Safeguarding Children & Young People in Residential Childcare Course

This Safeguarding Children & Young People course covers the safeguarding responsibilities of everyone working in residential childcare. The course also looks at why it’s important to protect children and young people from harm and abuse, as well as the policies and procedures to follow.

This course will also explore the different types of abuse, which includes to examine the motivations and behaviours of perpetrators and why early identification is so important. You will also cover bullying, sexual exploitation and human trafficking including how these can begin, or be facilitated online and the support children and young people will need in order to identify, report and recover from them.

You are important too, so we consider your responsibilities, how to report your concerns and ways you can support children and young people to develop resilience, self-confidence and self-esteem.

• Define the term safeguarding in relation to children and young people
• Outline current legislation, national guidelines and policies affecting the safeguarding and protection of children and young people
• Explain why it is important to ensure children and young people are protected from harm and abuse
• Describe types of abuse that a child or young person may experience
• Outline the actions to be taken in line with policies and procedures if abuse is suspected
• Explain the effects of different types of bullying on children and young people
• Explain the risks and possible consequences for children and young people from
• Define child sexual exploitation and its relationship to human trafficking
• Explain what is meant by multi-agency working in the context of safeguarding
• Explain the importance of building children and young people’s resilience, self-confidence and self-esteem
• Explain how to report concerns about practice in the work setting

By the end of the training course, you will:

• Understand the safeguarding responsibilities of everyone working in residential childcare
• Identify different types of abuse
• Know what to do if a child makes a disclosure or you witness abuse
• Understand the motivations and behaviours of perpetrators
• Know how to report concerns
• Understand how to support children and young people to develop resilience

This Safeguarding Children & Young People course is for people working with children and young people in a residential social care setting. It may also be useful to a wider audience of people who would like to know more about safeguarding children. Furthermore, the course provides content to support qualification units relating to residential childcare.