Leadership & Safeguarding Training for Managers
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This Safeguarding and Leadership course is aimed primarily at mangers looking to develop their safeguarding knowledge. Discover how to implement safeguarding practises in service delivery, how to safeguard children through commissioning, and how to embed multi-agency working to enable effective safeguarding practise.
Course Level: Intermediate
Duration: 3 hours (7 Modules)
Accreditation: CPD Certified
Certificate: Self-Printed Certificate
Last Updated: 31st October 2025
Description
Our online Safeguarding and Leadership Course is designed for all levels of operational managers, and aims to make sure that everyone involved in delivering and monitoring services to children, young people and their families is doing so with their safety and wellbeing in mind, and is training their staff in doing the same.
Why take this safeguarding training for managers course?
After completing the course, learners will know what is required to ensure that appropriate safeguarding training, monitoring and leadership is embedded throughout their organisation. The course is designed to:
- Ensure Safeguarding in Service Delivery
- Apply the Robust Model of Assurance
- Ensure Multi-Agency Safeguarding
Who is this safeguarding leadership training course for?
This safeguarding leadership course is suitable for anyone involved in safeguarding, including managers, senior managers, advanced practitioners and supervisors who are required to manage performance and promote effective inter-agency practice.
It would benefit managers at child protection units, as well as anyone involved in the specification, commission, monitoring and/or provision of services to children, young people and their families, to ensure they can deliver effective leadership in line with recommended safeguarding procedures.
Lesson plan
The subjects covered in this training include:
- Welcome and learning outcomes
- Introduction
- Safeguarding in service delivery
- Section 11 of the Children Act 2004
- Multi-agency safeguarding
- Robust method of assurance
- Accountability
- Governance and reporting
- Quality assurance
Accreditation
This safeguarding training for managers course has been independently certified as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines.
Certification
On completing this safeguarding leadership course, you will be able to download and print a Virtual College certificate.
Duration
There are around 80 interactive screens to work through to complete the Safeguarding and Leadership Course, which should take you around two-and-a-half hours to complete. However, this does depend on your individual learning speed. Your progress will be recorded throughout.
Are there any entry requirements?
There are no specific entry requirements for this safeguarding leadership training course.
What you'll learn
- Explain how to implement safeguarding practise in service delivery
- Explain how to safeguard children through commissioning
- Outline how to embed multi-agency working to enable effective safeguarding practise
Suitable for
- This course is suitable for anyone involved in safeguarding
- Managers
- Senior managers
- Advanced practitioners
- Supervisors who are required to manage performance and promote effective inter-agency practice
Course Structure
The course starts by giving an introduction to the topic of safeguarding and leadership by looking at recent history, safeguarding children, young people and their families, safeguarding children across services, current national guidance of good practice and legislation, the Munro Review and interactive challenges to check your knowledge so far.
Certification
Self-Printed Certificate Option
Upon completion of the course, a digital certificate will be available to download instantly.
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