Keeping Children Safe

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Keeping children safe and free from harm is crucial to their overall development and well being.
This course has been written to help parents and practitioners to understand the importance of protecting children from danger. It covers a wide range of topics including safety in the home and garden, abuse, bullying and internet chat rooms.
Before it is possible for parents and practitioners to protect children, they must first be able to understand why children are at risk and from what.
This course will help you to look at the dangers around you and to encourage you to eliminate as many of these potential dangers as possible.

At the end of this course you should be able to:-
· Recognise what constitutes danger.
· Be aware of how to avoid danger within the home and garden.
· Know how to spot the signs of abuse in children.
· Be able to help and advise children with regard to internet safety.
· Spot the signs of bullying and know how to deal with it.
· Address basic first aid issues.

This course covers the following syllabus:-
Unit One Abuse
Unit Two Keeping Children Safe in the Home
Unit Three Keeping Children Safe in the Garden
Unit Four Keeping Children Safe when they are Away from Home
Unit Five Protecting Children with Disabilities
Unit Six Bullying
Unit Seven Danger on line
Unit Eight Common Accidents and Basic First Aid

How do I study for the course?
Keeping Children Safe is a distance learning course that allows you to study in your own time and at your own pace. You will receive a course manual, assignments and study guide as well as full tutor support.

How is my work assessed?
Assessment takes the form of a series of tutor marked assignments plus one extended essay.