What you will learn
By the end of the course you will be able to:
- Build on the knowledge you learned in our introductory safeguarding course.
- Define the law and framework behind safeguarding lead guidance.
- Identify the key components and responsibilities for a Designated Safeguarding Lead role.
- Handle and process concerns correctly.
- Accurately record and share safeguarding information.
- Ensure good safeguarding practice is embedded within your organisation and provide a culture so everybody can fulfil their safeguarding obligations.
- Collaborate with statutory and non-statutory agencies.
- Offer guidance, information and training to other members of staff.
- Maintain effective communication channels advocating safeguarding and understanding the importance of safe information sharing.
Modules
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1. Overview and Tips
What the course covers, how to move through it, pause and come back, and the accessibility features available to you.
2. Core Principles of Safeguarding
What safeguarding means for children, the responsibilities of the DSL, and the key legislation and guidance in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, including Keeping Children Safe in Education.
3. Creating a Safe Environment
How abuse happens, lessons from high-profile UK safeguarding cases, safer recruitment, and how to handle complaints and allegations.
4. Recognising Abuse
How to judge whether something is abusive, contextual safeguarding, the categories of child abuse, and specific risks including radicalisation and county lines.
5. Responding to Concerns
How children disclose abuse, what can stop them speaking out, and how to listen and respond, including why you must never promise to keep a secret.
6. Reporting and Recording Concerns
Your duty to store and manage safeguarding reports, how to support staff with recording, and how to keep information confidential and share it appropriately.
7. Referring Concerns
How to make a referral to statutory agencies, what happens after a referral is accepted, multi-agency assessment, and the support available to children and families.
8. Safeguarding in Practice
Case studies where you apply recognise, respond, report and record to decide what to do.
9. Final Assessment
Lead-specific and child safeguarding questions. You need 80% to pass, and you can retake it until you pass.
10. Downloads
A body map template to save and keep.
11. Course Evaluation
A short feedback form to help us keep improving the course.
Who is this course for?
- Education staff
- Childminders and nannies
- Out-of-school club and sports club staff
- Early years practitioners
- Healthcare and non-clinical staff
- Social care workers
- Youth workers
- Volunteers, church leaders and charity workers
Certification
Score 80% or more in the final assessment to receive your certificate, which is valid for 2 years.
Upon successful completion of this online course, you’ll be sent a personalised digital certificate as a PDF, enabling you to download and print it.
You can access a copy, reprint or download this certificate on our LMS (Learning Management System). This is your proof that you have been trained in safeguarding best practices and achieved compliance. The certificates include a verification number so anybody can authenticate the certificate’s legitimacy.
Your certificate is valid for 2 years. Keeping Children Safe in Education says the designated safeguarding lead and any deputies should update their training at least every two years, and refresh their knowledge and skills at regular intervals, at least annually, to keep up with changes in guidance. We will remind you when your training is due for renewal.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Does this online Designated Safeguarding Lead Training qualify me to become the Designated Safeguarding Lead in my organisation?
We recommend that Designated Safeguarding Leads working in education check with their appropriate safeguarding agencies to understand the DSL training requirements for their local authority
