Safeguarding Essentials - Further Education eLearning Course

Overview

Creating a positive and safe environment for children and adults at risk is everyone’s responsibility.

This course explores the problems children and adults at risk can face and the steps your staff should take if they have any concerns.

However, it’s not all about responding to problems: the course also provides your staff with practical tips and pointers for maintaining a professional relationship with vulnerable people and creating a safe, positive environment for them.

Objectives

In this course you will learn:

• What is safeguarding?
• Who are “children” and “adults at risk” in the eyes of the law?
• Forms of abuse (including sexual exploitation, FGM, radicalisation and modern slavery).
• Common myths and misconceptions about abuse.
• The scale of the problem.