Child Poverty
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Anyone working with children and families maybe exposed to children in poverty. Being able to identify children in poverty is a crucial step to help them and their families out of poverty and support them in the future.
Course Level: Intermediate
Duration: 1-2 Hours (4 Modules)
Accreditation: CPD Certified
Certificate: Self-Printed Certificate
Last Updated: 31st October 2025
Description
The modules in this course provide information on the potential causes of poverty, how to help children and their families, guidance on multi-agency working and the learner's roles and responsibilities as a practitioner.
This course is for anyone who is working or will be working with children who may be in poverty or vulnerable to poverty. This training covers the following topics:
- The difference between relative poverty and absolute poverty
- The growth of inequality and the cult of entitlement
- Statistics for poverty within the UK
- The Alston: United Nations Report 2018
- The impact, both immediate and long-term, of poverty on children
- The effect of poverty on brain development and other Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE)
- How to help
- Your role as a practitioner
- Multi-agency working
- How to provide support or help people access available support
The course contains case studies, case reviews, and examples of appropriate guidance. It has links to relevant external organisations and the Alston report. Videos and challenges make the course interactive and imaginative.
What you'll learn
- The definition of relative and absolute poverty
- The economic inequality in the UK
- The impact of poverty on children
- How to understand your role and multi-agency working
- Safeguarding with regard to child poverty
- Best practice
Suitable for
- Teachers
- Social workers
- Health workers
- Care workers
- Pastoral care
- Nurses
- Receptionists
Course Structure
The course starts by explaining what poverty is, the different forms of it, the shocking stats related to poverty in the UK, how wealth in the UK is not evenly shared and what ecomoic inequality is and how it is growing more rapidly in the UK than anywhere else.
Certification
Self-Printed Certificate Option
Upon completion of the course, a digital certificate will be available to download instantly.
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