- Fostering
- Safeguarding Children and Young People
Keeping children safe online
Learning outcomes
- Understand key legislation related to child abuse and internet use
- Understand how offenders are using the internet
- Explore and understand technologies used by children and young people
- Explore how children and young people can be groomed by the use of the internet.
- Consider how agencies are responding to child abuse via the internet and individual roles and responsibilities within this.
Description
The aim of this course is to equip professionals to identify a child or young person’s activity online and some of the risks they are exposed to. This course provides a better understanding of the impact of social media, gaming and chat room apps and websites, as well as to explore ways of utilising tools and resources to help effectively engage children and young people.
You will gain an understanding of how the internet is used to exploit and abuse children and young people.
This course is delivered by our expert facilitators who will bring their first hand experience and tailor the course to suit your learning needs.
Our course covers the following topics:
- Introduce self and aims for today
- What is keeping children safe online?
- Statistics, the Law and Guidance
- Grooming, Child Sexual Exploitation, Radicalisation
- Cyber bullying, Sexting, Social Media Sites, Gaming, Inappropriate content, Digital Footprints
- Offender Behaviour
- Organisation Procedures
- Developing Best Practice – Professional Responsibility
This course includes:
- Case studies
- Safeguarding practice reviews
- Group work
- Handouts
- Resources
Benefits of the course:
- Up-to-date and in line with the key legislation and guidance in the UK
- No pre requisites needed to join this course
- Delivery from professional and expert facilitators in the field
Course Reviews
- Children Specialist Practice Areas
- Fostering
- Practical Core Skills
- Safeguarding Children and Young People
Creating Genograms
- In-house
- half a day
- up to 22 people face to face
- Fostering
- Safeguarding Children and Young People
Child Sexual Abuse
- In-house
- 1 day
- up to 22 people face to face
- Fostering
- Practical Core Skills
- Safeguarding Children and Young People
Permanency and Care planning
- In-house
- 1 day
- up to 22 people face to face
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