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Safeguarding Children
The Safeguarding Children course equips you with essential knowledge to protect children from harm, abuse, and neglect, ensuring their safety and well-being in various settings, including education and healthcare.
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Nitty Gritty
- This course aligns with Children Act 1989, Children Act 2004 and Working Together to Safeguard Children.
- CPD Certified.
- Certificate Included.
Last audited and Updated on : September 2025
Learning Outcome
- Understand key laws and guidance for safeguarding children, including the legal frameworks and best practices in child protection.
- Identify different types of child abuse, including physical, emotional, and sexual abuse, and their effects on children.
- Learn how to conduct comprehensive risk assessments to identify and mitigate potential dangers to children’s welfare.
- Develop the ability to appropriately respond to disclosures of abuse from children, ensuring their safety and well-being.
- Recognize protective factors that help reduce the likelihood of child maltreatment and strengthen child safeguarding practices.
- Understand the critical importance of accurate record-keeping and how it ensures proper documentation in safeguarding cases.
- Be aware of the challenges and best practices in safeguarding children in online environments, focusing on digital safety.
- Understand how developmental issues, including physical and emotional challenges, affect children's safety and their protection.
- Learn how to support disabled children by identifying unique risks and implementing appropriate safeguarding measures.
- Gain knowledge of laws and regulations designed to keep children safe within educational environments and settings.
Course Overview
The Safeguarding Children course is designed to equip learners with the knowledge and skills needed to protect children from harm, abuse, and neglect. This course begins with an Introduction to Safeguarding Children, providing a solid understanding of the importance of safeguarding in child welfare.
You will learn about Laws and Guidance surrounding child protection, ensuring that you are aware of legal frameworks and best practices. The course delves into various types of Child Abuse, including Sexual Abuse, and helps learners understand the signs, risks, and impact of abuse. The Risk Assessment module teaches how to identify and evaluate potential dangers to children, while Responding to Disclosure and Reporting ensures that you are prepared to act appropriately if a child discloses abuse.
Understanding Protective Factors that reduce the likelihood of maltreatment and learning effective Record Keeping practices are also covered. Online Safety is addressed, highlighting the importance of protecting children in the digital world. Additionally, you will explore how Developmental Issues affect children and the unique challenges faced by Disabled Children.
The course also provides an in-depth look at Laws and Regulations for keeping children safe in education. A Final Quiz will assess your understanding of safeguarding concepts, and you can Order Transcripts for your record upon successful completion. This course is ideal for those working with children in various settings, from education to healthcare, helping ensure that children are kept safe and supported.
Who This Course Is For:
- Teachers and educators
- Child protection officers
- Social workers
- Healthcare professionals working with children
- Parents and caregivers
- Youth workers
- Child welfare advocates
- Volunteers working with children
Requirements:
- No prior experience required.
- Basic understanding of child development or welfare is helpful.
- A commitment to ensuring child safety and welfare.
Course Instructor
Learndrive Courses
Learndrive is a UK-based online learning provider committed to delivering high-quality, industry-relevant training designed to support learners in achieving their academic, professional, and personal development goals. With a growing catalogue of courses spanning compliance, business, healthcare, finance, safety, and more, Learndrive ensures that its content remains current, practical, and aligned with market demand.
What sets Learndrive apart is its learner-centric approach to education. Each course is carefully designed to promote deep understanding and long-term retention without cognitive overload. Courses feature interactive video and audio modules grounded in sound instructional design principles and backed by evidence-based learning methodologies.
Behind Learndrive is a team of seasoned instructional designers with extensive expertise in curriculum development, lesson planning, and eLearning. Their mission is not merely to deliver content, but to craft an engaging and effective learning experience that transforms knowledge into applied skills.
Whether you’re upskilling individually, training a team, or pursuing professional development, Learndrive offers accessible, flexible, and expertly designed courses to help you achieve meaningful progress.
Accreditation
This course is accredited by CPDQE. The demand for professionals to engage in Continuing Professional Development is escalating, irrespective of the industry, career stage, or job function. CPD serves as an impactful mechanism for skill enhancement, maintaining the relevance of academic credentials, and strategically advancing one’s career.
This CPDQE Certified Course will ensure that you have obtained the required CPD trainings for your professional development.
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Course Curriculum
| We Will Start With The Basics | |||
| We will Start with the Basics | 00:01:00 | ||
| Module 1 Introduction to Safeguarding Children | |||
| What is Safeguarding – Child Psychology | 00:01:00 | ||
| Who are Children and Young People? | 00:01:00 | ||
| The Importance of Safeguarding | 00:03:00 | ||
| The Six Essential Principles of Safeguarding | 00:02:00 | ||
| Why is Information Sharing Vital | 00:02:00 | ||
| Who are the Vulnerable | 00:02:00 | ||
| Module 02 Laws And Guidance | |||
| Safeguarding from Child Abuse | 00:04:00 | ||
| Children Act | 00:05:00 | ||
| Emergency Protection Powers | 00:01:00 | ||
| Exclusion Requirement | 00:01:00 | ||
| Police Protection Powers | 00:01:00 | ||
| Legal Aid, Sentencing And Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPOA) | 00:01:00 | ||
| Laws Regarding Leaving Your Child Alone | 00:02:00 | ||
| Module 03 Child Abuse | |||
| What is Child Abuse | 00:02:00 | ||
| Physical Abuse | 00:01:00 | ||
| Sexual Abuse – Child Psychology | 00:02:00 | ||
| Emotional Abuse – Child Psychology | 00:01:00 | ||
| Neglect | 00:01:00 | ||
| Domestic Abuse | 00:02:00 | ||
| Identification of Child Abuse and Neglect | 00:04:00 | ||
| Module 4 Sexual Abuse | |||
| What is Child Sexual Abuse | 00:02:00 | ||
| Signs of Child Sexual Abuse | 00:02:00 | ||
| How Do You Report Child Sexual Abuse | 00:01:00 | ||
| Who Commits Child Sexual Abuse | 00:01:00 | ||
| Who are at Risk of Sexual Abuse | 00:01:00 | ||
| Child Sexual Abuse and Consequences | 00:08:00 | ||
| The Effects of Sexual Abuse | 00:01:00 | ||
| Module 05 Risks And Risk Assessment | |||
| Addressing Domestic Abuse and other Harmful Risks | 00:04:00 | ||
| How to Deal with Abuse Concerns | 00:05:00 | ||
| Safeguarding in School and College | 00:06:00 | ||
| Remember to Take Notes | |||
| Remember to Take Notes | 00:00:14 | ||
| Module 06 Responding to Disclosure And Reporting | |||
| Reporting Child Abuse | 00:03:00 | ||
| Indirect or Accidental Disclosure | 00:01:00 | ||
| In Disguise Disclosure | 00:01:00 | ||
| How to Respond to Disclosure | 00:02:00 | ||
| Responding to Concern in Organisation | 00:01:00 | ||
| Module 07 Protective Factors for Child Maltreatment | |||
| Working with Families The Six Protective Factors | 00:02:00 | ||
| Knowledge of Parenting and Child Development | 00:02:00 | ||
| Parental Resilience | 00:02:00 | ||
| Social Connections | 00:02:00 | ||
| Concrete Supports for Parents | 00:01:00 | ||
| Social and Emotional Competence of Children | 00:02:00 | ||
| Module 08 Record Keeping | |||
| Effective Record Keeping | 00:02:00 | ||
| The Safeguarding File | 00:01:00 | ||
| Strategic Record-Keeping Decisions | 00:01:00 | ||
| Information Sharing and Data Protection | 00:02:00 | ||
| Transfer of Records | 00:02:00 | ||
| Document Retention | 00:02:00 | ||
| Module 09 Online Safety | |||
| Teaching Online Safety in Schools | 00:01:00 | ||
| Sharing Nudes and Semi-nudes Advice for Children and Young People | 00:02:00 | ||
| Harmful Online Challenges and Online Hoaxes | 00:01:00 | ||
| Education for a Connected World | 00:01:00 | ||
| Online Safety Considerations for Managers | 00:02:00 | ||
| Module 10 Development and Problems for Children | |||
| Stages of Development and Growth | 00:03:00 | ||
| Different Areas of Child Development | 00:01:00 | ||
| Social and Emotional Development | 00:01:00 | ||
| Parental Problems | 00:02:00 | ||
| Sleep Problems | 00:02:00 | ||
| Intellectual Disabilities | 00:02:00 | ||
| Specific Learning Disabilities | 00:02:00 | ||
| Module 11 Safeguarding Disabled Children | |||
| Vulnerability of Disabled Young People | 00:02:00 | ||
| Involving & Listening to Disabled Children | 00:02:00 | ||
| Purpose of Guidance | 00:01:00 | ||
| Practice Guidance for All Professionals | 00:03:00 | ||
| Initial Contact And Referral | 00:02:00 | ||
| Module 12 Laws and Regulations for Keeping Children Safe in Education | |||
| Child Centred Approach to Safeguarding | 00:02:00 | ||
| Roles of Staff | 00:01:00 | ||
| Essentials for School and College Staff | 00:01:00 | ||
| Early Help | 00:02:00 | ||
| Abuse and Neglect | 00:02:00 | ||
| Child-on-Child Abuse | 00:02:00 | ||
| Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) and Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE) | 00:03:00 | ||
| Mission Passed | |||
| Mission Passed | 00:00:21 | ||
| Final Quiz: Safeguarding Children | |||
| Final Quiz: Safeguarding Children | 00:10:00 | ||
| Order Transcript | |||
| Order Your Transcript | 00:01:00 | ||
| Order Your CPDQE Certificate | |||
| Order Your CPDQE Certificate | 00:01:00 | ||
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