Overview

Your safeguarding responsibility includes being vigilant for signs of child sexual abuse (CSA) and taking steps to protect young people from abusers. Sexual abuse can have a serious and long-term impact on survivors, affecting their psychological, emotional, and physical wellbeing.

To safeguard students, you need to be able to recognise the signs of CSA, such as withdrawal or self-harm. And you must respond appropriately by talking to students in the right way and following procedures to report your concerns.This will help you protect the young people in your care from abuse.

By the end of this course, you'll be able to:

• Recall CSA and its impact, to appropriately support students who experience it
• Identify the signs of CSA and risk factors, to be able to implement targeted support to affected students
• Recall how to respond to and prevent CSA, to help protect students

Why should I take this course

Everyone who works in an educational setting has a responsibility to safeguard students from abuse. This course will explain child sexual abuse and its impact, and help you spot the signs and the risk factors associated with it. You’ll also learn what to do when you suspect CSA and how to help protect students from abuse.