Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults

This short course will assist employees and volunteers who work with children and vulnerable adults or handle their data, to recognise the key principles of safeguarding and learn to create a safe environment for children, young people, and vulnerable adults.

The intended learning outcomes:

By the end of the course, students will be able to:

1. familiarise themselves with safeguarding policies
2. understand the legal obligations of child abuse
3. Identify signs and symptoms of abuse
4. know the disclosures of abuse
5. Identify the principles of safeguarding
6. practice professional boundaries
7. know their legal obligations related to the Protection of Minors (Registration) Act (2011) and the Minors Protection Act (2019)
8. learn about the different types of abuse and poor practice
9. learn a standard response to a disclosure of abuse
10. be able to recognise signs of abuse
11. Identify the actions to take if you have a concern and who can help