CHILD PROTECTION (BASIC)

Course review:

How this course can help you:

Four at-risk children die from abuse every week. Ofsted found that 282 vulnerable children – many of them already known to social services – died in the 17-month period to the end of August 2008. A further 136 suffered serious harm or injury. Two thirds of those killed or hurt were babies less than a year old. This fully interactive e-learning course is designed to enable personnel from a range of organisations to understand their responsibilities to safeguard and promote the welfare of children as identified in the Children Acts 1989 / 2004 and Working Together to Safeguard Children (2006). It also supports the Every Child Matters agenda and Standard 5 of the National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services. It meets the prior learning requirements of 'Safeguarding Children - A Shared Responsibility'. The Vetting and Barring Scheme (VBS), administered by the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA).

Course Content – scenario-based, multi-agency, with pre- and post-course assessment

Introduction – The need for best practice; Outcomes for Children; Paths to Child Welfare;

Legislative Framework – Underpinning Concepts; Key legislation & documents;

Child Maltreatment – Definitions: Physical/Emotional/Sexual Abuse;
Neglect - indicators and effects and sources of stress.

Learning Outcomes: By the end of the course participants will be able to:
Have an appreciation of and familiarity in their role safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children;
Recognise and understand the legislative framework;
Have a clear understanding of what to do if they have concerns about a child's welfare;
Know and understand the different forms of abuse: physical, emotional & sexual;
Be familiar with the different signs which may tend to indicate abuse or neglect;
Be aware of the sources of stress and their consequences on a child's welfare.

Benefits of the course:

This course will benefit organisations and their partner-agencies by supplying to those involved in different capacities for the care and welfare of children with essential information and to develop an understanding of their roles and responsibilities and so enhance their ability to undertake their duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. Not only serving as an invaluable tool for blended learning strategies, the e-learning approach is especially suitable for service groups which may have difficulties releasing staff to attend training sessions, or where local capacity to deliver sessions is insufficient. Users will work at their own pace, and receive a Certificate as evidence of the completion of all course exercises and End-of-Course Assessment.