Online safety: protecting children online

Who should attend? Staff and volunteers who have specialist child protection responsibilities and/or involvement in multiagency safeguarding assessment, planning and responses.

Why should they attend? As technology advances, children are being increasingly exposed to online harm. It can be difficult for practitioners to know how best to prevent and respond to online harm, and what information to give to children and their families. Learning from local reviews shows us this is particularly difficult for children with additional vulnerabilities who may be reliant on the online world for comfort or validation. This training will help participants to develop their knowledge of online risks and improve skills to identify and respond to these.

What are the learning objectives?By the end of the course, delegates will:

• Develop their knowledge about the online world, current platforms children engage with and emerging online risks.
• Develop their knowledge of the risks children face online, including the 4 Cs of online risk and the concept of digital neglect.
• Develop their knowledge of children who are more at risk in the online world.
• Develop skills to identify and recognise when children are at risk in the online world.
• Develop knowledge of how to respond and protect children, including safety planning and disruption.
• Develop skills to help children engage safely with the online world and build the tools for early intervention to prevent or disrupt harm.
• Develop skills to work with parents and carers to provide guidance, information and support in keeping their children safe online.
• Understand the local policies, guidance and best practice in keeping children safe online.
• Reflect on how individuals and agencies can improve safeguarding responses to reduce risk of harm to children online.

How is the course delivered? This free half-day course is delivered by an independent trainer and both online and in-person options are available.

Please use the staff entrance (on Buxton Road) and ask for Paula King at reception

Location via what3words: crops.sorry.diary