Introduction to child safeguarding
Facilitator-guided course

Course information
Audience: Everybody: from individuals to staff and volunteers in all organisations
Duration: Two weeks, with approximately two hours study per week
Language: English
Certificate: Certificate of achievement
Course schedule and requirements:
The learning is self-paced, content unlocks weekly.
The course includes two live sessions half-way and at the end of the course. Participation in all live sessions is mandatory towards obtaining the course certificate.
Fee: £ 399*
* A 10% discount automatically applies to all other KCS Network Members.
* Small organisations can be eligible for a free membership, which also entitles them to free access to all of our courses. Please contact us at learning@keepingchildrensafe.global to learn more and verify your eligibility.
Learning objectives
- Consider the context for children, to help you be more child-focused, raise your awareness of the environment in which children might be living and the implications of this for child safeguarding.
- Understand key child safeguarding concepts and definitions. Learn about the different types of child abuse and how they can occur in organisations.
- Explore laws and standards to prevent child abuse in organisations including the International Child Safeguarding Standards.
- Understand how to recognise and respond to safeguarding concerns and abuse.
Using the KCS International Child Safeguarding Standards as a foundation, this course will help you develop a foundational understanding of child safeguarding.
During this course, you will participate in an mix of self-paced learning, with video and exercises, and live collaborative virtual classrooms with a facilitator actively working in the field. It includes a final end-of-course quiz.