Child Protection Training

Course content

This CPD-certified, level 2 e-learning course is suitable for anyone who comes into contact with children in their work or voluntary activity, and provides learners with a thorough understanding of how to recognise child abuse, the forms of abuse, child development, responding to disclosure, acting on concerns, and reporting abuse.

The course includes optional voiceover recorded by a professional actor and includes downloadable resources, culminates with an assessment and provides certification upon completion to evidence the learning provided. It is specifically designed to give learners a better understanding of what the different types of child abuse are, what signs to look out for and what actions to take.

Covering key points from:

• Working together to safeguard children (2015) in England
• Safeguarding children: working together under the Children Act 2004 in Wales
• National Guidance for Child Protection in Scotland (2014)
• Co-operating to safeguarding children (2003) in Northern Ireland
• Keeping Children Safe in Education
• Section 10 of Inspecting safeguarding in early years, education and skills from September 2015

Extra resources:

• Template safeguarding record form
• Child protection code of conduct
• NSPCC brief guide to updated keeping children safe in education
• Working together to safeguard children 2015
• Keeping Children Safe in Education Guidance