Safeguarding Children Level 2

Overview

All professionals have a key role to play in safeguarding children and young people. Section 11 of the Children Act places a statutory duty on key people and bodies to make arrangements to safeguard and promote the welfare of those they come into contact with.

If you work frequently with children and/or their families, it is essential that you have an up-to-date knowledge of child protection procedures.

This Advanced Safeguarding Children course will help to increase your existing safeguarding knowledge and teach you more about what’s involved in the safeguarding process. The course will remind you how to identify harm/abuse and report concerns, you will also learn more about the safeguarding framework, recognising risks and what happens after a referral to social care has been made.

Details

What will I learn on this course?

At the end of this training, you will be able to:

• Describe what safeguarding and child protection are and why they are important
• Outline key legislation and the statutory framework which underpin safeguarding practice
• Recognise the learnings from Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews
• Identify different types of maltreatment and indicators of potential concerns
• Identify additional vulnerabilities and risk factors for children
• Recognise the impact trauma and abuse have on children
• Recognise the roles of different agencies and identify when and how to work with them
• Respond appropriately to children's differing levels of need within the safeguarding framework, applying guidance from local threshold documents
• Follow best practice when making a referral
• Reporting & recording for safeguarding

Certification

Successful candidates will receive certification of achievement.