Social Media, Selfies And Sexting Course

This course is for people who want to learn more about the online world and understand how to support children and young people with social media and staying safe online.

Social media is an ever-increasing and influential part of all our lives; personally, professionally and also within families.

Especially among young people, social media platforms have become a tool for learning, communication, self-expression and the forming of personal identity and peer groups.

It is, therefore, necessary for parents, teachers and others involved with children and young people to understand the impact of social media, selfies and sexting.

Staying safe is paramount and this can be achieved if the wider risks and responsibilities of using the internet are thoroughly understood.

This course is available in our children's services and residential childcare bundles.

This course will cover:

• The power of social media
• How and why young people use social media
• Supporting children set up a social media accounts
• Social media risks
• Privacy and social media safety
• Selfies
• Sexting
• Your role

By the end of the training, you will learn:

• How and why young people use social media.
• What some of the risks of misusing social media are.
• What the short and longer term consequences of making and sharing intimate images and sexualised content are.
• How you can help children and young people set up and enjoy age appropriate social media safely.

This Social Media, Selfies & Sexting course is for people who want to know more about the impact and potential risks of using social media and also how it can effect young people's lives.

Whilst it provides focus for people working in children's services and residential childcare, it will also be useful to a wider audience of people who would like to know more about social media platforms and the potential consequences of their misuse.