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Safeguarding Children (incl. EHA)

Overview

A comprehensive course combining a legislative overview with day to day responsibilities for accurate information sharing, alerting and instigating early intervention. On completion learners will have a clear understanding of their role in relation to child protection.

Learning units cover essential information including child abuse, neglect, alerting, disclosure, assessing risk and information sharing; using scenarios and case studies to illustrate the key learning points.

The course is broken down into 5 bite-sized units with the following titles:

  • Basic Principles
  • What to Do
  • Introduction to Early Help Assessment
  • Sharing Information
  • Case Studies

Objectives

On completion of this course learners will be able to:

  • Describe the principle types of child abuse and identify signs and symptoms
  • Identify the underlying factors which increase the likelihood of abuse
  • List the principle Acts providing the legal framework for child protection
  • Give reasons for the difficulties in obtaining information from children
  • Identify the particular vulnerability of children with additional needs
  • Define 'alerting' and describe the role of the 'alerter'
  • Advise a child in potential risk situations