Overview

This course looks at the threat posed by extremism and radicalisation, and examines Prevent, part of the Government’s Counter-terrorism Strategy and the duty it places on organisations.

You will also learn about your responsibilities and how you can help to protect vulnerable people from extremist ideologies. It will take around 30 minutes to complete the course, including questions at the end to test your knowledge.

Objectives

In this course you will learn:

• How to challenge ideology
• How to spot who is at risk
• What are some of the ways to support vulnerable people
• How to encourage community collaboration
• Identifying the red flags of extremism and radicalisation

About the Course

PREVENT is one element of the UK Government’s four-part counter-terrorism strategy. PREVENT is intended to stop people becoming terrorists and supporting terrorism by challenging extremism and preventing radicalisation. Before considering this, it is important to understand what is meant by the terms extremism and radicalisation, and this eLearning course is designed to enable employees understand how it can affect individuals and organisational culture and how to raise concerns.

Extremism is defined as a “vocal or active opposition to fundamental British values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs”.

Radicalisation refers to the process by which a person comes to support terrorism and forms of extremism that lead to terrorism.

It is essential that employees know how to identify vulnerable and at-risk people. Both social indicators and critical risk factors should be considered when working with people to determine if they are vulnerable to extremist views and at risk of radicalisation.