- 1 Day Course
- Ofqual Regulated
- No Expiry date but refresher training is recommended
Helping to save more than lives
The qualification is designed for learners who have contact with children, young people or vulnerable adults in their working environment including voluntary work. It promotes awareness and sensitivity to safeguarding enabling learners to be able to identify issues and emphasises the responsibility to ensure that concerns are reported and acted on appropriately
This qualification is regulated in the UK and awarded by First Aid Awards. FAA are an Awarding Organisation regulated by Ofqual and the qualification sits on the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF).
Over a one-day day period, candidates will learn to understand how to safeguard and protect children, young people or vulnerable adults in the workplace and know how to respond to evidence or concerns that a child, young person or vulnerable adult has been abused.
Whats Covered
Identify key elements of the law on safeguarding:
- Children
- Young people
- Vulnerable adults
Describe how practitioners can take steps to protect themselves from allegations and complaints within their everyday practice in a work setting
Describe ways in which concerns can be reported for:
- Children
- Young people
- Vulnerable adults
Describe the characteristics of different types of abuse concerning:
- Children
- Young people
- Vulnerable adults
Identify those people who the information of abuse or suspected abuse may be shared with
A learner must successfully pass the written assessment to achieve the qualification. There is no grading of the assessment; learners pass or are referred.
