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Level 2 Safeguarding Refresher
Keep your safeguarding knowledge current with our Level 2 Safeguarding Refresher Training Courses. If you've already completed Level 2 Safeguarding training, these courses will update you on all of the latest legislation, best practices and procedures.
Stay confident and compliant in your safeguarding responsibilities.
Whether you work with children, vulnerable adults or both, we've made refreshing your crucial training simple and convenient.
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Book onto our Level 2 Safeguarding Refresher courses
We create a full range of refresher training courses in conjunction with subject experts, meaning we can provide a tailored experience that matches your specific role and responsibilities.
Choose from our range of Level 2 Refresher Courses:
Need training specifically for children and young people? Our Safeguarding Children Level 2 Refresher focuses on child protection, covering updated legislation, signs of abuse specific to children, and appropriate responses to disclosures from young people.
Work specifically with vulnerable adults? Take our Safeguarding Adults Level 2 Refresher, which addresses adult protection procedures, capacity issues, and the unique vulnerabilities faced by adults at risk.
Need generalist refresher training? Our Safeguarding Everyone Level 2 Refresher covers both children and adults, making it ideal for professionals who work across different groups or in mixed settings.
Each course uses immersive real-world scenarios and bite-sized modules to help you apply updated knowledge to your everyday practice, ensuring the learning is relevant and practical.
Why is Safeguarding Refresher Training essential?
Your original Level 2 training may no longer be enough, as best practices in safeguarding and child protection are constantly changing in line with new legislation, processes and research. That’s why most employers require an update every two to three years.
Here’s why refreshing your training is vital.
- New legislation - Recent updates to statutory guidance could directly affect your legal duties
- Emerging threats - Risks like online exploitation and county lines weren't widely recognised just a few years ago
- Changed procedures - Reporting processes are regularly updated as technology changes and weaknesses are exposed
- Critical lessons - Recent serious case reviews bring new insights that can help to prevent future tragedies
Having current knowledge equips you to stay compliant and help those who need it most.
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Who needs to take a Level 2 safeguarding refresher course?
Anyone who works regularly with children, young people or vulnerable adults and has previously completed Level 2 safeguarding training.
This could be:
- Teachers and school staff
- Healthcare practitioners
- Social workers and care managers
- Nursery workers and childminders
- Youth workers and sports coaches
- Care home staff
- Community support workers
All of these roles typically require mandatory safeguarding certification. To stay in line with employer requirements, book onto a refresher course today.
If you're taking safeguarding training for the first time, we’d suggest booking our initial Level 2 Safeguarding Training courses instead.
What will the training cover?
Our Level 2 Safeguarding Refresher courses provide focused updates on the key areas that have evolved since your last training. Rather than repeating everything you already know, these courses concentrate on what's changed and what's new, making them efficient and relevant for experienced practitioners.
Your refresher training will cover:
Legislative and guidance updates
Changes to key legislation such as Working Together to Safeguard Children, the Care Act, and Keeping Children Safe in Education over the past 2-3 years.
New forms of abuse and exploitation
Get up to date with new risks such as online grooming, county lines, modern slavery that may not have been covered in your original training.
Updated signs and symptoms
Refreshed guidance on recognising abuse and neglect, including new indicators identified as being significant by the latest research.
Changes to reporting procedures
Updates to local and national reporting processes escalation procedures that may have changed since your last training.
Learning from serious case reviews
Absorb key messages and lessons learned from recent Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews and Safeguarding Adults Reviews, both nationally and locally.
Current best practice
Evidence-based approaches to safeguarding that have developed since your original training, including trauma-informed practice and strengths-based approaches.
Multi-agency working updates
Changes to how different agencies work together, new partnership arrangements, and updated information sharing protocols.
Book your refresher training with Virtual College to cover all of this and more.
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We know you're busy. That's why our refresher courses take just 1-2 hours to complete and can be accessed from any device, anywhere. Study during your lunch break, at home in the evening or between meetings.
Our engaging platform uses real-world scenarios and interactive content to make the learning stick. You'll earn 3 CPD points and receive your digital certificate immediately upon completion - no waiting around.
With over 25 years of experience and trusted by over 5 million learners, you can trust that our CPD-certified courses are regularly updated to reflect the latest legislation and guidance.
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Do you run a school, nursery, residential care facility or any other setting where staff will continually need Level 2 Safeguarding Refresher training? Save money with our multi-buy discounts:
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