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Safeguarding Children in Early Years Settings
Safeguarding Children in early years settings

This guidance is for anyone who comes into contact with children and families while working, including: social care practitioners, health practitioners, early years practitioners, school staff (both teaching and non-teaching), police officers, and local authorities.

It explains: The key principles of Safeguarding Children, the signs of abuse and neglect to look out for, and the action to take if you think a child is being abused or neglected.

By the end of this course, you should understand:

  • Know the key principles of Safeguarding Children.
  • Understand and be able to identify abuse and neglect.
  • Know where to turn if you need to ask for help.

This guidance is for anyone who comes into contact with children and families while working, including: social care practitioners, health practitioners, early years practitioners, school staff (both teaching and non-teaching), police officers, and local authorities.

It explains: The key principles of Safeguarding Children, the signs of abuse and neglect to look out for, and the action to take if you think a child is being abused or neglected.

By the end of this course, you should understand:

  • Know the key principles of Safeguarding Children.
  • Understand and be able to identify abuse and neglect.
  • Know where to turn if you need to ask for help.
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Sue Asquith
Sue Asquith
Award Winning International Freelance Early Childhood Consultant and Author

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“This course gives me a lot of insight about autism and autistic people, my experience here will assist me to discharge my duties effectively when I am with autistic people.”
 
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Overview

This online training course has been designed specifically for those providing Early Years training to staff working in Childcare. It may also be useful to a wider audience of people who would like to know more about Safeguarding Children in Early Years Settings.

Interactive Video Lessons

Subjects covered include:

  • Policies and Procedures
  • Understanding and Identifying Abuse and Neglect
  • Physical Abuse
  • Emotional Abuse
  • Sexual Abuse and Exploitation
  • Neglect
  • Behavioural Indicators of Abuse
  • Taking Action
  • What Would You Do?
On average this online course should take around 40 minutes.

Children and Young People’s Workforce Level 2 Certificate

Eary Years Foundation Stage

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Sue Asquith

Award winning freelance International Early Childhood Consultant and published author offering quality affordable childcare training and consultancy visits.  I have worked in affiliation with my local authority and children centres, on several DfE funded projects, as well as winning local authority bids to provide support and deliver training. I deliver key note speeches, seminars and workshops at conferences around the world, on Early Years TV and was one of the judges for the Nursery World Awards 2022.

Sue Asquith
Award Winning International Freelance Early Childhood Consultant and Author
 

Sue has worked in affiliation with her local authority and children centres, on several DfE funded projects, as well as winning local authority bids to provide support and deliver training. She delivers key note speeches, seminars and workshops at conferences around the world, on Early Years TV and was one of the judges for the Nursery World Awards 2022. Sue lent her expert guidance in the creation of all of our Childcare courses, including; Child Development, Safeguarding, and Welfare courses. 

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