Every child deserves to enjoy playing sport and engaging in physical activity in a safe and supportive environment, where they feel heard, understood, and valued.
This interactive face-to-face workshop will help you recognise and respond to concerns a child may be experiencing, or be at risk of experiencing, harm, neglect, or abuse.
You will learn the importance of person-centred care and taking an individualised approach to your coaching practice, that puts the child or young person at the heart of every session.
More than half a million coaches have been through our Safeguarding and Protecting Children workshop (which launched in 1995), enabling them to provide a positive and enriching experience of physical activity and sport for all children.
UK Coaching works in partnership with the NSPCC and CPSU to regularly review and develop the course content and materials to ensure the learning content, guidance and delivery is current.
- Updated in April 2022, the guidance and scenarios provided will prompt you to reflect on what it means to be a child today, and to consider the impact and implications on your coaching practice.
- You will learn techniques to help you develop a child-centred philosophy that positively contributes to ensuring safe practice and creating a safe environment that meets the needs and protects the welfare of all children.
Through interactive scenarios and discussions with people from different sports and activities, you will have the opportunity explore the consequences of those decisions in a safe and supportive environment, helping to increase your confidence to deal with safeguarding issues effectively and counteract the latest threats to emerge that could impact on the physical or mental health of children in modern Britain.
The course has been awarded 2 CPD points by the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA).
You will be able to:
- identify and recognise good coaching practice and the implications for your coaching
- refresh your knowledge around recognising safeguarding issues, what to do, and just as importantly, what not to do
- explore your values and feelings in relation to child abuse, and recognise their potential impact on your response
- take appropriate action if concerns about a child arise
- learn from and pick the brains of our expert tutors, all of whom have lived Safeguarding experience – such as club welfare officers, schoolteachers, or police officers.
Further details are available here
Course Description – Safeguarding and Child Protection for Early Years
Target Audience
This Level 2 course is aimed at childcare practitioners working in Early Years settings including childminders and nursery staff.
Our online module appeals to all learning styles with interactive quizzes, video and audio features.
It allows you to work at your own pace, testing your knowledge as you progress through the course.
Duration: Approximately 4 hours
Course Aim: To provide important information regarding the safeguarding of children, enabling learners to respond confidently and appropriately to concerns about the safety and welfare of a child
Access: This online course can be completed on any PC or mobile device. Learners can study at their own pace, and log in and out as often as they wish
Assessment: Self-checks after each section of the course and an end of course multiple-choice assessment
Certification: On successful completion of the multiple-choice assessment, learners can download a certificate as evidence that they have completed and passed the course
Verifiable CPD points: This course qualifies for 6 CPD points
Course content
Module 1 – Understanding the role of early years practitioners
• The role of early years practitioners in safeguarding
• Safeguarding and welfare requirements
• Child protection requirements in EYFS 2017
• Being alert to issues for concern
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Ensuring suitability of staff
• Designated Safeguarding Lead
• Possible signs of abuse and neglect
• Staff Training
Module 2 – – Legislation and Government guidance
• Why you need to know about legislation and Government guidance
• Key legislation – The Children Act 1989
• Key legislation – The Children Act 2004
• Key legislation – The Childcare Act 2006
• Other relevant legislation
• Government guidance
Module 3 – Lessons from serious case reviews
• What is a serious case review?
• What can we learn from serious case reviews?
• Key failures shown up by case reviews
Module 4 – Recognising signs and indicators
• Recognising signs of abuse and neglect
• Categories of abuse and neglect
• Spotting signs of neglect
• Spotting signs of emotional abuse
• Spotting signs of physical abuse
• Spotting signs of sexual abuse
Module 5 – Working with other professionals
• The principles of multi-agency working
• Working together to safeguard children
• Identifying the need for early help
• Knowing who to work with, when and how
• Making a referral
• Children in need of immediate protection
Module 6 – Responding to a disclosure from a child
• Why children may not tell you about neglect and abuse
• Your role as a practitioner in an early years setting
• How to respond if a child discloses abuse or neglect
Module 7 – Recording, reporting and sharing information and concerns
• Recording a concern
• Effective record keeping
• Responding to a concern in a timely way
• Responding to a concern and the role of the DSL
• The importance of information
• Data protection, the law and best practice
• Guidance principles for information sharing
Module 8 – Current and emerging themes in child protection
Themes currently relevant to Early Years practitioners
• Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
• FGM and the law
• FGM and Early Years Foundation Stage requirements
• Radicalisation and extremism
• Indicators of radicalisation – children
• Indicators of radicalisation – young people and adults
• Domestic abuse
• Definition of domestic abuse
• Signs that a child may be witnessing domestic abuse
• Child criminal exploitation – county lines
• The impact of child criminal exploitation on children and families
Module 9 – Allegations against professionals or trusted adults
• The potential for child abuse within the early years setting
• Responding to allegations of abuse in the early years setting