This programme aims to provide those working or volunteering in a community group with a foundational understanding of safeguarding and understand the implications of this for their role.
This programme is comprised of the following modules:
By the end of this programme, you will:
- Be able to understand what safeguarding means.
- Be able to recognise the signs and indicators of abuse in children and adults.
- Be able to respond to safeguarding concerns.
- Be able to record your concerns.
- Be able to identify where to get advice, support and help (refer).
- Understand what your organisation should have in place for safeguarding.
- Identify gaps in your own knowledge about your organisations safeguarding arrangements.
- Apply the understanding you gained in the Foundations for Safeguarding module to some scenarios you may encounter in your own setting.
NB. This programme will not equip you to be an expert in safeguarding but to understand the basics, how you can play your part and what your organisation should have in place. You will identify during the course where to get more help and expertise from.
