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Course Description
This qualification provides learners with knowledge to identify a safeguarding concern, how to listen and record a disclosure and report to the appropriate person / body.
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Who Should Attend
This qualification provides a basic understanding of safeguarding which can be used in the workplace, activity group or any other environment whereby a person has contact with children / adults at risk.
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Minimum Age
The qualification is available to learners who are aged 14 and over.​
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Course Validity
The qualification does not have an expiry date. It is strongly recommended that the learner attends annual refresher training.
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Course learner ratio
Maximum number of students per course - 16
Course Delivery
Currently we offer this as a 1 day classroom course only. We are working towards splitting this into e-learning and then a practical element at our HQ. ​
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Please keep your eyes peeled for our email when we get this up and running.
Course Content
​1. **Safeguard Legislation and guidance:**
- Define what the term safeguarding means
- Safeguarding Legislation
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2. **Safeguard Roles:**
- State which agencies the safeguard partnership consist of
- Know who has a safeguarding responsibility within an organisation
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3. **Types of Abuse:**
- Know the different types of abuse
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4. **Be aware of signs and indicators of abuse and neglect:**
- Give examples of indicators of types of abuse
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5. **Know what action to take is a safeguard concern arises:**
- Who to speak to and when
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The course will be very interactive and look at former cases.
How will I be assessed?
Assessment Criteria
Completion of a written assessment.
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Assessment Grading
Grading is either Pass or Referred.
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