Safeguarding Children L3
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7 Chapters
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Safeguarding Children L3

Healthcare professionals must possess the skills to recognize child maltreatment to effectively protect children and young people from harm. Beyond the moral and ethical duty to provide care, there is a legal responsibility to ensure children's safety and well-being.
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Safeguarding  Children  L3
7 Chapters
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About The Course

All healthcare professionals must have the competencies to recognise child maltreatment in order to best protect children and young people from harm. Apart from a moral and ethical duty of care, there is a legal duty to make sure children are safe and well cared for.

This course covers the general competencies for all healthcare staff and offers a comprehensive look at aspects of safeguarding children.

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Learning Outcomes
  • Be able to identify, drawing on professional and clinical expertise, possible signs of sexual, physical, or emotional abuse or neglect, including domestic abuse, sexual exploitation, grooming, and exploitation to support and/or commit acts of terrorism (known as radicalisation), FGM, modern slavery, gang, and electronic media abuse using a child and family-focused approach.
  • Understand what constitutes child maltreatment, including the effects of carer/parental behaviour on children and young people.
  • Have an awareness or knowledge of, dependent on role, forensic procedures in child maltreatment, with specific requirements and depth of knowledge relating to role (e.g., where role involves/includes forensic teams/working alongside forensic teams).
  • Know how to communicate effectively with children and young people, and ensure that they participate in decisions affecting them as appropriate to their age and ability.
  • Know how to contribute to and make considered judgements about safeguarding and protecting a child or young person, including escalation as part of this process.
  • Contribute to/formulate and communicate effective management plans for children and young people maltreated within a multidisciplinary approach.
  • Understand the issues surrounding misdiagnosis in safeguarding/child protection.
  • Ensure processes and legal requirements for looked-after children, including after-care, are appropriately undertaken, where relevant to role.
  • Appropriately contribute to inter-agency assessments by gathering and sharing information, documenting concerns appropriately for safeguarding/child protection and legal purposes, and seeking professional guidance in report writing where required.
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Course Modules
Chapter 1 Review of Terms & Definitions
Chapter 2 Thresholds & Stepping Up
Chapter 3 Communication & Multiagency
Chapter 4 Risk Assessments
Chapter 5 Reports, Support & Participation
Chapter 6 Training & Reviewing
Chapter 7 Summary
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