Online Safety Training (E-Safety)

This online safety course describes the various forms of abuse and danger caused by the use of technology and the internet, both for adults and children, and gives detailed information on how to counter its effects. This online safety training course will help learners to identify adults and children at risk and what forms online abuse takes, and how to recognise them. This course will provide learners with the information they need on how to help and protect adults and children from the dangers of technology The ability to protect children, young people and at-risk adults from harmful or inappropriate material online is extremely important, and anyone working with these groups needs to be able to identify potential risks as well as the signs and symptoms of vulnerabilities or suspected abuse. This is a wide-ranging online safety course that covers what online safety means and explores the various forms that online abuse can take and how to counter that abuse. This online safety training course will give learners the knowledge they need to spot children, young people and adults at risk and suffering from online abuse. Topics covered in this online safety course include: online safety for practitioners Online abuse: what it is and how it happens This keeping children safe online training course uses a multi-media approach to allow the learner to explore the content through videos and explainer screens, with a range of challenges to check the knowledge gained. On completion of this online safety course, the learners will be able to: Explain what online safety/online safety is. Identify how children and young people use technology and the internet Outline the benefits and risks of children and young people using technology and the internet Explain how to audit online safety and produce or update online safety policies Protect and manage personal data Identify and report abusive behaviour online Identify legislation that covers these issues, both across the UK as a whole and also as specific to Scotland, Northern Ireland, England and Wales. Outline how online grooming occurs Explain how to report abuse and help victims, and give advice on staying safe online Learn how to keep children safe online What online safeguarding training can I do next? We offer a wide range of popular CPD approved safeguarding courses, including Level 2 Safeguarding Children, Level 3 Safeguarding Everyone, Safer Recruitment and Safeguarding in Education. All of these courses are perfect to improve your safeguarding knowledge to help progress your career.