Course overview
Why do I need this course?
- Comply with legal obligations for all healthcare staff
- Protect patients and service users from harm and abuse
- Align with the Core Skills Training Framework (CSTF)
- Align with the Care Certificate Standards
What will I learn?
- Key concepts and principles of safeguarding children and young people
- Potential signs of abuse, harm and neglect
- Categories of child maltreatment
- Role and responsibilities in safeguarding children
- How to raise safeguarding concerns
- Safeguarding children legislation
- The impacts of the parents’ and carers’ physical and mental health on a child’s safety and well-being
Who is this course for?
- All healthcare professionals (as part of statutory training requirements)
- All staff working in the health and social care sector
- Anyone who has safeguarding responsibilities
Part of the CSTF
The Core Skills Training Framework (CSTF) is a framework created by Skills for Health and sets out minimum learning outcomes, frequency of refresher training and links to relevant legislation or expert guidance.
It can be used by any healthcare employer in the UK including NHS, independent and voluntary providers.
All our CSTF-aligned courses can be purchased as part of a bundle here.
Learn more about the CSTF on our website, or read the Frequently Asked Questions.
Part of the Care Certificate
The Skills for Health Care Certificate bundle provides a set of high-quality eLearning courses aligned to the Care Certificate standards. The bundle is designed to complement work-based assessment of skills by a competent assessor, and forms the core e-learning component of the certificate
All courses aligned to the Care Certificate standards can be purchased as part of a bundle here.
Course details
The prevention and protection of children and young people from harm and fostering an environment where they can thrive is a crucial and shared UK societal value. This safeguarding children eLearning Level 1 course provides all healthcare staff and volunteers, no matter what their role, with an introduction to the fundamental concepts and principles of safeguarding children.
Upon completion of this course, the learner will be able to:
- Discuss children’s rights in the safeguarding context and have a basic understanding of the relevant UK legislation
- Define and explain key terms and concepts, as well as different types of child maltreatment
- Explain who is responsible for safeguarding children and describe how their role contributes to safeguarding children
- Explain how the parents’ and carers’ physical and mental health, exposure to domestic violence, and substance use or misuse impacts on the child’s safety and well-being
- Name and describe examples of the risks associated with the internet and online social networking
- Identify key guidance and describe local procedures to protect children, and reporting concerns, as well as understanding their importance in information sharing
- Identify sources of advice and support with issues associated with safeguarding and child protection
This course meets the outcomes for Core Skills Training Framework subject 9 Safeguarding Children, Level 1, and Care Certificate Standard 11, Safeguarding Children.
Subject 9: Safeguarding Children, Level 1
The learner will:
- know potential indicators of child maltreatment in its different forms – physical, emotional and sexual abuse, neglect, grooming and exploitation to support and/or commit acts of terrorism (known as radicalisation)
- be aware of child trafficking, female genital mutilation (FGM), forced marriage, modern slavery, gang and electronic media abuse, sexual exploitation, county lines (young people involved in organised crime who are coerced to traffic drugs or other illegal items around the country)
- understand the risks associated with the internet and online social networking
- be aware of the vulnerability of; looked after children, children with disabilities, unaccompanied children, care leavers and young carers, missing children
- understand the impact a parent/carers physical and mental health can have on the wellbeing of a child or young person, including the impact of domestic abuse and violence and substance misuse
- understand the importance of children’s rights in the safeguarding/child protection context
- know what action to take if they have concerns, including to whom concerns should be reported and from whom to seek advice
- be aware of relevant legislation (Children Acts 1989, 2004, and Children and Social Work Act 2017 and the Sexual Offences Act 2003, and the equivalent Acts for Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales).
Standard 11: Safeguarding Children
- 11.1 Safeguard children
- Course Length: 80 mins
