Level 2 Safeguarding Everyone and Safer Recruitment Training Package
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With this Safeguarding Everyone Level 2 and Safer Recruitment package explore the importance of safeguarding, how to recognise, respond to and prevent abuse or neglect whilst also understanding to how to safely recruit for jobs in relation to safeguarding.
Course Level: Level 2
Accreditation: CPD Certified
Certificate: Self printed
Description
With this package, gain an understanding of the roles and responsibilities to successfully safeguard both children, young people, and adults, from understanding the latest legislations and regulations to spotting signs of abuse.
Also discover how to successfully and safely recruit for your business to protect anyone vulnerable.
Level 2 Safeguarding Everyone
Working with children, young people and adults means you have a responsibility to safeguard them, to protect them from abuse and neglect whilst carrying out your duties.
This course covers the following safeguarding topics:
- 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
- National and local contexts
- Types of abuse
- Signs and symptoms of abuse
- Reducing the likelihood of abuse
- Whistleblowing
- Roles and responsibilities
- Recognising abuse
- How to deal with suspected/disclosed abuse
- Record-keeping and recording
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
2-3 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, young people and adults and needs a more in-depth knowledge of safeguarding legislation and procedure
Entry Requirements
There are no specific entry requirements for this course.
What you'll learn
- Be able to recognise the signs of abuse
- Be able to respond appropriately to suspected or alleged abuse
- Be able to recognise the national and local context of safeguarding and protection from abuse
- Know the most appropriate ways to reduce the likelihood of abuse
- Know how to recognise and report unsafe practices
- Understand serious case reviews any their outcomes
- Outline what is meant by safer recruitment and the practices involved
- Explain how safer recruitment supports effective safeguarding practice, define pre-employment checks (PEC) and who they apply to
- Identify legislation that underpins safer recruitment, and cases where a safe recruitment process could have prevented abuse
- Understand how to assess the suitability of candidates
- Outline the treatment of ex-offenders when working with individuals at risk
- Know the six NHS employment check standards and their processes
- Understand the guidance the leads to safer recruitment procedures
Suitable for
- Administrators
- Reception staff
- Teachers
- Teaching assistants
- Social workers
- Safeguarding teams
- Head Teachers
- HR Staff
- Governing Bodies
- Governors
Certification
Self-Printed Certificate Option
Upon completion of the course, a digital certificate will be available to download instantly.
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