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PROTECTING CHILDREN: DEVELOPING BASIC SKILLS
A 10-15 hour course for professionals working with children, providing a thorough grounding in safeguarding practice.
This online course covers professional issues in child protection. It offers employers and local authorities an easy and accountable way to ensure that everyone who needs it has been provided with vital training.
Target Audience
Anyone whose professional activity is concerned with children and families, for example:
- Teachers
- Nurses
- Doctors
- Probation officers
Benefits
The online delivery provides complete flexibility as to when and where people study: at home, at their desk, or in an IT suite at a convenient time.
Content and Structure
MODULE 1
Recognising signs and indicators that a child may be being abused
Introduction
- The legal framework for child protection.
- Some facts about child abuse.
Why children need protecting
- Caring adults, abusing adults and protective adults..
- Protecting children at different ages.
- Overcoming barriers to protecting children.
- Managing feelings to become a protective adult.
What child abuse is
- Significant harm and the effects of abuse.
- What adults do, or fail to do, that causes significant harm to children.
- Values and child abuse: what is acceptable and what is unacceptable?
- Signs and indicators of abuse.
- Categories of child abuse.
MODULE 2
How children are protected from abuse
Agencies involved in child protection
- Who holds the responsibility.
- Roles and responsibilities: 'Working Together to Safeguard Children'.
How these agencies work together
- What happens when you make a referral: process and procedures.
- Distinguishing between investigation and assessment.
- Making and carrying out a Child Protection Plan.
- Procedures in action: case study.
The part played by professional judgment
- Assessing seriousness and prioritising.
- Professional dangerousness: learning from key cases.
- Twelve lost opportunities: the case of Victoria Climbie.
MODULE 3
Working together to safeguard children
Your role
- What to do if a child discloses abuse to you.
- What to do if you suspect a child is being abused.
- How to carry out your responsibilities: working as part of a team.
- What to do if you encounter difficulties: being strong to take forward the voice of the child.
Assessment
At the end of each section of the course, students complete an online test to ensure that they have fully understood the course content. On completion of the course, each student receives a personalised certificate of achievement.
Booking Information
This course is available in the following ways:
- Annual licence: unlimited users managed via the SOLA system. (includes access to Level A and Level B courses).
- Block booking: limited users managed via the SOLA system (minimum 5 course places at Level A or Level B).
Robert Adams, Professor of Human Services Development, Social Policy Research Centre at the University of Lincolnshire and Humberside"
The following links provide additional information and resources relating to Child Protection Awareness.
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A Guide to the SOLA System |  |
