Safeguarding of Children
PANS Members can sign up to four courses for free. A form must be filled in for each one you wish to complete.
Please email palearning@wea.ac.uk to get started.
Courses can be done on any computer, laptop, iPad, tablet or smart phone. Internet connection is also required.
You will receive a digital certificate upon completion, via email.
What do the modules cover?
- Definition of child abuse
- Definition of child safeguarding
- Children’s rights
- Parental responsibility
- Policies and procedures
- Physical abuse
- Injuries in children
- Signs of physical abuse
- Fabricated or induced illness
- Emotional abuse
- Signs of emotional abuse
- Institutional abuse
- Child sexual abuse
- Signs of sexual abuse
- Child sexual exploitation
- Paedophiles
- Grooming
- Female genital mutilation
- Child neglect
- Signs of neglect
- Child trafficking
- Modern slavery
- Forced marriage
- County lines
- Domestic abuse
- Online abuse
- Radicalisation
- Behaviours in abused children
- Consequences of child abuse
- Adverse childhood experiences
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Smacking and restraint
- When abuse might occur
- Vulnerable children
- Who abuses children?
- Vetting
- False allegations
- Physical contact & intimate tasks
- Reporting abuse
- If a child reports abuse to you
- Escalating concerns
- Whistleblowing
- Record keeping
- Child protection systems
- Preventing abuse
- Organisational safeguards
More details can be found here: Safeguarding Children – Social Care TV
If you wish to complete this course, please email palearning@wea.ac.uk