Level 2 Award in Safeguarding Children and Young People | E-learning

Level 2 Award in Safeguarding Children and Young People: E-learning

The knowledge to recognise harm. The framework to act on it.

Anyone who works with, cares for, or regularly comes into contact with children and young people carries a duty of care to safeguard them. This is not a moral aspiration. It is a legal obligation, grounded in the Children Act 1989, the Children Act 2004, and statutory guidance including Working Together to Safeguard Children (DfE, 2023) and Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSiE, 2024).

Safeguarding failures rarely happen because people do not care. They happen because people do not know what to look for, do not feel confident in their responsibilities, or are uncertain about the correct process when they suspect something is wrong. This course addresses all three.

The Level 2 Award in Safeguarding Children and Young People gives practitioners a secure, structured understanding of their safeguarding responsibilities, from recognising the indicators of abuse and neglect to navigating the reporting process with the child’s welfare at the centre.

What You Will Learn

The legislative and policy framework

• The Children Act 1989 and Children Act 2004: key provisions and the paramountcy principle
• Working Together to Safeguard Children (DfE, 2023): the multi-agency approach
• Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSiE, 2024): the duties of staff in educational settings
• The roles and responsibilities of the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL)
• Local Authority Designated Officers (LADOs) and the Safeguarding Partnership model
• GDPR and confidentiality: when disclosure is required, and how to handle information lawfully

Understanding child abuse and neglect

• The four main categories of abuse: physical, emotional, sexual and neglect
• Definitions and examples of each category
• The indicators and signs of abuse and neglect, including behavioural, physical and environmental signs
• Child sexual exploitation (CSE): what it is and how to recognise it
• Child criminal exploitation (CCE) and county lines: an overview for practitioners
• Domestic abuse and its impact on children’s welfare
• Online safety and the safeguarding implications of children’s digital lives
• Female genital mutilation (FGM): the law and practitioner duties
• Honour-based abuse and forced marriage

Your role as a practitioner

• • The duty to report: when to act and why delay is harmful
  • How to approach a child who is disclosing abuse: listening without leading
  • Recording concerns accurately and objectively
  • Making a referral: who to contact, what information to provide, and how
  • What happens after a referral: the statutory assessment process
  • Managing professional disagreements about safeguarding concerns
  • Maintaining appropriate boundaries in professional relationships with children

Course Details

Who Should Attend?

This course is appropriate for anyone who works with children and young people in a professional or voluntary capacity. This includes teaching assistants, classroom support staff, sports coaches, youth workers, childcare staff, healthcare practitioners, social care workers, foster carers and volunteers in youth organisations. Those in designated safeguarding roles should pursue Level 3 training.

Certificate:

• Level 2 Award in Safeguarding Children & Young People and Child Protection (5-18 year olds); a QUALIFI Endorsed Level 2 Award.
• PDF format certificates are issued as standard, as soon as you complete the course.

Course duration:

• This course will take the average learner around 4 hours to complete.

Test:

• This Safeguarding Children course is tested online & you’ll need to gain a minimum of 83% to pass.
• You will undertake a multiple choice exam at the end of the course with short tests throughout to help cement your learning.

Pre-requisites:

• We recommend that you have a reasonable understanding of English & maths (e.g. GCSE grade C/Level 2) before undertaking this course.

Candidates:

• Purchase a place for yourself, or purchase a bundle for your colleagues.

Geographical coverage:

• The Safeguarding Children course is available to candidates in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
• The course can be delivered in other countries however candidates should be aware that the content was developed in accordance with current UK practice, protocols & guidance.

Venue:

• This Safeguarding Children course can be run on any electronic device, but we recommend that a laptop/desktop is used to ensure that you can see the screen clearly.

Joining instructions:

• Shortly after you purchase your place on the course, we will email you your login details for the course.
• Visit this page to read the course joining instructions including everything you need to know about our e-learning courses.

Links:

• NSPCC