Engaging Children and Young People in Safeguarding
This engaging and informative 2.5 hour online class helps customers explore how to include children and young people in their organisation's safeguarding culture.
Ensuring children/young people have a voice, are empowered to and feel safe to use their voice is one of the biggest safeguards any organisation can have. It supports a 'say something' culture and helps to prevent or break any walls of silence.
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The class is suitable for all organisations supporting children and young people. It is designed to help staff/volunteers from all working levels and can serve as new learning or a great safeguarding and child protection refresher learning option.
By the end of this class, learners are able to:
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Describe how children and young people interpret being safe.
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State the importance of involving children and young people in a safeguarding culture.​
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Recall the key safeguarding and child protection points for consideration when encouraging the voice of the child.
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Identify a range safeguarding solutions to help engage children and families and empower the child's voice.​
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“Great course to stimulate discussion around how we engage with our young people.”
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“Interesting and a good reminder that we are doing things correctly, but can always improve.”
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