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Online Safeguarding (Children and Young People)
01/02/2022, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
This Online Safeguarding course raises awareness of the risks and concerns associated with children and young people spending time online and using social media. This includes online grooming for child sexual and criminal exploitation (CSE and CCE) and the Prevent duty schools and youth services have to reduce the risks of radicalisation. The course considers how children and young people use the internet, the role of social media and online gaming, ways to stay safe and ideas for supporting and educating parents at home.
Learning outcomes
- Consider the safeguarding role to protect children in the digital world
- Explore how and why young people use the internet and social networking sites
- Consider the laws intended to protect children and young people online and the Prevent duty
- Identify potential risks, including different forms of online grooming for child sexual and criminal exploitation (CSE and CCE) and radicalisation
- Discuss how to set and maintain online boundaries, including the use of controls and filters
- How to report inappropriate content and raise online safeguarding concerns
- Know where to go for information and support
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Important information about training
You can book a maximum of 2 people per organisation on a training session. Online training is interactive, you must have connection to a microphone and cameras will be encouraged to be switched on to facilitate discussion and engagement during the session and/or in breakout rooms.
Training Cancellation and No-show Policy – if you can no longer attend a training, please let us know at least working 3 days before. Cancellations made 2 working days or less before a scheduled training course may be subject to a penalty.
