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Working with children and young people can be incredibly rewarding. but it also comes with a good deal of responsibility. One of the most important aspects of this responsibility is your obligation to keep those who are in your care safe from harm.
Safeguarding training is the perfect way to ensure that your team have the skills that they need in order to be able to provide a service that protects children and young people. So. let's have a look at the top 5 benefits that safeguarding training can bring to your workplace!
1. Learn who might be vulnerable
If you haven't ever undergone safeguarding training, it can be very difficult to distinguish which young people in your care may be at additional risk of mental or physical abuse or neglect. Safeguarding training gives a thorough overview of the different ways in which particular individuals might be vulnerable.
2. Recognising tell-tale signs of abuse and neglect
Moving directly on from learning about which young people are at an increased risk of being vulnerable, safeguarding training also covers the tell-tale signs of abuse and neglect, enabling your staff to actively monitor the young people in your care, being consciously aware of their wellbeing.
3. Improve your team's communication ability
The ability to communicate with the children and young people in your care about their needs and well-being lays at the core of safeguarding. Therefore, safeguarding training has a serious focus on the different ways in which staff can talk to children and young people about abuse and neglect.
4. Increase trust in your institution
Enforcing safeguarding training for all staff members shows to both parents and stakeholders that your organisation takes best practice very seriously. Additionally, it can encourage better communication between staff and volunteers and parents, as parents will be able to ask staff members questions related to safeguarding, knowing that they've undergone a professional-level certification in the subject.
5. Enable staff to record and report abuse and neglect appropriately
As an educator, club or care provider, discovering that there's been an incident or abuse and/or neglect among the children or young people in your care can be very distressing. Safeguarding training breaks down the appropriate courses of action to take, empowering your staff by giving them the skills and knowledge they need in order to appropriately report abuse and neglect.
EduCare is the UK's leading provider of online duty of care and safeguarding training.
With over 1,200 people completing one of our courses every day, we are the market leader in developing and delivering highly engaging online learning courses in partnership with leading experts. Our primary focus is on 'duty of care' to help keep children, young people and vulnerable adults safe from harm. Over four million people in a variety of different sectors have learnt how to fulfil their duty of care with EduCare.
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