Basics of Safeguarding | Online Training
Some dangers are easy to spot, but others are less obvious. Safeguarding is about taking responsibility for protecting the health, well-being and human rights of people who might be vulnerable to abuse. Everyone needs to be aware of the risks of abuse and know how to respond to the warning signs. Abuse can happen to anyone. However, some people are more at risk than others. If your work or volunteer activity brings you into contact with children or vulnerable adults it’s really important to learn how to safeguard them from harm.
• Explain what is meant by abuse • Identify factors that put people at high risk of abuse• Recognise key safeguarding principles for protecting people from harm
During this online training, you’ll learn the safeguarding basics. That includes what abuse really means, identifying the things that might put people at abuse and recognising the key safeguarding principles to help protect people from harm.
This safeguarding training course is for anyone who wants to better understand safeguarding and abuse, but especially people who work in education, health, social care, policing, or another field which involves children or vulnerable adults. Being aware of basic safeguarding issues is essential for anyone who wants to protect people from preventable harm.
Everyone has the right to learn and learner need can vary demanding on environment or disabilities. This course comes with transcripts so people have text options for an media, subtitles for all videos and is screen reader friendly with alternative text.We take a number of steps to ensure visuals and navigation is easy for your people. For more information on the steps we take for accessibility check out how we make our courses.
