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Safeguarding issues, extremism and online safety are important issues in all walks of life. Our Level 2 Safeguarding course will give you the knowledge and skills you need to help recognise these matters and understand your role in mitigating them.
Our online curriculum consists of the NCFE CACHE Level 2 Certification in Understanding Safeguarding and Prevent specification. It will help you to develop your knowledge on your Prevent Duty, safeguarding, and online conduct and safety.
This course is fully online, giving you the flexibility to study in the comfort of your own home. With an online workbook, webinars, as well as email and call support from one of our tutors.
From just £99 or £25/month for 4 months!
Our Level 2 Understanding Safeguarding and Prevent course will give you the knowledge and skills you need to help recognise Safeguarding issues and understand your role in mitigating them.
From just £99 or £25/month for 4 months!
Our accredited course gets you a nationally recognised qualification you can put on your CV and hands-on support from professional tutors throughout your learning, as well as access to all of our online course materials.
If choosing our CPD course, you’ll have access to all of the course materials for self-guided study, alongside continuous, automated testing of your knowledge. You will gain a CPD certificate once you have completed the course.
The course only option gives you access to the course materials for self-guided study, allowing you to set your own pace, and you can discuss your course with your peers in an online forum.
Our Level 2 Understanding Safeguarding and Prevent course is designed to develop your knowledge on your prevent duty, safeguarding, and online conduct and safety. This qualification will be useful in a wide range of sectors or roles, predominantly education and healthcare sectors as they are likely to work with more at-risk individuals.
Over the duration of this course you will look at a variety of areas including how to reduce the risk of someone being radicalised, as well as how to recognise signs of abuse and correctly disclose them. You’ll also learn the consequences of inappropriate or illegal online activity and how to reduce the risks posed online.
This Level 2 qualification is a knowledge-based course so practical experience isn’t necessary to complete the qualification.
Our course is ideal for anyone looking to develop their knowledge and understanding of safeguarding, online safety and their Prevent Duty and can be taken by both young and adult learners.
Worried about distance? Your learning will be conducted 100% online with access to an online workbook, webinars, and one-on-one support from one of our tutors.
In order to gain accreditation for this course you must complete the units in order. Take a look at the units you’ll be studying on this course up above and see what you can expect to learn in each of them.
Safeguarding is vitally important in any role where you’ll be routinely working with children, young people, or vulnerable adults. Having your Safeguarding and Prevent qualification is going to ensure that you know what to do when you’re faced with someone in need.
Safeguarding in the Workplace
Since you’ll now be able to spot the signs of neglect, abuse, and radicalisation you can apply your knowledge in any role where you’re working with the aforementioned groups, it won’t just be an attractive part of your CV for prospective employers.
You’ll be able to employ what you’ve learned the most in an educational setting, regardless of the age range you’re going to be working with. Safeguarding and Prevent knowledge is seen as extremely important in the education sector, and will help you to get the position you want since you’ll be going into the application process able to show off your knowledge either on your CV or during your interview(s).
If you’re already working in an environment where safeguarding knowledge is important, such as a school or healthcare setting, the knowledge you gain in our Level 2 Safeguarding course will help you to do your job by making it easier for you to spot safeguarding issues and how you should deal with them.
Having this knowledge is going to be especially useful if your colleagues are lacking in training, meaning you can stand out and help to deal with the issues you or your team weren’t qualified for beforehand. You won’t just be improving yourself but helping to improve your organisation as a whole.
Further Progression
If you’re interested in using your safeguarding knowledge in a learning environment but don’t know where to start, you could look at taking a teaching assistant course and begin a new career in education.
If you’d like to learn more you should take a look at our helpful guide on how to become a teaching assistant. There are a wide range of roles you can take in education to make the most of your Safeguarding and Prevent knowledge from administration to teaching.
Supporting Qualifications
There are a number of supporting qualifications which might be useful when it comes to expanding on the knowledge you’ll gain throughout the course. You might look at taking a qualification in Childcare, Understanding Autism, or Equality and Diversity.
NCFE is a national Awarding Organisation as well as a registered educational charity and has a strong heritage in learning, going back over 150 years.
On completion of this course you will receive the NCFE CACHE Level 2 Certificate in Understanding Safeguard and Prevent (RQF Qualification Number: 603/2818/6). These qualifications are listed on the government regulated qualification website.
NCFE accredited qualifications contribute to the success of millions of learners at all levels, bringing them closer to fulfilling their personal goals. Last year alone, over 340,000 learners from over 2,000 colleges, schools and training organisations chose NCFE as the Awarding Organisation to help them move their careers forward.
NCFE is recognised as an Awarding Organisation by the qualification regulators for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The regulators are the Office of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulator (Ofqual) in England, the Welsh Government in Wales and the Council for Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA Regulation) in Northern Ireland.
Below is a list of units that you will have to complete as part of your Level 2 Safeguarding and Prevent course, along with a short summary of their content. It’s a good idea to familiarise yourself with what you’ll be exploring.
Unit 1 – Understanding the Prevent Duty
You will understand your Prevent Duty and what your roles and responsibilities are in relation to it. You will understand the terms ‘radicalisation’, ‘extremism’ and ‘terrorism’, and you’ll look at how to reduce the risk of radicalisation.
Unit 2 – Understanding Safeguarding
Understand the term ‘safeguarding’, identify national policies and local systems that relate to safeguarding, you will also know how to recognise signs of abuse or potential harm and know how to respond if abuse or harm is disclosed, suspected or alleged.
Unit 3 – Understanding Online Safety
You will know the potential consequences of inappropriate or illegal online activity, how to reduce the risks posed online, and how to spot signs and behavioural changes that could cause concern.
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Our accredited course gets you a nationally recognised qualification you can put on your CV and hands-on support from professional tutors throughout your learning, as well as access to all of our online course materials.
If choosing our CPD course, you’ll have access to all of the course materials for self-guided study, alongside continuous, automated testing of your knowledge. You will gain a CPD certificate once you have completed the course.
The course only option gives you access to the course materials for self-guided study, allowing you to set your own pace, and you can discuss your course with your peers in an online forum.
Our Level 2 Understanding Safeguarding and Prevent course is designed to develop your knowledge on your prevent duty, safeguarding, and online conduct and safety. This qualification will be useful in a wide range of sectors or roles, predominantly education and healthcare sectors as they are likely to work with more at-risk individuals.
Over the duration of this course you will look at a variety of areas including how to reduce the risk of someone being radicalised, as well as how to recognise signs of abuse and correctly disclose them. You’ll also learn the consequences of inappropriate or illegal online activity and how to reduce the risks posed online.
This Level 2 qualification is a knowledge-based course so practical experience isn’t necessary to complete the qualification.
Our course is ideal for anyone looking to develop their knowledge and understanding of safeguarding, online safety and their Prevent Duty and can be taken by both young and adult learners.
Worried about distance? Your learning will be conducted 100% online with access to an online workbook, webinars, and one-on-one support from one of our tutors.
In order to gain accreditation for this course you must complete the units in order. Take a look at the units you’ll be studying on this course up above and see what you can expect to learn in each of them.
Safeguarding is vitally important in any role where you’ll be routinely working with children, young people, or vulnerable adults. Having your Safeguarding and Prevent qualification is going to ensure that you know what to do when you’re faced with someone in need.
Safeguarding in the Workplace
Since you’ll now be able to spot the signs of neglect, abuse, and radicalisation you can apply your knowledge in any role where you’re working with the aforementioned groups, it won’t just be an attractive part of your CV for prospective employers.
You’ll be able to employ what you’ve learned the most in an educational setting, regardless of the age range you’re going to be working with. Safeguarding and Prevent knowledge is seen as extremely important in the education sector, and will help you to get the position you want since you’ll be going into the application process able to show off your knowledge either on your CV or during your interview(s).
If you’re already working in an environment where safeguarding knowledge is important, such as a school or healthcare setting, the knowledge you gain in our Safeguarding and Prevent course will help you to do your job by making it easier for you to spot safeguarding issues and how you should deal with them.
Having this knowledge is going to be especially useful if your colleagues are lacking in training, meaning you can stand out and help to deal with the issues you or your team weren’t qualified for beforehand. You won’t just be improving yourself but helping to improve your organisation as a whole.
Further Progression
If you’re interested in using your safeguarding knowledge in a learning environment but don’t know where to start, you could look at taking a teaching assistant course and begin a new career in education. If you’d like to learn more you should take a look at our helpful guide on how to become a teaching assistant. There are a wide range of roles you can take in education to make the most of your Safeguarding and Prevent knowledge from administration to teaching.
Supporting Qualifications
There are a number of supporting qualifications which might be useful when it comes to expanding on the knowledge you’ll gain throughout the course. You might look at taking a qualification in Childcare, Understanding Autism, or Equality and Diversity.
NCFE is a national Awarding Organisation as well as a registered educational charity and has a strong heritage in learning, going back over 150 years.
On completion of this course you will receive the NCFE CACHE Level 2 Award in Support Work in Schools and Colleges (RQF Qualification Number: 603/2478/8). These qualifications are listed on the government regulated qualification website.
NCFE accredited qualifications contribute to the success of millions of learners at all levels, bringing them closer to fulfilling their personal goals. Last year alone, over 340,000 learners from over 2,000 colleges, schools and training organisations chose NCFE as the Awarding Organisation to help them move their careers forward.
NCFE is recognised as an Awarding Organisation by the qualification regulators for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The regulators are the Office of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulator (Ofqual) in England, the Welsh Government in Wales and the Council for Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA Regulation) in Northern Ireland.
Below is a list of units that you will have to complete as part of your Level 2 Safeguarding and Prevent course, along with a short summary of their content. It’s a good idea to familiarise yourself with what you’ll be exploring.
Unit 1 – Understanding the Prevent Duty
You will understand your Prevent Duty and what your roles and responsibilities are in relation to it. You will understand the terms ‘radicalisation’, ‘extremism’ and ‘terrorism’, and you’ll look at how to reduce the risk of radicalisation.
Unit 2 – Understanding Safeguarding
Understand the term ‘safeguarding’, identify national policies and local systems that relate to safeguarding, you will also know how to recognise signs of abuse or potential harm and know how to respond if abuse or harm is disclosed, suspected or alleged.
Unit 3 – Understanding Online Safety
You will know the potential consequences of inappropriate or illegal online activity, how to reduce the risks posed online, and how to spot signs and behavioural changes that could cause concern.
