Safeguarding Children and Young People (Awareness Level, Level 1 & 2, contribute only to Level 3 outcomes)

 Course Title:Safeguarding Children and Young People (Awareness Level)  Level 1 & 2, contribute only to Level 3 outcomes

Learning Outcomes and the Safeguarding Children and Young People: Roles and Competancies for Healthcare Staff and Skills for Health Core Skills Framework: The course will meet Level 1 and level 2 learning outcomes and will contribute only to Level 3 outcomes

Facilitated by: Karen Littleford, Safeguarding Adults Lead, Partners in Care, member of the Shropshire Safeguarding Community Partnership Training Pool for ‘Raising Awareness in Safeguarding Children Training’.

 Who should attend? Workers or volunteers who have contact with children and young people in their role

Aims to: Increase your understanding of safeguarding children at awareness level

Learning Objectives:

By the end of the session you will be able to:

• Recognise that safeguarding children and young people is everybody’s business
• Identify relevant law, statutory guidance and responsibilities 
• State the categories of child abuse & Identify examples and potential indicators of abuse
• Explain how child development may be affected by the experience of abuse
• Describe how factors such as witnessing domestic abuse impacts on children and young people
• Explain how to respond to a child making a disclosure about potential abuse
• Outline when and how to report child safeguarding concerns to the local authority