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Knife crime affects entire communities, creating ripples of fear and trauma that impact us all. By understanding the signs, causes and knowing how to take effective action, we can work together to create lasting change.
This course serves as an introduction to the critical issue of child abuse, specifically in relation to harmful cultural practices, faiths, or belief systems.
It can be a difficult and long winded process, adopting a child.
New statutory adoption legislation in July 2013 aimed to cut waiting lists and bring families together quicker.
This course details what’s changed and widens your knowledge of the adoption approval process.
Do you work with children in need and their families? Do you need to sharpen up your awareness of the different stages of the foster care process? If you’re involved at any stage (and in any capacity) of the assessment of children or the approval process for foster carers or just need to brush up on your Children Act guidance or knowledge, then this is the ideal course for you.
Autism is much more common than many people think. There are around 700,000 people on the autistic spectrum in the UK, more than 1 in 100. This means that, including families, autism affects 2.8m people.
But, despite the high number of individuals that are likely to have the condition, many of us have a poor understanding of autism and what it actually means for both the individual and those who work and live with them.
Upon successful completion of this course you will be automatically awarded a certificate containing the course name, completion date, CPD hours and learning objectives.
The course contains additional resource materials, useful links and a refresher guide.
Childhood sexual abuse often goes reported. Government figures suggest that only 1 in 10 (10%) of all survivors of childhood sexual assault (including attempts) told someone in an official position about the abuse at the time and only 7% report it to the police.
Child sexual exploitation can take many forms, whether it comes from individuals, gangs or groups, many of whom often use the internet as a medium for grooming. Are you aware of who is most at risk and do you know what can be done to help those in danger of being exploited?
If your role means you have a statutory duty to safeguard children, and already know the basics of CSE, this course is a must.
Building on Child Sexual Exploitation – level 1, this course gives you the knowledge to complete CSE assessments and effectively intervene, should you have to.
Child sexual exploitation (CSE) comes in many forms, whether undertaken by individuals, gangs or groups. The perpetrators often using the internet as a medium for grooming. Working as a frontline employee can mean facing many difficult situations and making some tough decisions.
This e-learning safeguarding course bundle is perfect for anyone working with children who needs to access child protection training online or who wants to brush up on their safeguarding e-learning skills.
The Children’s Workforce Development Council (CWDC) was set up to promote the training needs of everyone whose work is mainly with children, young people and families. When it closed in 2012, its work transferred to the Teaching Agency, Children’s Improvement Board and the Department for Education.
This comprehensive induction bundle straddles the work of all these agencies and sets out the first things you need to know when working in child’s or young person’s development.
The Common Assessment Framework (CAF or Early Help) is a standardised, shared assessment and planning framework used to help early identification of a child or young person’s additional needs.
It’s also used to promote co-ordinated service provision to meet these needs and is a key element of the Every Child Matters: Change for Children Programme.
This course consists of one module, in which you will learn about how to manage conflict successfully in your place of work. Learn about how to deal with these difficult scenarios, today.
Criminal exploitation is a huge issue that involves people all over the world. It’s a very real problem, and is extremely difficult and dangerous for victims of exploitation to get help. We all play a role in our community to look out for exploitation, and understanding criminal exploitation, including county lines, is crucial. This course will help you to become more aware of criminal exploitation and its different forms, and to understand what signs to look out for and how to respond.
Develop your knowledge of cultural issues within safeguarding with this comprehensive e-learning bundle.
Understand the safeguarding issues around ‘honour-based’ violence, forced marriage, female genital mutilation, and abuse related to beliefs in witchcraft and access important advice and guidance for professionals.
More than 3m people in the UK have been diagnosed with diabetes. Of these about 270,000 have type 2 diabetes and around 300,000 have type 1 diabetes. Just as importantly, approximately 850,000 people in the UK have undiagnosed type 2 diabetes.
Our diabetes online course will equip you with a greater understanding of the challenges around the condition and how it can be effectively managed.
If you work with young people and families, you’ll know how important effective communication with children can be. Good communication builds trust and can make a real difference to how effectively services are delivered and their long-term success.
This course will help you sharpen your skills and deepen your knowledge around effective communication with children and families.
Emotional abuse of children is the most common form of abuse – and the effects can be just as damaging to the victim as physical violence. However, without visible evidence such as bruising and injury; or disclosure from the child or parent, it can be particularly difficult to identify the signs.
Female genital mutilation (FGM) has been a criminal offence in the UK since 1985. But there’s a growing issue around British children being taken abroad by UK nationals for FGM, something which was additionally outlawed in 2003. The NSPCC estimates there are around 137,000 women and girls affected by FGM in England and Wales.
This course covers everything relating to FGM over four informative modules.
Use of the assessment framework provides evidence to help, guide and inform judgements about children’s welfare and safety from the first point of contact, through the processes of assessment, planning and review.
Gangs are intertwined with youth violence and criminality. It is essential we recognise the extent of the problem and understand how to safeguard our at-risk youth.
This course will provide an awareness of what a hate crime and hate incident is and how prevalent hate crimes are.
Parental substance misuse, mental ill-health and domestic abuse can all have a huge impact on a child’s safety and wellbeing. These hidden harms can threaten a child’s feeling of security and create challenging long-term problems.
This course will help you learn ways to reduce the likelihood of a child in your care suffering this hidden harm.
How much do you know about the issues of honour-based violence and forced marriage? This abuse is often used as a means of control, with the cycle beginning when victims are children and continuing into adult life.
One of the biggest problems is that if the victims are not getting the right support from the authorities then they may feel unable to make a complaint.
This course gives learners an overview of the Human Rights Act, and highlights those Articles which should be of interest to staff working in adult social care, or the health sector.
Modern day slavery takes many forms, whether labour and criminal exploitation or sexual; and can be a bewildering and complex subject to get to grips with.
This comprehensive online human trafficking course will help you to spot the signs of modern slavery and explain how to respond if you think someone you know is a victim.
Lead Professionals play a key role for children and their families, as the single point of contact for coordinating provision of a range of services.
Learn about the role of a lead professional and the importance of the Continuum of Need in this short, informative course.
This course provides the learner with an understanding of Government Statutory Guidance on missing children protocol. It gives the learner the confidence to know what to do when a child or young person goes missing from care, what to do when they come back, and how to prevent repeat cases all the while supporting the child and their family.
Effective multi-agency working in health and social care depends on everyone concerned having a clear understanding of multi-agency initiatives (such as MASH and MARAC) and a good working knowledge of the legislation and guidance available.
If you’re working in a role that routinely demands multi-agency working, then this course will provide informative, useful guidance that will make your work easier.
Neglect is the persistent failure to meet a child’s basic physical and/or psychological needs such that it is likely to result in the serious impairment of health or development. It’s also the most common form of child abuse.
If you work with children and families, you can educate yourself in how to spot the signs with this neglect online course.
Children are more engaged with the internet than ever before. But with this increased reliance on the internet for knowledge and entertainment comes an increased risk to those young people using it. E-safety training is essential for you if you’re working with young people.
It’s important that you know the potential risks and learn how to help children to remain safe on the internet. This short e-learning course will equip you with the insight to encourage responsible online behaviour and protect children.
This module covers the best way for parents and carers help their children be safe online.
Physical abuse can have a long-lasting and damaging effect on an individual. But children are very rarely abused by strangers. In fact, abusers are more likely to be someone who comes into close, regular contact.
Abusers can be teachers, next-door neighbours or a member of the family and this can make it harder for children to want to disclose.
Private fostering is a crucial part of taking care of many young people in the UK. In this course, we’ll explore what private fostering means and the laws related to it.
The importance of establishing and maintaining professional boundaries when working with children and young people.
We explore radicalisation and how it connects with extremism and terrorism, including how the internet can influence and indoctrinate vulnerable people. We explore the Government’s increased powers, and who they affect.
Abuse can take place in any setting and it often goes unnoticed and unreported. Even if you don’t work directly with children or vulnerable adults, you might still be in a position where you can help prevent or stop abuse.
Would you be able to spot abuse of a child or vulnerable adult? Even if you don’t work directly with children or vulnerable adults, you may be in a position where you can help prevent or stop abuse.
If you work in Higher Education and want a good understanding of safeguarding in a HE setting, this short course is ideal.
Whether you’re a caretaker, teacher or manager, if you’re working with children it’s essential your safeguarding knowledge is up to date. The right awareness and action could make a real difference to a young person’s life. This safeguarding course is specifically designed for anyone working in education.
If you work in education, you may at some point have to make safeguarding referrals to police or children’s social care. This course prepares you for such incidences.
Combining safeguarding levels 1 and 2, this is a comprehensive programme covering the key elements of the safeguarding children process in an easy-to-understand format.
If you work in any public-facing role in a healthcare environment, it’s vital that you know how to spot the warning signs of abuse and neglect, particularly in children.
Based on content from the 2006 Safeguarding Children and Young People: roles and competences for healthcare Staff Directive, this course help you spot the signs of child mistreatment and neglect and enable to you be sure you’re raising concerns appropriately.
Do you work with children? Are you confident you can make safeguarding referrals for the children in your care? Do you need to brush up your child protection legislation knowledge?
This Safeguarding Children Level 1 and 2 course will give you a thorough and clear overview of modern child protection principles – a must-have for anyone working with young people.
If you work in a healthcare setting then it’s important to have a good awareness of child safety and safeguarding procedures. This engaging and informative child safety training course provides an ideal introduction.
Not only does it meet the national minimum training standards for Safeguarding Children at Level 1, it’s the perfect refresher for more experienced staff seeking prevention and management of child abuse online training.
If you’re working with children in any capacity, you need to ensure your safeguarding training is up to date.
This course helps you identify the needs for safeguarding, what you should be looking out for to identify abuse and the next steps you can take if you have a concern for a child’s wellbeing.
Boost your knowledge of safeguarding procedures.
This informative, Level 2 course will improve your understanding, fill in any gaps in your knowledge, and boost your confidence. It will also give you practical steps to take if you have child protection concerns, whether you, yourself, work with children, or not.
The course is for those who: (i) assess, plan, intervene or review needs; (ii) make safeguarding referrals; or (iii) have responsibilities in relation to Section 47 Enquiries.
Prepare yourself for making safeguarding referrals (to the police and Children’s Social Care). Looking to brush up your knowledge?
New to the topic and looking for a clear and thorough briefing – in case you are ever involved?
Either way, this course is for you.
Everybody who comes into contact with children has a duty to ensure their safety. In this module we will look at types of abuse, warning signs to look out for, and what to do if you suspect a child is being abused.
Every child has a basic human right to live free from abuse and harm.
But sadly, lots of children suffer without a voice.
It’s your responsibility to make sure you understand what your roles and responsibilities are when safeguarding children.
This course is intended for you to recap on the topics you have previously learnt and may face every day when working with adults at risk to make sure that fulfilling the responsibilities of your role.
Spend time or work with disabled children? Perhaps you’re a sole carer for a disabled child?
Shocking as it is, these vulnerable youngsters can be unsuspecting targets for abuse.
This highly engaging e-learning seminar highlights what to look out for and how to put a stop to any unwanted behaviour towards a child.
Do you know how to meet your legal requirements for safer recruitment practices? Are you confident about your recruitment processes and safeguarding skills?
Safer recruitment in education and safer recruitment in schools is essential for protecting young and vulnerable people.
This safer recruitment course is essential for anyone working in organisations covered by Section 11 of the Children Act 2004 – when recruiting staff/volunteers involved in delivering services to children and families.
Child and adolescent psychiatrists have seen an alarming increase in cases of self-harm in young people – it has been estimated that about 1 in 10 young people will self-harm at some point.
This insightful course covers the subject from a variety of angles.
Child sexual abuse is a difficult subject for adults to talk about. Let’s take a look at what it is and how to recognise it. Breaking the mystery surrounding this subject is the first step to eradicating it completely.
Raising awareness of peer-on-peer sexual harassment and sexual violence in education, giving learners the confidence to prevent it and know how to respond when it does occur.
Substance misuse is a complex issue, affecting not only the individuals involved but their friends, families and the people they come into contact with.
Substance abuse can result in lowered educational outcomes, compromised health and danger to the public and affect not only the user but the people around them too.
Suicide is not an easy topic to talk about, but a greater understanding of the causes of suicide and who might be more vulnerable, as well as warning signs to look out for, might help you to save a life.
This course provides staff with the first steps for supporting mental health, developing the knowledge and skills required to be able to support children, young people, and young adults with their mental health and wellbeing, as well as the ability to understand their own mental health.
As adults who work with teenagers there are ways we can support them through pregnancy and parenthood that give them the best chance at success in later life.
To inform learners of the background to trauma and ACEs, including types of trauma, the effects of trauma and stress, and the importance of prevention.
This course explores various types of challenging behaviour seen across different age ranges – from early years children through to adolescents.
You will learn the typical root causes of disengaged, disruptive and unacceptable behaviours – both observable and hidden – and learn how to recognise some common triggers.
And you will feel equipped to respond to and manage unwanted behaviours after learning about the behaviour modification techniques and methods set out in this course.
There are many theories and ideas for how children grow and develop into adults. In this course we take a look at some of the most prominent and see how they can help us interact with children in our daily lives.
Understanding the background behind violence and violence reduction, including how experiences (e.g. ACEs) can impact and increase violence.
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