Child protection level 2: awareness course

Child protection and safeguarding is everybody's responsibility. All health professionals and organisations have a statutory duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of all children 0-18 years.

This is defined as:

• protecting children 0-18 years from maltreatment,
• preventing the impairment of children's health or development,
• ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care,
• undertaking that role so as to enable those children to have optimum life chances and to enter adulthood successfully.

This course offers a clear, effective way to achieve this aim, meet national workforce competencies and understand what safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children 0-18 years involves for all staff working in a healthcare setting. Staff will learn what child abuse and neglect is. Signs, symptoms, early indicators and risk factors will be highlighted.

This session offers a more in depth exploration of abuse and neglect. It is an effective way to achieve the above aims, meet national workforce competencies and understand what safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children 0-18 years involves for all staff working in a healthcare setting. Staff will learn what child abuse and neglect is. Signs, symptoms, early indicators and risk factors will be highlighted. The session covers the importance of maintaining a child focus, knowledge of normal child development and what to do in response to concerns. The session goes on to discuss documentation and current legislation and guidance, SUHT CP/safeguarding proforma, multi-agency partnership working framework for the assessment of children in need and their families Group work with case scenarios.

By the end of the course you will be able to:

• identify actual and potential abuse and neglect, associated risk factors, early indicators and signs, symptoms
• know how to action your concerns to protect children
• define the four main categories of abuse
• understand your role within this context.
• work effectively as part of the multi-agency team. (Level 1B)

For staff with infrequent contact and staff with intense but irregular contact with children, young people or parents and carers. Suitable for both clinical and non-clinical staff.

Sarah Steele

023 8079 8409

Sarah.Steele@suht.swest.nhs.uk|

Susan Barnes

023 8079 8409

susan.barnes@suht.swest.nhs.uk|