Child Protection and Safeguarding training builds awareness of risks, reporting duties, and ethical responsibility, helping professionals recognise concerns early, respond appropriately, and promote safer environments for children across education settings.
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The Child Protection & Safeguarding course provides essential knowledge on child protection, safeguarding, abuse prevention, risk management, and reporting procedures. It focuses on ensuring children’s welfare, safety, and wellbeing through effective policies and practices. Learners understand key principles of safeguarding, identifying abuse, and applying prevention strategies in educational and care settings.
Curriculum covers laws and guidance, social and emotional development, personality and intellectual development of children, and forms of abuse. It explores domestic violence impact, risk assessment, responding to disclosure, reporting procedures, and safeguarding trafficked children. It also includes infant mental health and early help for vulnerable children.
Completing this Child Protection & Safeguarding course equips learners with practical skills in safeguarding policy, risk identification, and effective reporting of abuse. It strengthens understanding of child welfare, safety procedures, and prevention strategies in safeguarding practice. Participants gain confidence in protecting children, responding to concerns, and supporting safer environments across education and care sectors.
Learners complete an assignment designed to evaluate their understanding of the course content. The assignment is reviewed by qualified tutors who provide personalised feedback, allowing learners to demonstrate their applied knowledge and skills.
After completing the Child Protection & Safeguarding course assessment, you will be eligible to receive a CPD-accredited certificate worth £9 from One Education to demonstrate your achievement.
The certificate is also available as a printed hard copy delivered by post for £15.
Quality Licence Scheme Endorsed Certificate
Learners also have the option to order a Quality Licence Scheme (QLS) Endorsed Certificate as additional proof of achievement. The QLS Endorsed Certificate can be delivered by post for £109, with an additional £10 postage charge for international students.
This course has been endorsed by the Quality Licence Scheme for its high-quality, non-regulated provision and training programmes. This course is not regulated by Ofqual and is not an accredited qualification. Your training provider will be able to advise you on any further recognition, for example progression routes into further and/or higher education. For further information please visit the Learner FAQs on the Quality Licence Scheme website.
Studying Child Protection & Safeguarding helps you understand how to recognise signs of abuse, neglect, and exploitation. It develops awareness of safeguarding frameworks and equips you with the knowledge to respond appropriately to concerns about a child’s safety and wellbeing.
This course is essential for anyone working with children in education or care settings. It strengthens your ability to follow reporting procedures, work in line with legal responsibilities, and create safer environments where children are protected, supported, and valued.
The Child Protection & Safeguarding course has a total study time of 2 weeks, 2 days. Learners can complete the programme at a flexible pace, allowing them to develop essential safeguarding knowledge and child protection awareness while balancing study with other personal or professional commitments.
The Child Protection & Safeguarding course is suitable for learners working with or supporting children in education, healthcare, or community settings. No formal qualifications are required, although a basic understanding of safeguarding principles is helpful. The course is fully online, allowing flexible study from any internet-enabled device at your own pace and convenience.
It is the process of protecting children from abuse, neglect, and harm while ensuring their safety and wellbeing.
It helps ensure children grow up in a safe environment where they are protected from risk and exploitation.
Common types include physical, emotional, sexual abuse, and neglect.
You should report your concerns immediately following your organisation’s safeguarding procedures.
Everyone has a responsibility, including teachers, healthcare workers, carers, and community members.
It is reviewed by safeguarding professionals, and appropriate action is taken to protect the child.
| Module 01: Laws and Guidance | |||
| Laws and Guidance | 00:42:00 | ||
| Module 02: Social and Emotional Development | |||
| Social and Emotional Development | 00:41:00 | ||
| Module 03: Personality and Intellectual Development of Children | |||
| Personality and Intellectual Development of Children | 00:32:00 | ||
| Module 04: Child Abuse | |||
| Child Abuse | 00:48:00 | ||
| Module 05: Sexual Abuse | |||
| Sexual Abuse | 00:39:00 | ||
| Module 06: The Impact of Domestic Violence and Abuse on Children | |||
| The Impact of Domestic Violence and Abuse on Children | 00:48:00 | ||
| Module 07: Risks and Risk Assessment | |||
| Risks and Risk Assessment | 00:16:00 | ||
| Module 08: Responding to Disclosure and Reporting | |||
| Responding to Disclosure and Reporting | 00:32:00 | ||
| Module 09: Things to Do after Referral | |||
| Things To Do After Referral | 00:21:00 | ||
| Module 10: Safeguarding Trafficked Children | |||
| Safeguarding Trafficked Children | 00:30:00 | ||
| Module 11: Infant Mental Health and Early Attachment | |||
| Infant Mental Health and Early Attachment | 00:29:00 | ||
| Module 12: Assessing Need and Providing Early Help | |||
| Assessing Need and Providing Early Help | 00:23:00 | ||
| Assignment | |||
| Assignment – Child Protection & Safeguarding | 2 weeks, 1 day | ||
| Order Your Certificate | |||
| Order Your Certificate QLS | 00:00:00 | ||
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| We Appreciate Your Feedback | 00:00:00 | ||
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