Welcome to this Safeguarding Course!
This course has been made available for you by Leicestershire County Council in partnership with Phasic Ltd as part of the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme.
The course will provide you with the information that you need to know about safeguarding as someone involved in the programme.
To enrol on this course, you must be registered for an account with Phasic. Registration is free, and this course is free to those involved in the HAF programme in Leicestershire.
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To register for a free account, please complete the registration form here

Instructions for navigating through this course
Further down this page you will find the course content which shows a list of the various lessons in the course. Each lesson has one or more topics. When you first scroll down the page you will see the lessons listed in rows, and you will be able to see how many topics are in that lesson but the topics themselves will not be visible. At the right hand side of the row, you have the option to expand the lesson. When you expand a lesson, an option or collapse the topics is available. You can also expand or collapse all of the lessons with the button at the top of the course content section.
With a lesson expanded, you can click on the first topic and that will take you to the lesson content. When you finish the topics for that lesson, you will be able to navigate to the next lesson.
It is important that you open the topics, not just the lessons, or you will not see the course content.
You can navigate from lesson to lesson, but that will only show the first topic in the lesson. There is also a course progress bar.
If you are struggling or unclear, please take a look at the video below which we hope will help you. The first video is shorter and shows you the key points, but without audio. The second video is longer and contains audio that describes how to navigate the course. Please feel free to chose either option if you wish to.
To get started, with the e-learning, please click “Introduction and Aims” below.
More information about programme generally can be found at:
Holiday Activities and Food Programme 2022 – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
More information about the Leicestershire HAF programme can be found at:
Enrolling children and young people in free holiday clubs | Leicestershire County Council
More information about the Leicestershire County Council Early Years and Childcare service can be found at:
Early Years and Childcare Service | Leicestershire County Council
More information about Phasic Ltd can be found at:
Course Curriculum
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Introduction and Aims
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Welcome
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Aims
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What is Safeguarding?
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Definition of Safeguarding
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The Spectrum of Safeguarding
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How Safeguarding Should Work
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Legal Responsibilities and Duties
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Legislation
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National Guidance
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Local Guidance
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Duties & Responsibilities
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Safeguarding & Child Development
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Why understanding child development matters
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How children develop
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Developmental milestones
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What is Abuse ?
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Definition of Abuse
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Categories of Abuse
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Physical Abuse
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Sexual Abuse
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Emotional Abuse
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Neglect
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The cumulative impact of abuse
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Recognising Abuse
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Discovering Abuse
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Our role in identifying and responding to abuse
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Disclosure
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Barriers to Disclosing
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Recognising Physical Abuse
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Recognising Sexual Abuse
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Recognising Emotional Abuse
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Recognising Neglect
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General Indicators of Abuse
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Hearing the Child's Voice
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Vulnerability & Risk
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Particular Vulnerabilities
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Particular Risks
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Understanding Vulnerability and Risk
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Current Issues and Risks
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Overview
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Technology
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Exploitation
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Radicalisation
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Abuse of a Position of Trust
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Domestic Abuse
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Abuse Related to Faith or Belief
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Gang Related Abuse
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Harmful Sexual Behaviour (HSB)
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Disguised Compliance
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Missing Children, unaccompanied children, trafficking and modern slavery.
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Mental Health
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Private Fostering
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Peer Abuse (also referred to as peer-on-peer abuse)
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Safeguarding Systems Failures
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Institutional Prejudice & Labelling
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Trilogy of Risk Factors
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Victims and Perpetrators
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Child Abduction & Community Safety
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Children and the Criminal Justice System
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Children with Family Members in Prison
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Poverty & Homelessness
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Sexual Harassment & Violence
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Hate crime
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Responding To Safeguarding Concerns
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Receiving a Disclosure
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Identifying Concerns
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Assessing Risk
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Ensuring Immediate Safety
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Recording & Reporting
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Silencing Factors
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Confidentiality & Information Sharing
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Signs of Safety
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What is the Signs of Safety Approach?
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Managing Yourself
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Understanding the impact of our own values, attitudes, beliefs and experiences.
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Reflection
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Where to Get Support
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Escalation and Whistleblowing
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Allegations Against Staff & Volunteers