E-Safety Training: Online Safety Course
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With our Online Safety (E-Safety) training course understand the dangers associated with the internet such as cyber bullying, online abuse such as grooming, sexting and how to report abusive online behaviour. Understanding both the benefits and risks of the internet, particularly for children and young people will allow leaners to develop better online safety practises.
This course was fomerly known as E-Safety.
Course Level: Intermediate
7 Modules (Duration: 4-5 CPD Hours)
Accreditation: CPD Certified
Certificate: Self-Printed Certificate
Last Updated: 3rd October 2025
Description
This online safety course describes the various forms of abuse and danger caused by the use of technology and the internet, both for adults and children, and gives detailed information on how to counter its effects.
This online safety training course will help learners to identify adults and children at risk and what forms online abuse takes, and how to recognise them. This course will provide learners with the information they need on how to help and protect adults and children from the dangers of technology
The ability to protect children, young people and at-risk adults from harmful or inappropriate material online is extremely important, and anyone working with these groups needs to be able to identify potential risks as well as the signs and symptoms of vulnerabilities or suspected abuse.
This is a wide-ranging online safety course that covers what online safety means and explores the various forms that online abuse can take and how to counter that abuse.
This online safety training course will give learners the knowledge they need to spot children, young people and adults at risk and suffering from online abuse.
Topics covered in this online safety course include:
- online safety for practitioners
- Online abuse: what it is and how it happens
This keeping children safe online training course uses a multi-media approach to allow the learner to explore the content through videos and explainer screens, with a range of challenges to check the knowledge gained. On completion of this online safety course, the learners will be able to:
- Explain what online safety/online safety is.
- Identify how children and young people use technology and the internet
- Outline the benefits and risks of children and young people using technology and the internet
- Explain how to audit online safety and produce or update online safety policies
- Protect and manage personal data
- Identify and report abusive behaviour online
- Identify legislation that covers these issues, both across the UK as a whole and also as specific to Scotland, Northern Ireland, England and Wales.
- Outline how online grooming occurs
- Explain how to report abuse and help victims, and give advice on staying safe online
- Learn how to keep children safe online
What online safeguarding training can I do next?
We offer a wide range of popular CPD approved safeguarding courses, including Level 2 Safeguarding Children, Level 3 Safeguarding Everyone, Safer Recruitment and Safeguarding in Education.
All of these courses are perfect to improve your safeguarding knowledge to help progress your career.
What you'll learn
- Identify key e-Safety/online safety practices
- Know how to report abusive online behaviour
- Identify the benefits and risks of children and young people using the internet
- Explain what is meant by cyberbullying, and identify who is at increased risk of cyberbullying
- Define sexting and explain its legal and criminal implications
- Explain different forms of online abuse regarding children, and the process of grooming
Suitable for
- Teachers
- Governors
- Support Staff
- Volunteers
- Librarians
- Health and Social care staff
- Care workers
Course Structure
The course starts by explaining what online safety is, stats around who is using the internet and what sites or applications they are using. It also explains how children are using the internet by stating the reasons for being online, how different age groups from 3-4 years olds use technology and what the risks of being online are. It also explains the role schools play in online safety and finishes with an interactive challenge to check your knowledge.
Certification
Self-Printed Certificate Option
Upon completion of the course, a digital certificate will be available to download instantly.
Frequently Asked Questions
There are several ways to ensure your safety online including reading helpful hints, tips and blog articles to inform the decisions you make whilst browsing online.
We offer an e-safety course which will not only help you keep yourself safe online but will also provide information to help those you are responsible for at home and at work.
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