This course is designed for professionals working in health, social care, education, and community settings to provide them with a clear and accessible overview of adult safeguarding responsibilities.

This course explores the key online risks children and young people face today, including harmful content, contact, and conduct. School staff will be guided through current trends in online behaviour, including the use of social media and messaging apps, and how these can impact safeguarding concerns. We’ll unpack how a whole-school approach can embed online safety into everyday practice, aligned with inspection standards, curriculum guidance and safeguarding frameworks.

This training session provides participants with a clear understanding of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) as a form of child abuse and gender-based violence. It explores the cultural, social, and psychological context surrounding the practice and equips professionals with the knowledge and confidence to identify, respond to, and safeguard those at risk.

This course explores the complex dynamics of child-on-child abuse, including how environmental, social, and digital factors contribute to harmful behaviours.

Professionals and parents tell us that they struggle to keep up with the ever-evolving trends of social media platforms. There is a need now more than ever to understand these platforms, as children and young people are spending an increasing amount of time online.

In an era where online interactions have the power to shape real-world attitudes and behaviours, understanding the complexities of incel ideology, toxic masculinity, and misogynistic narratives is crucial.

This course provides clear guidance for recognising, responding to, and managing online bullying behaviour targeted at school staff. You’ll explore how this behaviour impacts individuals and the wider school community, and gain practical strategies to help protect yourself, maintain professional boundaries, and support a safer learning environment.

Pornography is more accessible than ever, with young people increasingly exposed to explicit content online. This course examines the pornography of today, how access and content has changed, and the risks this poses to those in your care.

Explore the impact pornography and sexual imagery has on young people, the brain and their behaviour and how such exposure can create pathways to harm.

This session aims to keep participants updated on current themes, trends, best practices and potential risks relating to safeguarding. Focusing on children and young people’s online lives, popular gaming and social media platforms are discussed. The session aims to equip participants with effective responses, reporting pathways, and help identify available support.