This course has been created to support staff working directly with children in schools, colleges and other educational settings in a regulated activity role. Regulated activity in a school refers to work that involves close and unsupervised contact with children.
This includes roles where individuals are responsible for teaching, training, instructing, caring for, or supervising children on a regular basis. By completing this course, trainees will meet the latest legislative requirements and have an understanding and practical knowledge of their role in safeguarding children.
Pricing and how to buy
Cost is calculated according to the number of staff you wish to train.
Please enter the number of users required and click on 'Calculate price'.
What is covered in this course
- Why Safeguarding Law Matters
- Key Documentation
- The principles of child protection practice
- Confidentiality
- Categories and types of abuse
- Signs and symptoms of abuse
- Child Protection Data
- Vulnerability factors
- Contextual safeguarding
- The relationship between risk factors and resilience factors
- The roles and responsibilities of staff in your school / organisation
- The 6Rs of effective safeguarding practice
- Online Safety
- Visitors, Volunteers, and Contractors
- Safer Recruitment, Vetting and Barring
- Child Protection Plans (CPPs)
- Care & Support Plans & Early Help Assessments (EHA)
- Multi-Agency Working
- Inspection Requirements
- Critical Incident Planning
- Domestic Abuse (DA)
- Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
- Breast Ironing
- Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE)
- Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE)
- Forced Marriage
- Honour-Based Abuse (HBA)
- Prevent Duty and Radicalisation
- Peer-on-Peer Abuse
- County Lines
- Serious Violence
Time to complete course:
Maximum 2 hours, 45 minutes
Split into 6 modules
CPD points: 2.75
- Access anytime during your 12-month licence
- Access anywhere 24/7/365
- 3D animation, video & voiceover
- Course notes
- Training for individuals & groups
- Includes support for all staff
- Tracked for compliance
- Downloadable CPD certificate
Compliance & Certificate
With content produced by our subject specialists, you can be confident that all your staff are trained to the very latest best practice standards and compliant with statutory requirements on inspection.
All certificates attained are stored in your admin dashboard and fully accessible when you need them.
Who should complete this training
Our training is applicable to the following educational settings:
- Primary Schools
- Primary Academies
- Secondary Schools
- Secondary Academies
- Private Nurseries
- Maintained Nurseries
- Public Schools
- Free Schools
- Pupil Referral Units
- SEND Schools
To fulfil the latest HM Government statutory guidance, training is advised for the following roles:
- All staff/volunteers in Group B working in Regulated Activity roles
What's your training style?
Staff can train individually by accessing their own training account or collectively as part of a group using Group Training Mode at INSET. Both of these options are included in our platform.
Please note any users attending a Group Training session must be registered as a user on our platform.
Individual Training
- Certificates awarded to staff
- Staff complete training in their own time, on their own device
- Complete training as a group at INSET
Group Training
- Certificates awarded to staff
- Staff complete training in their own time, on their own device
- Complete training as a group at INSET
How does it work?
The Admin dashboard
https://admin.ssslearning.co.uk
Our system requires no complicated setup. From the Admin Dashboard simply copy and send an invitation email to your staff with the login details for your school or academy. Once your staff commence training, all progress, results and CPD certificates are presented in the Admin Dashboard as evidence of training.
The Training site
https://training.ssslearning.co.uk
Staff complete a course individually via any PC, Mac, smartphone or tablet or as part of a group at INSET. Each course is made up of an engaging multimedia presentation created using 3D animation, comprehensive course notes and a fully tracked multiple-choice assessment. On completion, staff can view and print their CPD accredited certificate.
All courses are kept up-to-date with any changes in legislation or policy ensuring practice in your school or academy is compliant with current requirements.
Support for you and your staff
We are very proud of our customer service standards which are unrivalled, with full support for your staff, if needed, 7 days a week 8am until 10pm.
We have a 5 star LiveChat rating and always respond to support emails within minutes.