Safeguarding Children, Young People or Vulnerable Adults
The qualification 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.
Description
The qualification is designed for learners who have contact with children, young people or vulnerable adults in their working environment including voluntary work.
The qualification 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.
Detailed information can be found in the Qualification Specification including the qualification structure and codes, entry requirements, qualification delivery, certification and requalification, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria and assessment information.
Understand how to safeguard and protect children, young people or vulnerable adults in the workplace
- 1 Identify key elements of the law on safeguarding: • Children • Young people • Vulnerable adults
- 1.2 Describe how practitioners can take steps to protect themselves from allegations and complaints within their everyday practice in a work setting
- 1.3 Describe ways in which concerns can be reported for: • Children • Young people • Vulnerable adults
Know how to respond to evidence or concerns that a child, young person or vulnerable adult has been abused
- 2.1 Describe the characteristics of different types of abuse concerning: • Children • Young people • Vulnerable adults
- 2.2 Explain actions to take in response to evidence of abuse according to agreed ways of working
- 2.3 Describe how to respond to disclosures of abuse according to agreed ways of working
- 2.4 Identify those people who the information of abuse or suspected abuse may be shared with
Distance Learning Resources
You will receive a Distance Learning Resources where you will find links to the qualification’s PowerPoint slides, videos, websites and relevant page numbers in the Safeguarding and Protecting Children, Young People or Vulnerable Adults book that your trainer/assessor will send to you. The resources contained within this sheet are not exhaustive and you are encouraged to expand on this using the wealth of information that can be found on the internet and YouTube.
Please note that the copyright of the resources found on the video links and website links are the property of the respective YouTube channels and websites.
E-Book
You will receive an 80-page Electronic Book containing comprehensive guidance on Safeguarding and Protecting Children, Young People or Vulnerable Adults. The book complements the Level 3 Ofqual regulated course and serves as an ideal post-course reference book.
Our E-books provide you with the exact same content as our printed books but are viewed online via a web browser. They can be viewed on any device from PC, Laptop, Tablet or Mobile Preview the book HERE
Prerequisites
The qualification is available to learners aged 18 or over. It is recommended that learners should hold a minimum of Level 1 in literacy or equivalent to undertake this qualification. It may be possible to allocate a reasonable adjustment to a learner who has a disability, medical condition or learning need; learners should contact their training provider to discuss. Any reasonable adjustments granted must be in line with the FAA Reasonable Adjustments Policy
Certification
The qualification does not have an expiry date but refresher training and keeping up to date with changes to policies, procedures and new legislation through ongoing CPD is vital.
Assessment
The assessment will take the form of a professional discussion conducted on a one-to-one basis and recorded, following the completion of your virtual classroom we will arrange the date and time for your assessment.
. There is no grading of the assessment; learners pass or are referred.