Safeguarding Children Awareness Level 2 - CPD accredited
If you are working with children or young people then this course is essential. You should renew your safeguarding children training every 3 years.
The importance of safeguarding children cannot be over-emphasised. All organisations with staff who have contact with families, children or carers must develop a systemic awareness of the key issues, responsibilities and boundaries and embed this understanding in their service delivery.
Online assessment included.
Lessons
Lesson 1: Signs and symptoms of abuse
Lesson 2: The importance of responding professionally to a disclosure
Lesson 3: Awareness of family circumstances
Lesson 4: Legislative framework around safeguarding
This course focu…
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If you are working with children or young people then this course is essential. You should renew your safeguarding children training every 3 years.
The importance of safeguarding children cannot be over-emphasised. All organisations with staff who have contact with families, children or carers must develop a systemic awareness of the key issues, responsibilities and boundaries and embed this understanding in their service delivery.
Online assessment included.
Lessons
Lesson 1: Signs and symptoms of abuse
Lesson 2: The importance of responding professionally to a disclosure
Lesson 3: Awareness of family circumstances
Lesson 4: Legislative framework around safeguarding
This course focuses on:
- The impact of the Children’s Act 2004 and the statutory guidance
- The signs and symptoms of abuse in children
- The potential behaviour indicators associated with different forms of abuse
- Examples of family circumstances in which risks most commonly arise
- How to respond professionally and appropriately to a disclosure of abuse
- Keeping and maintaining confidential records
- Links to be forged with other agencies.
Summary
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.
There are no frequently asked questions yet. If you have any more questions or need help, contact our customer service.









