Children- Support & Protection

£6.00

Course Description

This training provides healthcare professionals and practitioners with the knowledge, awareness, and skills required to recognise, respond to, and report safeguarding concerns involving children. It highlights the importance of multi-agency collaboration, cultural sensitivity, and adherence to legal frameworks to ensure the protection and welfare of children.

Course Summary

Duration: Approximately 1 hour

CPD Points: 1 CPD point

Certificate: Certificate of completion awarded

Access: 6 months from date of purchase

Delivery: 100% online, self-paced training

Who Is This Course For?

This course is designed for:

Nurses, midwives, doctors, and allied health professionals

Social care and childcare practitioners

School staff and education professionals

Volunteers and support workers engaging with children

Any professional with safeguarding responsibilities

Course Contents

Child Protection – everyone’s responsibility

Key safeguarding definitions

Every Child Matters framework

National safeguarding guidance

Considerations of culture, race, and ethnicity

What is abuse and neglect?

Associated and additional risk factors (including disability)

Categories of abuse, definitions, and indicators

Recognising bruising in immobile infants/babies

Barriers to disclosure and reasons children may not report abuse

Responding when a child reports abuse

Referral pathways and safeguarding reporting procedures

The Common Assessment Framework (CAF)

Child protection process and multi-agency roles

Whistleblowing in safeguarding

Benefits of effective multi-agency working

Course Outcomes

By completing this module, learners will:

Recognise safeguarding as a shared responsibility across all professionals.

Identify categories, indicators, and risk factors for child abuse and neglect.

Understand additional vulnerabilities in disabled children.

Respond appropriately when a child discloses abuse.

Follow correct procedures for referrals and safeguarding concerns.

Understand the child protection process, whistleblowing policies, and multi-agency collaboration.

Apply safeguarding principles in a culturally sensitive and legally compliant manner.

Frameworks & Standards

This course aligns with:

Children Act 1989 & 2004

Every Child Matters Framework

Working Together to Safeguard Children (Statutory Guidance, UK)

Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) CPD Requirements – contributing to the 35 hours of CPD every 3 years (including participatory learning).

Safeguarding Best Practice Standards – including whistleblowing, multi-agency collaboration, and the Common Assessment Framework (CAF).

£6.00

Children- Support & Protection

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