Course description
Stay up to date and comply with annual safeguarding training requirements with this short online course.
This CPD certified course is for anyone working or volunteering in schools, academies and colleges in the UK who has previously completed full safeguarding and child protection in schools training.
You will cover:
- what safeguarding means and why it matters
- roles and responsibilities
- definitions, signs and indicators of abuse and neglect
- how to respond appropriately to concerns
- what, when and how to report
- how to record concerns effectively
- creating a safer environment in your school
Through teaching pages, films and learning activities you’ll explore the key principles and updates in safeguarding and child protection – without having to re-take a full course.
Benefits of this course
- Short course to help you refresh your safeguarding knowledge
- Suitable for learners in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
- Complete at your own pace and in your own time
- Learn through teaching pages, films and activities
- Personalised downloadable certificate of achievement
- Further resources and information are signposted when you complete the course
- Income generated from the sale of our training courses is reinvested into the NSPCC to help protect children.
Modules include:
- Introduction
- Module 1: Recognising abuse
- Module 2: Respond appropriately
- Module 3: Reporting and Recording concerns
- Module 4: Creating a safer environment
- Assessment
New to safeguarding?
This course is for staff and volunteers who have previously completed full safeguarding and child protection in schools training, like our Safeguarding training for schools, academies and colleges. If you are new to safeguarding and have not previously taken a full course, like our Safeguarding training for schools, academies and colleges course, then please speak to your manager before purchasing this refresher.
Technical requirements
Our online courses will work in most web browsers, although we recommend that you use Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge or Safari. We recommend installing the latest version of your web browser before beginning your course.
Our courses are compatible with most tablet devices, however the NSPCC does not provide full technical support for tablet users. We do not support other mobile devices.
Videos clips hosted on the video sharing site Vimeo feature in some of our courses. Video playback controls will vary and are dependent on the browser used to take the course and where the video is hosted. If you experience problems with the videos then we recommend you try taking the course in a different browser.
Having trouble? Try:
- updating your web browser
- clearing your cache
- accepting our cookies (essential cookies are required for the purposes of undertaking our elearning)
- turning off private browsing
- enabling JavaScript
- permitting access to videos on Vimeo
- setting the following web domain to 'trusted': https://mylearning.nspcc.org.uk
Duration: It should take you about 90 minutes to complete the course.
You will have access to the course for one year following purchase. You can take it as many times as you like in that time.
Certificate of achievement: Once you've successfully completed this course you can download a personalised certificate of achievement.
