What you will learn
This online training for Safeguarding in Out of School Clubs equips staff with the tools and strategies to address safeguarding concerns and implement child protection best practices.
By the end of the course you will be able to:
- Understand the legislation and guidance related to safeguarding and child protection.
- Demonstrate awareness of various indicators of abuse and neglect.
- Maintain a child-centric approach in your out-of-school club setting.
- Understand the impact of personal values and attitudes towards abuse.
- Recognise your obligation to report concerns and be able to report a concern with confidence when necessary.
- Identify susceptibilities leading to radicalisation.
- Recognise potential online dangers to children.
- Know the appropriate actions to take when abuse is suspected.
Modules
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1. Overview and Tips
Introduces the course learning outcomes, navigation and accessibility options. It explains how to pause and return to the training so learners can complete it at their own pace.
2. Core Principles of Safeguarding
Explains the difference between safeguarding and child protection, key terms such as significant harm, and the factors that can make children more vulnerable. It also covers safeguarding responsibilities and relevant legislation and guidance across the four UK nations.
3. Creating a Safe Environment
Looks at how abuse can occur and the practical steps out of school settings can take to reduce risk. It covers positions of trust, appropriate behaviour, policies, risk assessments and maintaining a child-centred approach.
4. Recognising Abuse
Explains the main categories, signs and indicators of abuse and neglect, including contextual safeguarding and child exploitation. It also considers specific forms of abuse and why concerns about a child’s mental health must be treated seriously.
5. Responding to Concerns
Explores the ways children may disclose abuse and the barriers that can prevent them speaking out. Learners are shown how to listen, respond calmly and avoid promising confidentiality.
6. Reporting and Recording Concerns
Covers the responsibility to report concerns, share information appropriately and create accurate safeguarding records. It also explains body maps, family help, non-recent abuse, allegations against staff and low-level concerns.
7. Online Safety and Safeguarding
Introduces the main areas of online risk: content, contact, conduct and commerce. It covers grooming, cyberbullying, sharing nude images, cybercrime, artificial intelligence and practical ways to help children stay safer online.
8. Radicalisation and Extremism
Explains the duty to protect children from being drawn into extremism and how the Prevent strategy applies. Learners consider signs that a child or family may be at risk and the action to take.
9. Safeguarding in Practice
Uses realistic scenarios to apply the principles of recognise, respond, report and record. The module helps learners identify poor practice and make safer safeguarding decisions.
10. Final Assessment
Checks understanding using questions selected from the course question bank. Learners need 80% to pass, can retake the assessment if required, and receive their certificate by email after passing.
11. Downloads
Provides useful safeguarding resources to keep after the course. These include a downloadable body map template for recording concerns.
12. Post Course Evaluation
Invites learners to provide feedback on the course and their training experience. This helps inform future improvements to the learning.
Who is this course for?
- Private, independently run out of school club managers and staff
This online Safeguarding for Out of School Clubs course is designed for staff or anybody that is responsible or comes into contact with children and young people in an independent out of school club setting, such as an after school, breakfast or holiday club.
Certification
This online Safeguarding for Out of School Clubs training course is accredited by The CPD Group.
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.
Our certifications include a renewal date but there is no legal requirement to renew your training and certificate within a specific timeframe. However, we do recommend that you arrange refresher training after 2 years as safeguarding guidance does change. You should update your safeguarding knowledge and skills regularly.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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I work in an out of school club that is run by a school, which safeguarding course should I take?
This course is the right one. The online Safeguarding for Out of School Clubs course gives you everything you need to work safely in an out of school club, including clubs run by a school or held on school premises. You do not need to take a separate education course as well.
When do we have to refresh our safeguarding training if we work in an out of school club?
Your certificate is valid for 2 years, and we recommend renewing your safeguarding training every two years. We update the online Safeguarding for Out of School Clubs course regularly to reflect changes in legislation and guidance, so when you renew you take the current version of the full course and pass the final assessment to receive your new certificate.
