This online course will take you deeper into the complexities of safeguarding children within healthcare. You’ll explore advanced topics, such as recognising potential signs of abuse, advocating effectively for children, and understanding specific risks like FGM, grooming, and radicalisation.
As a healthcare professional, you have a responsibility to safeguard children.
Building upon your foundational knowledge, this course will take you deeper into the complexities of safeguarding children within healthcare.
You’ll explore advanced topics, such as recognising potential signs of abuse, advocating effectively for children, and understanding specific risks like FGM, grooming, and radicalisation.
The content aims to advance your skills in making child protection referrals and documenting concerns, including the procedures for sharing information with relevant parties. By the end, you’ll be equipped with the expertise to navigate complex child protection scenarios confidently.
Our Statutory & Mandatory Training: Safeguarding Children Level 2 has been designed to work on all devices including mobiles, laptops, tablets and desktops giving you the flexibility to complete the training at a time and in a location suitable for you.
With healthcare staff often expected to complete training on an annual basis there will be topics you will be more familiar with than others. Our self assessment tool, which is at the start of each course, will allow you to test your knowledge to see if you would like to complete the training or progress straight to the end of course test.
At the end of this safeguarding children level 2 training course, you will need to complete a test that consists of multiple choice questions. Learners are required to achieve an 80% pass mark, and – if necessary – may attempt the test six times at no extra cost. If learners do not achieve the pass mark, further attempts may be given by contacting our support team.
The online safeguarding children level 2 training is fully interactive and is packed with various multimedia forms including video, animation and custom graphics to give you the best learning experience.
Each element of the training is WCAG 2.2 accessible and includes scenarios, contextualised activities, reflective activities, knowledge checks, bite sized lessons and so much more.
The content of this training course has been independently certified as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines.
This course will take up to 45 minutes to complete, depending on how quickly learners can study and absorb the material. Learners do not have to complete all the training in one session as progress is recorded throughout.
There are no specific entry requirements for this course.
Our Statutory & Mandatory Training: Safeguarding Children Level 2 online training course is mapped to the Skills for Health Core Skills Training Framework.
Here we explain the framework and their importance.
Skills for Health Core Skills Training Framework:
The Core Skills Training Framework sets out minimum learning outcomes, frequency of refresher training and is linked to relevant legislation or expert guidance.
It can be used by any healthcare employer in the UK including NHS, independent and voluntary providers.
We have mapped our eLearning courses to the learning objectives within the Core Skills Training Framework, to give organisations the confidence that they can use the eLearning as a foundation for their wider training programmes.
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This Safeguarding and Leadership course is aimed primarily at mangers looking to develop their safeguarding knowledge. Discover how to implement safeguarding practises in service delivery, how to safeguard children through commissioning, and how to embed multi-agency working to enable effective safeguarding practise.
Our online Safeguarding and Leadership Course is designed for all levels of operational managers, and aims to make sure that everyone involved in delivering and monitoring services to children, young people and their families is doing so with their safety and wellbeing in mind, and is training their staff in doing the same.
After completing the course, learners will know what is required to ensure that appropriate safeguarding training, monitoring and leadership is embedded throughout their organisation. The course is designed to:
This safeguarding leadership course is suitable for anyone involved in safeguarding, including managers, senior managers, advanced practitioners and supervisors who are required to manage performance and promote effective inter-agency practice.
It would benefit managers at child protection units, as well as anyone involved in the specification, commission, monitoring and/or provision of services to children, young people and their families to ensure they can deliver effective leadership in line with recommended safeguarding procedures.
The subjects covered in this training include:
This safeguarding training for managers course has been independently certified as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines.
On completing this safeguarding leadership course, you will be able to download and print a Virtual College certificate.
There are around 80 interactive screens to work through to complete the Safeguarding and Leadership Course, which should take you around two-and-a-half hours to complete. However, this does depend on your individual learning speed. Your progress will be recorded throughout.
There are no specific entry requirements for this safeguarding leadership training course.
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Our Safeguarding Adults Level 2 course explores the signs and symptoms of abuse and how to reduce this risk of abuse. Discover what to do if abuse is suspected as well as the importance of whistleblowing and multi-agency cooperation.
When it comes to safeguarding adults and minimising the risk of abuse and neglect, there are a number of important responsibilities involved for those who may encounter vulnerable adults within their role.
Our safeguarding adults level 2 training addresses these responsibilities and gives learners a deeper understanding of key safeguarding topics enabling them to apply the knowledge to their workplace.
It introduces safeguarding as a topic, covering jargon, multi-agency working and best practice, as well as explaining how to identify the signs and symptoms of abuse, what to do if someone discloses information, and what you should do if you suspect a vulnerable adult is being abused.
We also offer Safeguarding Adults Training at Level 3
It is a statutory requirement for anyone who works with vulnerable adults to have up-to-date knowledge of safeguarding policies, legislation and guidance so they can proactively focus on keeping them safe from harm and maintain the ability to act on any concerns about their safety and welfare.
This course comprises twenty components, including an overview of safeguarding, definitions of specific terms and jargon, multi-agency working, the types of abuse and how to recognise it.
This course also covers key topics such as FGM, trafficking, and safer recruitment to ensure learners have a well-rounded understanding of key safeguarding areas. This ensures learners are equipped with the knowledge need to spot potential abuse in a wide range of forms.
As we recognise that roles and responsibilities differ, the information in the course regarding how to deal with abuse is tailored to the needs of a Level 2 learner. We have used immersive real-world scenarios to bring the responsibilities to life, enabling the learners to apply the techniques and learning in their workplace.
The aim of this training is to develop an understanding of safeguarding adults, making sure you have up-to-date knowledge of safeguarding policies, legislation and guidance, and how you can reduce the risk of abuse.
| Module | What it includes |
| Understanding Safeguarding | We look into the definitions of Safeguarding, why vulnerable adults must be protected from abuse, a video overview of the topic and explain why a safeguarding framework is needed. |
| What is Abuse? | You will learn about the different categories of abuse, what abuse actually is, who may experience it and how it can be recognised. This will help make you aware of the indicators of abuse to look out for. This section also explains your responsibilities when it comes to recognising and reporting abuse and who might perpetrate abuse. |
| Adults at Risk | This section delves into what is meant by the term adult at risk, as well as looking at who is risk of harm and the six key principles listed in the Care Act 2014. |
| Categories and Types of Abuse | Here we look at the 10 different categories of abuse, including an interactive challenge, what they are and the signs and symptoms of them. This section also includes an interactive case study where you decide which actions to take and what types of abuse have occured. |
| What is neglect? | The course moves on to explain what neglect is, how to identify it, what to do if you suspect it and common examples of it. Also given here is three case study examples of physical neglect and interactive challenges on neglect and omission and how to identify the types of neglect. |
| Social Services | You’ll learn about the role and responsibilities of social services. We also explore multi-agency working and duty to share information. |
| Injuries | Injuries can be caused by accident but it is vital for safeguarding professionals to be able to identify non-accidental ones. Here the course looks at the signs of non-accidental injuries, what repeat injuries are and common examples of them. Bruising patterns are another important thing to look for and the course shows common examples of them. Also covered in this section is inherently suspicious injuries with details examples and burns and scalds. |
| Types of Abuse | This section details the signs of sexual abuse, the different types of sexual abuse, what discriminatory abuse is and examples and scenarios of it. Another type of abuse is economic/financial abuse, this section explains the traits of it, the signs that someone might be experiencing it and how to identify those at risk of it. Finally this section delves into what organisational abuse is including examples of it, the signs of it and two interactive challenges to help explain how you can identify it. |
| What is Self-Neglect? | Vulnerable adults may be prone to self-neglect so it is important that it is addressed and understood. This section explains what self-neglect is, examples of it and an interactive case study helps explain it with real life scenarios. |
| Modern Slavery | This part of the course details what modern slavery is, provides common signs that adults might be a victim of it and an interactive case study provides a real life scenario of what you would do if you spotted a case of modern slavery. |
| Reporting Abuse | Reporting abuse is a vital part of the role and here we explain your responsibilities, the indicators of abuse, what to do if an adult discloses information, the processes to follow when dealing with a disclosure, what to do if you suspect abuse, how to help adults who you suspect are subject to abuse, how you suspicions will arise and how to support your wellbeing when dealing with a case of abuse. |
| Multi-Agency Working | This part of the course looks at what multi-agency working is, how it helps safeguarding vulnerable adults, aims and achievements of it, an example of an historic failing of multi-agency working, the approaches of multi-agency working, what the multi-agency safeguarding hub is and the roles and responsibilities of safeguarding agencies. Also detailed here is integrated care and how it can help vulnerable adults who need it. |
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This FGM (abuse linked to Faith or Belief) course explores, with the use of real-world scenarios, the terminology, definitions, and types of FGM, origins and main justifications, legislations relating to issues in the course, how to identify this abuse and how the law protects victims. Topics covered include honour-based violence, forced marriage and abuse linked to faith or belief and abuse from spirit possession
This wide-ranging course covers FGM (female genital mutilation), abuse linked to faith or belief, and forced marriage.
This course help learners to understand the links between these issues, provides information on how to identify vulnerable people, and how to report and act on such knowledge.
This course is specifically designed to help people coming into contact with young people and their families during the course of their work to promote good safeguarding practice, whilst being culturally aware.
The prevalence of FGM, abuse linked to faith or belief, and forced marriage is a very serious problem, and anyone who works with vulnerable adults, children and young people needs to be aware of its indicators and consequences. This course offers information on these various types of abuse in a clear format, using videos and real-life scenarios.
Our online training course covers a wide range of topics to give learners in-depth knowledge on FGM, abuse linked to faith or belief and forced marriage, and the signs and symptoms for each. Areas covered in this training include:
| Module | What it includes |
| Understanding Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) | This module covers the definition of FGM and the variations in the way this practive is referred to. We also look at the complex origins of FGM and delve into why it happens, the different types of FGM and the consequences. |
| Understanding Child Abuse Linked to Faith or Belief | This section will enable you to identify one of the less-known forms of abuse, so you can react appropriately. We define what child abuse linked to faith or belief is, outline what type of abuse this consists of and expalin how to identify it. |
| Understanding Honour-Based Violence | This module will enable you to understand the key issues relating to honour-based violence. You’ll be able to identify why and how honour-based violence can occur, and recognise how the law protects victims. |
| Links between Abuse & Cultural Traditions, Rituals & Beliefs | We outline the way in which abuse can be linked to certain areas of faith and belief, such as traditions within culture and ceremonies. |
| Understanding Forced Marriage | This module will list the motives behind forced marriage, identify potential consequences for girls and women who are subjected to forced marriage and recognise indicators of forced marriage which may arise to practicioners in a range of settings. |
Why take this training course?
Our online training uses immersive real-world scenarios to help learners absorb more information and enable them to apply the techniques and learning into their workplace.
There are challenges within each section of this course to test the knowledge gained throughout the course.
We also provide links to relevant agencies and organisations which supply more information and advice so learners can further develop their knowledge once their training is completed.
This course is suitable for those working with children, young people and adults in safeguarding, teachers, or various volunteer roles.
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With our E-Safety training course understand the dangers associated with the internet such as cyber bullying, online abuse such as grooming, sexting and how to report abusive online behaviour. Understanding both the benefits and risks of the internet, particularly for children and young people will allow leaners to develop better online safety practises.
This online safety course describes the various forms of abuse and danger caused by the use of technology and the internet, both for adults and children, and gives detailed information on how to counter its effects.
This online safety training course will help learners to identify adults and children at risk and what forms online abuse takes and how to recognise them. This course will provide learners with the information they on how to help and protect adults and children from the dangers of technology
The ability to protect children, young people and at risk adults from harmful or inappropriate material online is extremely important and anyone working with these groups needs to be able to identify potential risks as wells as the signs and symptoms of vulnerabilities or suspected abuse.
This is a wide-ranging online safety course that covers what online safety means and explores the various forms that online abuse can take and how to counter that abuse.
This online safety training course will give learners the knowledge they need to spot children, young people and adults at risk and suffering from online abuse.
This keeping children safe online training course uses a multi-media approach to allow the learner to explore the content though videos, and explainer screens, with a range of challenges to check the knowledge gained. On completion of this online safety course the learners will be able to:
We offer a wide range of popular CPD approved safeguarding courses including Level 2 Safeguarding Children, Level 3 Safeguarding Everyone, Safer Recruitment and Safeguarding in Education.
All of these courses are perfect to improve your safeguarding knowledge to help progress your career.
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With this Safeguarding Adults Level 3 training, understand safeguarding in relation to vulnerable adults, learn to identify signs and symptoms of abuse, and what to do to prevent the risk or what to do if you suspect abuse upon a vulnerable adult. Learn about whistleblowing, the importance of multi-agency cooperation and the responsibilities lead workers have within safeguarding situations to keep adults from harm.
This Level 3 Safeguarding Adults training has been created for those who require knowledge at a practitioner’s level, and has been designed to help increase learners’ confidence when it comes to handling or reporting abuse to the appropriate authorities. It will also help ensure learners are fully versed in the Care Act 2014, and understand what actions should be taken from the current legislation.
We also offer Safeguarding Adults Training at Level 2
It is a statutory requirement for anyone who works with vulnerable adults to have up-to-date knowledge of safeguarding policies, legislation and guidance. This knowledge will help learners to proactively focus on keeping them safe from harm and maintain the ability to act on any concerns about their safety and welfare.
This course covers the information for Level 3 Safeguarding Adults. It introduces safeguarding as a topic, covering jargon, whistleblowing, multi-agency working and best practice, as well as how to identify the signs and symptoms of abuse, what to do if someone discloses information and what you should do if you suspect a vulnerable adult is being abused.
The content also covers national and local context, as well as focusing on your role and what you can do to recognise and reduce the likelihood of abuse.
As we recognise that roles and responsibilities differ, the information in the course regarding how to deal with abuse is tailored to the needs of a Level 3 learner. We have used immersive real-world scenarios to bring the responsibilities to life, enabling the learners to apply the techniques and learning in their workplace.
This online safeguarding training course is tailored to the needs of a level 3 learner and aims to inform completers how to ensure the safety of vulnerable adults that they are responsible for by including the latest legislation and guidance.
| Module | What it includes |
| What is Safeguarding? | The course starts with a look at what safeguarding means and how it applies to The Care Act 2014. The first section of the training concludes with an interactive challenge. |
| Categories of Abuse | In this part the training explains the ten types of abuse you should be aware of with detailed explanations and examples of each one. Here the course also looks at the three key aims of safeguarding adults and includes five interactive challenges to improve your understanding of abuse. |
| Emergency and Non-Emergency Situations | When you are responsible for vulnerable adults you may find yourself in an emergency situation. This section explains what you need to do if this happens with different scenarios given as examples. In the second part of this section the course looks at what safeguarding professionals need to do in a non-emergency situation. |
| Gathering Information | This module delves into the importance of gathering information which is accurate and how using different techniques will help you gain the information required. A real-life scenario is also given to help understand how using techniques will help you gather the required information. This part also looks at what you need to do once you have gathered all the information you can and includes three interactive challenges. |
| Adult Safeguarding | This part of the course defines adult safeguarding and how it applies to The Care Act 2014. It also looks at how you need to react to a safeguarding alert and the six steps you need to take, an interactive challenge finishes this section off. |
| Referrals and Allegations | In this part of the training the course explains what happens after the referral of an adult with an animated but detailed video. This part also details what you should do if an allegation is made against a staff member or volunteer with four interactive challenges at the end to help improve your knowledge and understanding. |
| Record Keeping | This module explains the importance of effective and accurate record keeping with another animated yet detailed video. The section concludes with an interactive challenge. |
| Body Maps | Body maps should be included in safeguarding reports to help show the physical marks or injuries. Here the course explains what information needs to be included on a body map. |
| Sharing Safeguarding Information | To help keep a vulnerable adult safe it is sometimes essential to share safeguarding information but this must be in line with legislation such as The Human Rights Act. This section also details which rules must be followed and explains when it is appropriate to share information without consent. It also includes details of where to get advice, the seven golden rules and three interactive challenges. |
| What is Supervision? | This section of the course defines supervision and how it is used in the workplace by providing a real-life scenario and an interactive challenge. |
| The Role of Care Plans and Risk Assessment | Another valuable tool to help prevent abuse and neglect of vulnerable adults is care plans and risk assessments. This part of the course explains what they are and provides an interactive challenge to improve your knowledge. |
| Key Principles | The final part of the course explains the six key principles outlined in The Care Act 2014 which underpin the safeguarding of adults. It also looks at how you can make safeguarding personal, common questions and misconceptions before concluding with three interactive challenges. |
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Safeguarding Everyone Level 2 explores the responsibilities level 2 workers may have, what the signs and symptoms of abuse are as well as how the risk of abuse can be reduced and the actions needed to be taken if you suspect abuse. In addition, the course expands on whistleblowing and its importance, as well as the importance of multi-agency cooperation and the impact well-known cases of abuse have has on legislation.
If you work with children young people or adults, you have a number of key responsibilities to ensure that any suspected abuse or neglect is reported to the appropriate level.
This course will give you the knowledge and skills to ensure you can help safeguard not only those you are directly responsible for but everyone you have contact with whilst carrying out your duties.
We also offer Safeguarding Everyone Training at Level 1 and Level 3
It is a statutory requirement for anyone who works with vulnerable children, young people and adults to have up-to-date knowledge of safeguarding policies, legislation and guidance so they can proactively focus on keeping them safe from harm and maintain the ability to act on any concerns about their safety and welfare.
This Level 2 course is suitable for a range of roles including those who frequently or regularly work with vulnerable individuals.
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to recognise different types of abuse and to understand how they may occur; know the nationally and locally recognised safeguarding guidelines; be able to respond appropriately to alleged or suspected abuse, and understand the appropriate ways to reduce the likelihood of abuse for children and adults.
What is included in this course?
This course covers the following safeguarding topics:
This course takes e-learning to the next level with immersive real-world scenarios to help professionals apply knowledge into everyday life. On completion of this course learners will be able to:
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This online safeguarding children level 3 course is tailored for experienced practitioners and offers comprehensive training in specialised safeguarding practices. Learn how to refine your ability to identify opportunities for enhancement in safeguarding practices through participation in supervision and audits. Get ready to take your expertise to the next level and make a lasting impact in safeguarding and child protection.
Tailored for experienced practitioners, our Level 3 Safeguarding Children offers comprehensive training in specialised safeguarding practices.
Dive deep into topics such as conducting risk assessments, effective communication with children and young people, and the importance of contributing to serious case reviews.
Learn how to refine your ability to identify opportunities for enhancement in safeguarding practices through participation in supervision and audits.
Get ready to take your expertise to the next level and make a lasting impact in safeguarding and child protection.
Our Statutory & Mandatory Training: Safeguarding Children Level 3 has been designed to work on all devices including mobiles, laptops, tablets and desktops giving you the flexibility to complete the training at a time and in a location suitable for you.
With healthcare staff often expected to complete training on an annual basis there will be topics you will be more familiar with than others. Our self assessment tool, which is at the start of each course, will allow you to test your knowledge to see if you would like to complete the training or progress straight to the end of course test.
At the end of this safeguarding children level 3 training course, you will need to complete a test that consists of multiple choice questions. Learners are required to achieve an 80% pass mark, and – if necessary – may attempt the test six times at no extra cost. If learners do not achieve the pass mark, further attempts may be given by contacting our support team.
The online safeguarding children level 3 training is fully interactive and is packed with various multimedia forms including video, animation and custom graphics to give you the best learning experience.
Each element of the training is WCAG 2.2 accessible and includes scenarios, contextualised activities, reflective activities, knowledge checks, bite sized lessons and so much more.
The content of this training course has been independently certified as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines.
This course will take up to 45 minutes to complete, depending on how quickly learners can study and absorb the material. Learners do not have to complete all the training in one session as progress is recorded throughout.
There are no specific entry requirements for this course.
Our Statutory & Mandatory Training: Safeguarding Children Level 3 online training course is mapped to the Skills for Health Core Skills Training Framework.
Here we explain the framework and their importance.
Skills for Health Core Skills Training Framework:
The Core Skills Training Framework sets out minimum learning outcomes, frequency of refresher training and is linked to relevant legislation or expert guidance.
It can be used by any healthcare employer in the UK including NHS, independent and voluntary providers.
We have mapped our eLearning courses to the learning objectives within the Core Skills Training Framework, to give organisations the confidence that they can use the eLearning as a foundation for their wider training programmes.
Roles including:
With our Safeguarding Everyone Level 3 package learners will be able to identify and then act after recognising signs and symptoms of abuse, and the ways in which to reduce the risk of abuse of vulnerable children, young people and adults. Discover the impacts well-known cases have has on legislation, the importance of multi-agency cooperation and whistleblowing.
Being a lead worker in a safeguarding environment comes with some extremely important responsibilities and they need to confident their safeguarding is up to date and in-depth enough to meet these responsibilities.
This Level 3 Safeguarding Everyone training give learners the knowledge they need to understand how to respond in safeguarding situations and helps learners to apply this knowledge to their own workplace.
The package is made up of two of our popular courses, Level 3 Safeguarding Children and Level 3 Safeguarding Adults.
We also offer Safeguarding Everyone Training at Level 1 and Level 2
It is a statutory requirement for anyone who works with vulnerable children, young people and adults to have up-to-date knowledge of safeguarding policies, legislation and guidance so they can proactively focus on keeping them safe from harm and maintain the ability to act on any concerns about their safety and welfare.
This package will also give you the knowledge and skills to ensure you can help safeguard everyone you have contact with whilst carrying out your duties, not only those you are directly responsible for.
This package covers the following:
This package takes e-learning to the next level with immersive real-world scenarios to help professionals apply knowledge into everyday life. On completion of this course learners will be able to:
Roles including: