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Safeguarding & Protection of Children & Young People (2026 Edition) Course & Certification
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Safeguarding & Protection of Children & Young People training provides essential knowledge for protecting children and young people from abuse, neglect, exploitation, and other forms of harm. The course focuses on promoting welfare, recognising safeguarding concerns, understanding responsibilities, and taking appropriate action to ensure the safety and wellbeing of those in educational, care, and community settings.
This Safeguarding & Protection of Children & Young People (2026 Edition) Training Course & Certification covers key topics including safeguarding principles, types of abuse, recognising warning signs, responding to disclosures, reporting concerns, information sharing, record keeping, online safety, safer working practices, and multi-agency safeguarding processes. Learners will gain practical knowledge to help identify risks, support vulnerable individuals, and contribute to a culture of safeguarding. Upon successful completion, participants receive a certification demonstrating their understanding of safeguarding responsibilities and child protection best practices.
Who Should Enrol?
- Teachers, Educators, and Teaching Assistants
- Childcare Providers and Early Years Practitioners
- School, College, and University Staff
- Care and Support Workers
- Youth Workers and Community Support Personnel
- Managers, Supervisors, and Safeguarding Leads
- Volunteers Working with Children and Young People
- Anyone responsible for the safety, welfare, or protection of children and young people
What you will learn
Understand the principles of safeguarding and child protection, including the rights of children and young people to be safe from harm, abuse, neglect, and exploitation.
Learn how to recognise signs and indicators of physical, emotional, sexual, and online abuse, as well as neglect and other safeguarding concerns.
Develop knowledge of safeguarding responsibilities, reporting procedures, information sharing, record keeping, and responding appropriately to concerns or disclosures.
Gain understanding of safer working practices, multi-agency safeguarding approaches, risk management, and creating environments that promote the welfare and wellbeing of children and young people.
Course Syllabus
- Why safeguarding matters
- Safeguarding is everyone's responsibility
- Who is a child? Settings that matter
- The 4 Rs of safeguarding
- Key safeguarding law & guidance
- The Children Act 1989
- The Children Act 2004
- Working Together 2023 - the safeguarding partners
- Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) 2025
- Mandatory reporting - Crime and Policing Act 2026
- Other key laws and duties
- Safeguarding, child protection
- Harm and significant harm
- Levels of need (thresholds)
- Contextual safeguarding & the child's voice
- The four categories of abuse
- Physical abuse
- Emotional abuse
- Neglect
- Sexual abuse
- Possible signs and indicators
- A note on indicators
- Specific safeguarding issues
- Child sexual exploitation (CSE)
- Child criminal exploitation & county lines
- Female genital mutilation (FGM)
- Radicalisation & the Prevent duty
- Online harms
- Domestic abuse & child-on-child abuse
- The impact of parental factors
- Handling a disclosure
- What to say - and not say
- Immediate danger
- Allegations against staff
- Barriers to reporting
- Whistleblowing
- The referral route
- Referring
- Recording
- Sharing information safely
- Consent & confidentiality
- The Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL)
- Safer recruitment & culture
- The scale - why this matters
- Sources of support
Course Benefits
CPD Points
Gain Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Points, accredited by The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom. These can be used to count towards the distance learning element of any scheme that comes under the umbrella of The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges or any other scheme for which there is mutual recognition.
Certification
Receive a personal certificate to show your subject knowledge on course completion.
Affordable
You get excellent value through our cost-effective prices. We can also offer you group discounts on larger purchases.
Flexibility
The course saves you time through the convenience of online availability. This lets you complete the interactive course at your own comfort.
Keep Up to Date
You will stay up to date with the Children Acts 1989 and 2004, Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023, Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025, the Crime and Policing Act 2026 mandatory reporting duty, the Prevent duty, the FGM Act 2003, the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 and current NSPCC and DfE guidance and statistics.
Learn from Industry Experts
The course content has been developed by UK safeguarding and health, social care and education specialists, with scenario design drawn from real children's home, fostering, care and community practice.
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