Course Description
This standard helps learners understand their responsibilities for keeping children and young people safe. Even when working primarily with adults, staff may still encounter children through family visits, volunteers, community settings or home-care environments. Learners will explore the types of child abuse, common signs and indicators, and what actions to take if they are worried about a child’s safety or wellbeing.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, you should be able to:
* Explain what safeguarding children means and why it matters in adult health and social care settings.
* Identify the main types of child abuse, including neglect, exploitation and online harm.
* Recognise key signs and indicators that may suggest a child is at risk of abuse or neglect.
* Describe factors that can make a child more vulnerable to harm or exploitation.
* Respond appropriately if concerned about a child, including what to do if a child discloses abuse.
* Follow organisational and local safeguarding procedures, including reporting and recording concerns clearly, promptly and objectively.
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AOC17322-B-HR-UKCourse Availability:
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