Prevent Duty Online Training Course
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Ensuring everyone is safeguarded from radicalisation and extremism is critical. Our Prevent duty training course is designed to help learners understand the various forms of radicalisation and how to recognise them. By completing the CPD-approved Prevent online training, learners will understand Government strategies to combat extremism. These include CONTEST, Channel, Prevent, and more.
Course Level: Intermediate
Duration: 1-2 Hours (4 Modules)
Accreditation: CPD Certified
Certificate: Self-Printed Certificate
Last Updated: 19th December 2025
Description
Safeguarding anyone against radicalisation and extremism is a fundamental responsibility. Anyone working with vulnerable children, young people or adults must be able to recognise the signs and symptoms of potential radicalisation.
This Prevent duty training course will help learners understand the various forms of radicalisation and extremism, and how to recognise and counter them. This course also details further steps and organisations to contact if they suspect someone is being radicalised.
This is a wide-ranging programme covering radicalisation and extremism, with real case studies and immersive examples to demonstrate how some people become vulnerable to these influences. It also details how this can lead to terrorism, how to counter it, and the actions you can take. Additionally, trainees will learn about It also details government initiatives and legislation for stopping radicalisation.
Topics covered in this Prevent duty training include:
- Extremism, radicalisation and terrorism, and the differences between them
- Sources and types of terrorism threats
- How the radicalisation process happens
- Risk factors and how to identify people vulnerable to radicalisation
- Government strategies, including CONTEST, Channel, and Prevent
- UK legislation and actions to reduce acts of terrorism
- Actions you can take to prevent radicalisation
Case studies and videos illustrate the content of our Prevent duty training course and create an immersive learning environment. There are also challenges to check your knowledge of the subject at each stage of the learning process.
This course is one of many high-quality online, accredited safeguarding training courses we offer at Virtual College, including:
- Level 2 Safeguarding Children
- Safer Recruitment
- FGM (Abuse Linked to Faith or Belief)
- Understanding Domestic Abuse Training
Who is this course for?
This training course is appropriate for anyone who works closely with children, young people, or vulnerable adults. Roles that can benefit from prevent duty training include social workers, teachers, healthcare staff or, and youth workers, for example.
Course accreditation
The content of this course has been independently certified as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines.
Assessment and certificate
After completing all the prevent duty training materials, you will be able to take our online assessment, which consists of 15 questions and has a pass mark of 75%.
Once you have finished all the activities, passed the online assessment and completed the relevant evaluation, you will be able to download and print your certificate.
Course duration
The prevent duty training course should take one to two hours to complete, but our e-learning courses are entirely self-paced, so this depends on your individual learning speed.
Entry requirements
There are no specific entry requirements for this online course.
What you'll learn
- Define extremism and radicalisation
- Know the main elements of the UK Government’s Prevent and CONTEST strategies
- Better understand what makes people vulnerable to radicalisation
- Know your responsibilities and recognise indicators that radicalisation might be taking place
Suitable for
- Teachers
- Teaching Assistants
- Care Workers
- Social Workers
- Safeguarding Teams
- University Staff
- HR Workers
Course Structure
The course starts by explaining what radicalisation and extremism is and the differences between the two terms. It also shows potential threats to the UK and major terrorist threats. The opening section of the training ends with a video scenario based case study showing how someone can be radicalised.
Certification
Self-Printed Certificate Option
Upon completion of the course, a digital certificate will be available to download instantly.
Frequently Asked Questions
The Action Counters Terrorism organisation outlined the four stages that those going through the radicalisation process are likely to experience:
- Pre-Radical – the individual is aware of extremist groups and starts to identify with some of their beliefs
- Self-Identify – the individual begins accepting the beliefs of the group or individual radicalising them
- Indoctrination – the individual is groomed by an extremist organisation or individual, strengthening their extremist views
- Terrorism – the individual starts carrying out or is involved in acts of terrorism
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