Learning Outcomes

Child Protection and Safeguarding Basics

Types of Child Abuse

Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuses

How to Respond to Disclosure and How to Report

Recent Challenges, Pandemic and Safe Working Practices

Recent Changes in Legislation, Guidance and Advice

Lesson Summary

This module will explain preventing child abuse, where you will learn about the types of abuse, their signs, and their effects. It also covers the disclosure of abuse, how to manage it, and the associated myths. The pandemic and lockdown highlighted the vulnerability of children, which will be discussed before covering some critical legislation.

Course assessment

Learn how to protect children from abuse, exploitation and neglect in the UK in this free online safeguarding course.

Essentials of Safeguarding from Child Abuse

Children rely on the people close to them to protect them from abuse, exploitation, violence and neglect. Sometimes this protection is provided by professionals dedicated to safeguarding the wellbeing and safety of the young. This course provides the training required to recognise the signs and effects of various types of child abuse. We explain how to help vulnerable children and lay out the steps taken to report ‘disclosures of abuse’.

2U Lays Off Staff for the Sixth Time Since its $800M edX Acquisition

Harvard’s Intro to Python: Earn a Free Certificate

Coursera and Udemy are Finally One. What’s Next?

Learn Something New: 100 Most Popular Courses For November

2022 Year in Review: The “New Normal” that Wasn’t

6 Best Site Reliability Engineering Courses to Take in 2025

Learn English as a Second Language (ESL) with Hundreds of Courses & Sites

Udemy vs Coursera: Comparing Online Learning Giants that IPO’d in 2021

Inside the Coursera-Udemy Deal: Three Bids, Two Years and a Rival Suitor

900+ Open University Free Certificates

8 Best Tailwind Courses for 2026: Build Beautiful, Responsive Websites

12 Best Data Science Courses for 2025

7 Best Reverse Engineering Courses for 2025

Coursera 10-K Highlights: Lower Partner Revenue Share, 1k+ Employees

How GenAI Costs Sank Duolingo’s Stock 20% (A Non-AI Generated Analysis)

2U/edX Implements Another Round of Layoffs Amid Ongoing Financial Struggles