Overview
To enable participants to become familiar with the role and responsibilities of the multi-agency role within safeguarding children and develop competence and confidence in carrying out their roleWho is Safeguarding Children Level 3 aimed at?
Social Workers, Supervisors, Designated safeguarding leads, named leads and anyone who is required in their role to undertake this trainingCourse Length
2 daysLearning Outcomes
By the end of the course participants will be able to:
- Describe the role of the designated safeguarding children officer and state key areas of responsibility
- State their own values regarding child abuse and the impact of these on professional practice.
- Describe the key legislation and guidance underpinning the organisation’s policy for responding to concerns about a child’s safety or welfare
- Decide what steps the organisation needs to take to ensure the safety and welfare of children and young people with whom it has contact
- State the blocks inhibiting children from disclosing abuse and respond effectively to a child who does disclose
- State blocks to staff reporting concerns and how to overcome these
- Make appropriate decisions about the action to take when informed of concerns about a child or young person
- State what is likely to happen following a referral to children’s social care (or equivalent) and what further role they may have
- Explain the issues in connection with recording and sharing of information, including that of confidentiality
- Demonstrate an awareness of the emotional dimension of safeguarding work and identify a network for personal support
- State the main tenets of their organisation’s policy and procedures
- Understand the procedures in the country the organisation is based in (for International Schools and schools with foreign students)
- Responsibilities in respect to FGM, Child Sexual Exploitation and Radicalisation and Extremism.
- Understand the procedures on peer-on-peer abuse and online abuse and naked images in line with UKCIS advice.
