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Safeguarding courses

Including Safer Recruitment, An Introduction to Safeguarding Children and Safeguarding Adults

We provide a range of online adults and children safeguarding courses covering all areas of best practice, guidance and legislation. Our training courses include Safeguarding Children Refresher Training, Awareness of Child Abuse and Neglect and An Introduction to Safeguarding Children.

Wherever safeguarding is concerned, it’s essential that the proper training is provided for your workforce, whether for adults, children, or babies. All of our safeguarding children courses are developed in conjunction with Local Safeguarding Children Boards.

Awareness of Child Abuse and Neglect (Core)

Awareness of Child Abuse and Neglect Core

If you come in to contact with children for long periods during the course of your work or as a volunteer this is the course for you.

£30.00 + VAT
An Introduction to Safeguarding Children

An Introduction to Safeguarding Children Course

If you come in to contact with children for short periods during the course of your work or as a volunteer this is the course for you.

£30.00 + VAT
Safeguarding Children Refresher Training

Safeguarding Children Refresher Course

It is a statutory requirement for anyone who works with children to update their knowledge of legislation and guidance and maintain the ability to act on concerns about the safety and welfare of children and young people.

£30.00 + VAT £20.00 + VAT
Safeguarding Children refresher training and Awareness of Child Abuse and Neglect Core Bundle

Safeguarding Children Refresher Training and Awareness of Child Abuse and Neglect Core Training Pack

This Safeguarding training pack is made up of two of our most vital courses within the safeguarding theme. This training pack will provide learners with key knowledge to be able to work with children and identify the signs of abuse or neglect.

£60.00 + VAT £48.00 + VAT
Safeguarding Everyone

Safeguarding Everyone Protecting Children, Young People and Adults at Risk

This Safeguarding Everyone course is suitable for those who have a duty for protecting children, young people and adults at risk, to ensure you are trained adequately in child and adult safeguarding protection issues.

£30.00 + VAT £20.00 + VAT
Safer Recruitment

Safer Recruitment

This safer recruitment course covers the legal requirement relevant to anybody involved in the recruitment of people who work with children, young people or vulnerable adults.

£30.00 + VAT £20.00 + VAT
Understanding Pathways to Extremism and the Prevent Programme

Understanding Pathways to Extremism and the Prevent Programme

The Home Office has approved this course to be included in the Home Office official catalogue of recommended products for Prevent Duty training. Prevent and radicalisation awareness training is a way to ensure staff are able to identify children at risk of being drawn in to terrorism, as required by the Counter Terrorism & Security Act 2015 and the Prevent Duty Statutory Guidance.

£30.00 + VAT £20.00 + VAT
Safeguarding and Leadership

Safeguarding and Leadership

Having completed the course, learners will know what is required to ensure that appropriate safeguarding training, monitoring and leadership is embedded through every organisation.

£30.00 + VAT £20.00 + VAT
Safeguarding Adults at Risk

Safeguarding Adults at Risk Course

This Safeguarding Adults course is suitable for workers in the health and social care sectors and has been mapped to the CQC Common Induction Standards.

£30.00 + VAT £20.00 + VAT
Safeguarding children from abuse by sexual exploitation

Safeguarding Children from Abuse by Sexual Exploitation

It light of recent high profile developments in this important area of child protection, we have updated this awareness-raising course to reflect the latest research, governmental guidance and best practice.

£30.00 + VAT
An Introduction to the Autism Spectrum

An introduction to the autism spectrum

This e-learning course is for anyone who works closely with children or in a capacity where they might encounter someone on the autism spectrum; for example, teachers, youth workers, carers, nurses and even customer service professionals.

£30.00 + VAT
Self-Harm and Suicidal Thoughts in Children and Young People

Self-Harm and Suicidal Thoughts in Children and Young People

This course aims to educate learners about the warning signs, risk factors and actions to take should they suspect a child or young person is self-harming or having suicidal thoughts.

£30.00 + VAT
An Awareness of Domestic Violence and Abuse

Domestic Violence & Abuse Awareness Course

This Awareness of Domestic Violence and Abuse course has been created with victims in mind and will inform learners about domestic violence and abuse, and how to support those experiencing it.

£30.00 + VAT
Hidden Harm

Hidden Harm

This course provides a general overview of the ways in which children affected by parental drug and alcohol use can be supported. The course also explains common ways in which parents can be assessed and what risk and protective factors may exist.

£30.00 + VAT
Parental Mental Health

Parental Mental Health

This e-learning course aims to increase awareness of the main issues surrounding mental distress in parents and how this impacts upon their children. It is aimed at anyone who comes into contact with children and young people during the course of their work.

£30.00 + VAT
Common Core of Skills and Knowledge

Common Core of Skills and Knowledge

Common Core will give learners a basic understand, along with specialised knowledge relating to their job role, of working with children, young people and families.

£30.00 + VAT
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Business Essentials Subscription Training Package

This business training package is ideal for all businesses – large or small, private or public – across a wide range of industries and sectors.

£60.00 + VAT
Safe Sleeping for Babies

Safe Sleeping for Babies - Reducing the Risk of SIDS

This Safe Sleeping for Babies course has been developed to help learners understand what can be done to keep sleeping babies as safe as possible.

£30.00 + VAT
An Introduction to FGM, Forced Marriage, Spirit Possession and Honour-based Violence

An Introduction to FGM, Forced Marriage, Spirit Possession and Honour-based Violence

This course is specifically designed to help people coming into contact with young people and their families during the course of their work to promote good safeguarding practice, whilst being culturally aware.

£30.00 + VAT
Understanding How to Support Individuals with Autistic Spectrum Conditions

Understand How to Support Individuals with Autism Spectrum Conditions

This e-learning module aims to provide learners with an increased understanding of the autistic spectrum and offer strategies to support those on it. On completion, learners will have an increased awareness of the main characteristics of behaviour which individuals on the autism spectrum can commonly display as well as an increased understanding of the sensory differences of people on the autistic spectrum.

£30.00 + VAT
Working with Children with Disabilities

Working with Children with Disabilities

This course contains an overview of the national and local agenda in relation to children with disabilities, basic knowledge of the range of protection needs of disabled children and information on how you can enable them to communicate about their experiences and provide support.

£30.00 + VAT
Dementia Awareness

Dementia Awareness

This course is aimed at individuals and carers who are required to offer effective support to sufferers of dementia in a sensitive and understanding manner.

£30.00 + VAT
Safer Working Practices

Safer Working Practices

All adults who come into contact with children in their work have a duty of care to safeguard and promote their welfare. The starting point for this course is to look at why you need to undertake training on the protection of children and young people.

£30.00 + VAT
eSafety - Guidance for Practitioners

eSafety Guidance for Practitioners

As the internet is available in many places, anyone who works with children has a role to play in providing eSafety education as well as supporting parents in providing a safe home environment.

£30.00 + VAT
Supervision and Appraisal in Early Years Settings

Supervision and Appraisal in Early Years Settings

Promotion at work is an exciting time but a new post with supervisory duties can often feel daunting, with fear of the unknown and worries about the additional responsibilities the role may bring.

£30.00 + VAT
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Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards

This module is aimed at everyone working in health and social care that makes decisions for people who may lack capacity and who require a knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act.

£30.00 + VAT
The Connected Baby Series: Motorways in the Brain - the processes of Neural Development

connected baby Series: Motorways in the Brain - the processes of Neural Development

This online course explains how brains develop and explores questions such as why is it that human brains develop after birth. It also considers the implications that this neuroscientific information holds for a wide range of society’s challenges.

£30.00 + VAT
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Basic Awareness of Child and Adult Sexual Exploitation

This course is aimed at individuals and professionals who need to understand how to safeguard vulnerable children, young people and adults who are at risk of being sexually exploited.

£30.00 + VAT
Trafficking, Exploitation and Modern Slavery

Trafficking, Exploitation and Modern Slavery

Learn to identify the signs of child trafficking, human exploitation and modern slavery with the Virtual College Trafficking, Exploitation and Modern Slavery e-learning course.

£30.00 + VAT £20.00 + VAT
Information Sharing Level 2

Information Sharing

This course aims to empower the learner to make the right decisions and provide them with the skills to share relevant and proportionate information in an effective way.

£30.00 + VAT
A New Approach to Child Poverty

A New Approach to Child Poverty

By completing this course learners will be aware of The Child Poverty Act 2010, be able to identify children and families living in poverty and know how you can support them in overcoming their poverty.

£30.00 + VAT
Strategic Managers Integrated Working

Strategic Managers Integrated Working CAF

Over four million people in the UK work with Children, young people and families. The focus of this module is the integrated working between these people, why it is important, who it can affect and the most effective way to achieve this through the use of three main components. Common Assessment Framework (CAF), Information Sharing and Lead Professional.

£30.00 + VAT
Runaways - South Yorkshire Protocol

Runaways South Yorkshire Protocol

This module benefits both individuals, perhaps working as volunteers, and staff, who will feel more confident that their response to runaways is effective and in accord with the agreed protocol in South Yorkshire.

£30.00 + VAT
Wellbeing in Sexual Health

Wellbeing in Sexual Health - Blackpool

Sexual Health is an important part of physical and mental health. Essential elements of good sexual health are equitable relationships and sexual fulfillment with access to information and services to avoid the risk of uninitiated pregnancy, illness or disease.

£30.00 + VAT
The Connected Baby Series: Sabre Tooth Tigers and Teddy Bears: Understanding Attachment

connected baby Series: Sabre Tooth Tigers and Teddy Bears

This course will help professionals understand the brain process as to why children get attached, the history behind it and how to help a child when they are experiencing anxious ‘attachment moments’.

£30.00 + VAT
The Connected Baby Series Connection in Action

connected baby Series: Connection in Action: Seeing relationships in every day settings

This is the third and final course of the connected baby Series; it will help you apply all the information you’ve learnt from the previous two modules in real life situations, therefore gaining an insight into the behavioural signals that can tell you what emotions a child is experiencing.

£30.00 + VAT
Collaborative working a whole family

Collaborative Working: A Whole Family Approach

This collaborative working training course has been created to provide professionals with the knowledge and skills required to consider the whole family to be able to change a family unit.

£30.00 + VAT
Safeguarding Children in Education

Safeguarding Children in Education

By completing this course learners will be complying with a statutory requirement. This module covers recognising the signs of neglect and abuse and what to do if you have concerns about a child.

£30.00 + VAT £20.00 + VAT
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Supporting Your Staff Through Mental Health

This course provides information about mental health and wellbeing for employers and managers. It is aimed at business owners and managers in a variety of settings who want to better understand and support people with mental health problems.

£25.00 + VAT
connected baby Series Package

connected baby Series Package

This package contains all three titles from the connected baby Series - Motorways in the Brain - the processes of Neural Development, Sabre Tooth Tigers and Teddy Bears and Connection in Action: Seeing relationships in every day settings.

£90.00 + VAT £75.00 + VAT
Working with adults who self neglect

Working with Adults who Self Neglect

The Working with Adults who Self-Neglect course has been developed for anyone who works with adults. Self-neglect is difficult to detect due to its multi-dimensional character; it is a complex combination of physical, mental, psychological, social and environmental causes. This course helps the learner to understand how to recognise the signs and the different manifestations of self-neglect.

£30.00 + VAT
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Mental Health Awareness

This course covers the different aspects of your life and how you can improve your mental health and wellbeing in those areas. Aimed at anyone who wishes to improve their mental health and wellbeing the course takes around one hour to complete.

£10.00 + VAT
An Awareness of Child Abuse and Neglect - Foundation

An Awareness of Child Abuse and Neglect Foundation

This course covers a variety of child protection issues and is suitable for anyone who comes into contact with children.

£30.00 + VAT
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Understanding Young Minds

This Talking to your children about emotional resilience and self-harm course handles the subject of teenage self-harm and parental ways to support your children, in a sensitive and informational way.

FREE
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Understanding Animal Welfare in Violent Homes

This course will be of interest to professionals working with families with pets and will help them to recognise those at risk of physical and mental abuse.

FREE
Safeguarding Everyone and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace

Safeguarding Everyone and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace Pack

This safeguarding pack has been made up of two safeguarding courses which aim to protect both adults and children and ensure that learners understand the key areas of equality and diversity and are able to avoid the miss-information surrounding the topic.

£60.00 + VAT £48.00 + VAT
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Awareness of Child Abuse and Domestic Violence Training Pack

This training pack is aimed at professionals who work with children and families and require training on safeguarding and would like further information on domestic violence in order to help those in affected

£60.00 + VAT £48.00 + VAT
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Trafficking and Awareness of Child Abuse - Foundation Training Pack

This training pack is aimed at anyone who comes into contact with vulnerable children or young people as part of their job, who could be at risk of falling victim to human trafficking or exploitation.

£60.00 + VAT £48.00 + VAT
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Awareness of Child Abuse and Safeguarding Children from Abuse by Sexual Exploitation Pack

This training pack provides information on the different types of abuse, and what to do if you suspect a child or young person is being abused. It also looks at sexual exploitation, what it is and how it can be prevented.

£60.00 + VAT £48.00 + VAT
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Trafficking and Awareness of Child Abuse Training Pack

This training pack is an ideal introduction for those who work with children and need to have the knowledge to recognise any signs and symptoms of abuse and neglect, plus the risk factors for falling victim to trafficking, exploitation and modern slavery.

£60.00 + VAT £48.00 + VAT
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Awareness of Child Abuse and Safe Sleeping for Babies Training Pack

This training pack is designed to give you an understanding of the different types of child abuse, and what to do if you suspect abuse. It also provides information on how to prevent SIDS, and potentially save the life of a baby.

£60.00 + VAT £48.00 + VAT
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Awareness of Child Abuse - Foundation and Pathways to Extremism Training Pack

This training pack is aimed at professionals who work with children and families and require training on safeguarding and would like further information on extremism and the prevent programme.

£60.00 + VAT £48.00 + VAT
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Awareness of Child Abuse - Foundation and Safeguarding Children from Abuse by Sexual Exploitation Pack

This training pack is aimed at professionals who work with children and young people and wish to further their knowledge on safeguarding. Our Safeguarding Children from Abuse by Sexual Exploitation course looks at this important area of child protection.

£60.00 + VAT £48.00 + VAT
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Awareness of Child Abuse - Foundation and Domestic Violence Training Pack

This training pack is aimed at professionals who work with children and families and require training on safeguarding and would like further information on domestic violence in order to help those in affected.

£60.00 + VAT £48.00 + VAT
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Safeguarding Adults and Dementia Awareness Training Pack

These courses are aimed at health and social care workers who are likely to encounter vulnerable adults in their role.

£60.00 + VAT £48.00 + VAT
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Trafficking and Safeguarding Adults Training Pack

This training pack is aimed at anyone who comes into contact with children or vulnerable adults as part of their job, who could be at risk of falling victim to human trafficking or exploitation.

£60.00 + VAT £48.00 + VAT
Mental Health Awareness

Mental Health - Employer and Employee Training Pack

These courses define mental health, look at the symptoms, and the impact of it, legislation and how to devise an action plan to promote mental wellbeing in the workplace for you and your employees.

£35.00 + VAT £25.00 + VAT
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Trafficking and Understanding Pathways to Extremism Training Pack

This training pack is designed to let you learn more about human trafficking and make you aware of how to identify children at risk of being drawn in to terrorism.

£60.00 + VAT £48.00 + VAT
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Safeguarding Adults and Mental Capacity Act Training Pack

These courses are for health and social care workers who are likely to encounter vulnerable adults at risk in their day-to-day roles. The Mental Capacity Act course has been updated in line with the Care Act 2014.

£60.00 + VAT £48.00 + VAT
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Introduction to Safeguarding Children and Working with Children with Disabilities Package

This safeguarding package provides a better understanding of the types of abuse and neglect a child in care may suffer and an overview of the basic range of protection needs of disabled children and how you can enable them to communicate and provide support.

£60.00 + VAT £48.00 + VAT
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Introduction to Safeguarding Children and Self-Harm Package

This training package is ideal for anyone who works with children at risk of abuse and neglect. Self-harm is on the rise and understanding how to support young people reporting sucidal thoughts is vital for anyone who works in a safegaurding position.

£60.00 + VAT £48.00 + VAT
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Awareness of Child Abuse and Working with Children with Disabilities Package

The Awareness of Child Abuse training material is an ideal introductory online course for those who work with children. Working with Children with Disabilities covers an overview of the basic range of protection needs of disabled children.

£60.00 + VAT £48.00 + VAT
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Awareness of Child Abuse and Self-Harm Package

The first half of this training package is an ideal introduction for those who work with children and need to have the knowledge to recognise any signs and symptoms of abuse and neglect.

£60.00 + VAT £48.00 + VAT
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Awareness of Child Abuse and Pathways to Extremism Package

The Awareness of Child Abuse training material is an ideal introductory online course for those who work with children. Prevent and radicalisation awareness training is a way to ensure staff are able to identify children at risk of being drawn in to terrorism.

£60.00 + VAT £48.00 + VAT
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