Safeguarding Children Level 3

This course is for designated safeguarding leads, deputies and others with lead safeguarding responsibilities. It explains multi-agency safeguarding arrangements under Working Together to Safeguard Children, how to make effective referrals, and how child protection enquiries, conferences and plans work in outline. It also covers early help assessments, information sharing, chronologies, supervision, professional curiosity, escalation and learning from practice reviews.
Modules
5
Duration
About 60 minutes
Pass mark
80%
Assessment
10 questions from a bank of 17

Learning outcomes

  • ✓Explain multi-agency safeguarding arrangements and the role of the safeguarding partners in England
  • ✓Make clear, evidence-based referrals to children's social care using local thresholds
  • ✓Describe, in outline, section 47 enquiries, strategy discussions, child protection conferences, plans and core groups
  • ✓Lead early help and information sharing decisions in line with government advice
  • ✓Maintain high-quality safeguarding records and chronologies
  • ✓Use supervision, professional curiosity and escalation procedures, and apply learning from practice reviews

Course contents

  1. Module 1: The lead role and multi-agency arrangements

    Video (5 scenes) · 2 lessons · 2 practice questions

  2. Module 2: Referrals and the child protection process

    Video (5 scenes) · 2 lessons · 3 practice questions

  3. Module 3: Early help and information sharing

    Video (4 scenes) · 2 lessons · 2 practice questions

  4. Module 4: Records and chronologies

    Video (4 scenes) · 2 lessons · 2 practice questions

  5. Module 5: Supervision, challenge and learning

    Video (4 scenes) · 2 lessons · 2 practice questions

  6. Final assessment & certificate