Human Rights Education Associates

Child Safeguarding

1 November-12 December 2017 (E04617)Canceled
Instructor: Corinne Davey and Peter Dixon

This e-learning course aims to equip professionals who hold responsibilities for implementing child safeguarding policies within their organisations with a basic understanding of the key issues, concepts and frameworks pertaining to child protection and safeguarding. Participants will build a foundation of skills and knowledge to fulfill safeguarding and protection responsibilities within their organisation’s scope of work. This course will help build the knowledge and skills to enable them to strengthen, develop and implement protection measures to keep their organisations safe for children. Participants will start with basics, reflecting on the nature of childhood, exploring the prevalence of and effects of violence, child abuse and neglect on children and the framework of rights principles and provisions that shape the safeguarding responsibilities of agencies who come into contact with children directly or indirectly.

Whilst the primary focus of the course will be on internal child safeguarding practice this will be considered in the context of wider child protection challenges in organisations’ external environments. The course will conclude by examining the core components of child protection and safeguarding policies and their application through a range of tools.