Child Protection and Safeguarding Staff International Supporting Documentation

Course Handbook
Annual Certificate in Safeguarding for

Staff
(2023-24)
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Contents
Contents 02
Making the most of your course 04
‘Pause and reflect’ moments 05
Resources and video links 13
Contact 14
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Welcome
A warm welcome to this Essential CPD course provided by the National
Education Group, a multi-award winning provider of remote, expert-led
CPD, with a mission to empower schools in the UK and overseas to drive
up standards.
This handbook will support you through your learning journey during this
course. It has been designed to aid and embed learning and support
ongoing professional development.
Making the most
of your course
Plan the course around you Consolidate your knowledge
Familiarise yourself with the modules ahead and make sure you have At the end of the course you will be invited to take part in an online
put aside the necessary time to give each module your full attention. assessment. The questions have been designed to not only test
Break the course down and plan time aside to complete each module knowledge, but also support the review of key points and strengthen
so it suits your schedule better. If you intend to finish the course in one learning. The test can be completed as many times as necessary in
sitting, make sure you take regular breaks. order to pass.
Engage with the course material Evidence your learning

At various moments through the course you will be prompted to Once you have passed the assessment, you will be able to download
take some time to think about and make notes around your learning. your certificate, save it electronically or print it and evidence
These questions are designed to help you activate ideas about how successful course completion. At this point we would be grateful if you
to practically use the information in your own setting and support could submit a review, to help us ensure that our training continues
transferring theory into practice. to meet your needs, and encourage you to consider other courses we
provide which might deepen and expand your knowledge and skills
even further.
FAQs
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‘Pause and reflect’
moments
Module 1: Safeguarding in education
Task 1: In what way is the current safeguarding culture in your school effective? How can it be improved?
Task 2: Why is safeguarding important to you?
Additional Notes:
moments
Module 3: Recognising child abuse and neglect
Task 1: What does neglect look like?
Task 2: What opportunities for intervention were missed in the case of Asiah’s neglect?
Task 3: Consider the case study. What could have been done to avoid Alfie’s death?
Task 4: What opportunities for intervention were missed in the case of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes?
moments
Task 5: What are the signs that a child is being sexually abused?
Task 6: What opportunities to keep Child A and B safe were missed in this case?
Additional Notes:
moments
Module 4: Understanding other types of harm
Task 1: Write a list of behaviours that may have been the result of an Adverse Childhood Experience.
Task 2: What behaviours could children who are experiencing domestic abuse demonstrate?
Additional Notes:
moments
Module 5: Responding to and managing disclosures
Task 1: Watch the video about responding to a disclosure. Write down 5 things you have learned.
Task 2: Based on the video, would you change any of your wording if you reported the concern again?
Additional Notes:
moments
Module 6: Information sharing and record-keeping
Task 1: Make a note of how to react to a disclosure.
Additional Notes:
moments
Module 7: The safeguarding curriculum and online safety
Task 1: What 3 things can you change to ensure your teaching is inclusive and you help students acquire the knowledge and skills to keep them safe?
Additional Notes:
moments
Module 8: Reflection
Task 1: What further training do you need to take?
Additional Notes:
Resources & video links
Guidance / legislation Further reading
DfE, Keeping children safe in education, 2023 BBC, Alfie Steele: Mum and partner guilty of killing boy in bath, 2023
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/keeping-children-safe-in- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-65857668
education--2
BBC, Frankie Thomas: Coroner rules school failed teen who took own life, 2021
DfE, Working together to safeguard children, 2022 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-58817821
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/working-together-to-safeguard-
children--2 BBC, Verphy Kudi: Mum left girl to die to party for 6 days, 2021
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-58102792
HM Government, What to do if you’re worried a child is being abused, 2015
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/ Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel, National review into the murders of Arthur
attachment_data/file/419604/What_to_do_if_you_re_worried_a_child_is_being_ Labinjo-Hughes and Star Hobson, 2022
abused.pdf https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-review-into-the-murders-
of-arthur-labinjo-hughes-and-star-hobson
Legislation.gov.uk, Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act, 2009
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/22/contents Office for National Statistics, Crime Survey for England and Wales, 2022
https://www.crimesurvey.co.uk/en/SurveyResults.html
Legislation.gov.uk, Childcare Act, 2006
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/21 Office for National Statistics, Domestic abuse victim services, England and Wales,
2022
Legislation.gov.uk, Children Act, 1989 https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/articles/
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/41/contents domesticabusevictimservicesenglandandwales/2022#main-points
Legislation.gov.uk, Children Act, 2004 NSPCC, How Safe are Our Children?, 2023
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/31/contents https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/news/events/how-safe-are-our-children-conference
Legislation.gov.uk, Equality Act, 2010

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/contents
Video links
Legislation.gov.uk, Health and Safety at Work etc. Act, 1974
Home Office, Prevent: An introduction, 2021
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1974/37/contents
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Otc2eaRY32s&ab_channel=HomeOffice
Legislation.gov.uk, Data Protection Act, 2018
NSPCC, Responding to a Child’s Disclosure of Abuse, 2019
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/12/contents/enacted
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvJ5uBlGYgE&t=1s&ab_channel=NSPCC
United Nations, Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1992
https://www.unicef.org.uk/what-we-do/un-convention-child-rights/
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Course Handbook

Annual Certificate in Safeguarding for

Making the most of your course 04

‘Pause and reflect’ moments 05

Resources and video links 13

Engage with the course material Evidence your learning

Task 2: Why is safeguarding important to you?

Task 1: What does neglect look like?

Task 1: Make a note of how to react to a disclosure.

Task 1: What further training do you need to take?

Legislation.gov.uk, Equality Act, 2010

+44 (0)800 368 8061

Registered in the UK - Registration No. 10738856

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