguarding, child protection, abuse, exploitation and professional perpetrators
2. Explain and evaluate safeguarding requirements of the Children’s Homes Regulations (2015)
3. Describe types of people who may have increased vulnerability of being abused
4. Define the different types of abuse
5. Describe different actions of abuse
6. Describe different indicators of abuse
7. Compare the positives and issues of the role which social media and social networking can play in child abuse
8. Explain the impact abuse can have on a child or young person's feeling of loss, fear and trust
9. Define legislation and regulations which protect children and young people from abuse
10. Compare the difference between a suspicion, disclosure and allegation of abuse
11. Describe the meaning and purpose of whistleblowing
12. Explain and evaluate the procedure for recording and reporting suspicions, disclosures and allegations of abuse
13. Explain possible barriers to children and young people in disclosing abuse
14. Describe ways of ensuring the disclosure procedure is understood and accessible by children and young people
15. Describe how allegations of abuse can impact on support teams
16. Explain different ways of preventative working which can reduce the likelihood of abuse occurring
17. Describe ways of safeguarding and providing support to children who are vulnerable to or have experienced abuse

Accreditation

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

Certification

Each learner completing this course will receive an accredited Level 3 certificate of learning.

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