Recognise concerns about a child’s safety and understand the importance of responding through the right channels. This course introduces signs of abuse, children’s rights and risks within families and online. It helps staff understand their role in reporting concerns and seeking advice.
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Safeguarding Children
Recognise concerns about a child's safety and understand the importance of responding through the right channels.
Course highlights
- Recognising possible abuse
- Identifying and reporting concerns
- Radicalisation and bullying
- Parents, carers and children's welfare
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Course overview, learning outcomes and assessment
Course overview
What you will learn
01
Recognising possible abuse
Develop awareness of possible indicators of child abuse and understand why signs of concern need appropriate attention.
02
Identifying and reporting concerns
Explore how concerns about possible abuse are identified and reported through safeguarding arrangements.
03
Radicalisation and bullying
Recognise safeguarding risks associated with radicalisation and bullying and their relevance to children's wellbeing.
04
Parents, carers and children's welfare
Consider how a parent or carer's health can affect a child and why this may be relevant to safeguarding concerns.
05
Domestic abuse
Understand the potential impact of domestic abuse on children and its importance within safeguarding awareness.
06
Children's rights
Recognise children's rights and their relevance to how children are treated, supported and protected.
07
Seeking advice and raising concerns
Understand why concerns should be reported and when advice is needed rather than leaving uncertainty unaddressed.
08
Procedures and whistleblowing
Explore the importance of following safeguarding procedures and understand the role of whistleblowing when concerns arise.
09
Online risks
Recognise risks children may face online and their place within broader safeguarding awareness.
10
Safeguarding law
Understand the role of safeguarding law in the responsibilities and procedures introduced by the course.
Who is this course for?
People responsible for children and young people, including childminders, nursery staff, teachers and teaching assistants.
Course outcome
After successfully completing the required learning and assessment, the learner will receive the course outcome shown below.
- Certificate
- Downloadable Highfield completion certificate after successfully completing the course.
- Assessment
- Online assessment using multiple-choice questions.
- Course recognition
- Highfield e-learning with a completion certificate.
Important information
Introductory safeguarding awareness. Follow your organisation’s reporting procedures. This course does not qualify you as a designated safeguarding lead.
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- One quotation and invoice
- Each learner receives individual access
- Immediate or scheduled start date