Safeguarding Children Level 1 and 2

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Course Details:

Audience: All staff

Duration 45 minutes

Learning Objectives:

• Understand what constitutes child maltreatment and be able to identify signs of child abuse or neglect
• Be able to identify one’s own professional role, responsibilities, and professional boundaries, and understand those of colleagues in a multidisciplinary team and in multi-agency setting
• Know how and when to refer to social care if a safeguarding/child protection concern is identified
• Be able to identify and document safeguarding/child protection concerns and relevant information in a format that informs the relevant staff and agencies appropriately
• Know how to maintain appropriate records including being able to differentiate between fact and opinion