Level 2 Safeguarding Children and Safer Recruitment Training Package

This Level 2 Safeguarding Children and Safer Recruitment package looks to provide learners with the relevant information including legislation, policies and procedures surrounding protecting vulnerable children when working or hiring.

This training package has been updated to be compliant with new Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022 legislation and how this applies in the workplace or when working with children and young people.

Level 2 Safeguarding Children

Our Level 2 safeguarding children training gives you a deeper understanding of safeguarding issues and how to effectively report them when abuse is suspected.

To help you apply your knowledge in everyday life, we have used real-world scenarios. These scenarios and the supporting case studies will enable you to see how your training can apply to you in your role. A key aim of this training is to provide you with strong context to the training so they can easily relate to the situations presented to you within the training.

There are various topics included in this course such as:

• An overview of safeguarding
• Why is safeguarding important
• Serious case reviews and Bichard reports
• The latest legislation and guidance
• Multi-agency working
• Jargon and key terms
• Disclosure of information from children
• National and local contexts
• How to reduce the likelihood of abuse
• What to do if you suspect abuse, signs and symptoms of abuse
• Whistleblowing
• Types of abuse
• Your roles and responsibilities
• Recognising abuse
• How to deal with suspected/disclosed abuse
• Record-keeping and recording

Upon completion learners will be able to:

• Apply the changes to practice made over the past three years to your work
• Identify different levels of harm and follow the appropriate safeguarding procedures
• Collect safeguarding children information from both a local and national context

Safeguarding Children Level 2 is underpinned by the principles of:

• Working together to safeguard children
• Keeping children safe in education

Safer Recruitment

It’s incredibly important that when hiring anyone to work with children the correct recruitment policy is followed. By following safer recruitment best practises and considerations, those in charge of recruitment can ensure the safety of adults and children from harm, abuse and neglect.

This course is a set of safe principles covering the essentials areas of safer recruitment including: 

• An overview of recruitment
• How to communicate with applicants
• Preparing job and personnel specifications
• Application forms, advertising and references
• Pre-interview checks and selecting candidates for interview
• DBS checks and enhanced checking, pre-employment checks (PEC)
• Induction, training, and supervision of new staff
• Relevant legislation
• How adults and children might become at risk

Accreditation

The content of this course has been independently certified as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines.

Certification

On completion of this course, you will be able to print a Virtual College certificate.

Duration

2-4 study hours to complete. The length of time taken depends entirely on how quickly learners can study and absorb the material.

Target Audience

This training is designed for anyone who frequently works with children and needs a more in-depth knowledge of safeguarding legislation and procedure

Entry Requirements

There are no specific entry requirements for this course.