Safeguarding, Lockdown in schools, positive handling & prevent duty – eLearning

The course is aimed at teachers, school administrators and support staff. It gives them an overview of what to expect and how to act in a lockdown situation and is intended to inform and prepare staff rather than alarm them.

• Introduction and the Lockdown Officer
• Reasons for Lockdowns
• The Lockdown Signal and the all Clear Signal
• Suitable Rooms for Lockdown
• Communication Arrangements Possible Terminology
• Violent Intruder Lockdown
• Possible Threat or Danger
• Staff Lockdown Responsibilities
• Home Office Police Requirements
• Simple Measures and Where to Seek Help

Positive Handling is a very serious subject. Knowing when and how to act in a difficult situation can be the difference between a positive outcome and a potentially career ending prosecution. This course will start by looking at some examples and statistics which highlight the seriousness and extent of aggressive pupil behaviour, it will then go on to explain how you can identify the stages of aggression and provide some tips on how you could de escalate a pupil before they lash out. It also looks at where the law stands on this subject and finally best practice in theory if you ever do need to restrain a pupil.

• The Course Structure
• A Serious Business
• The Aggression Curve
• The SCARF Model
• Government Advice and Guidance
• Making decisions: Duty of Care
• The Law
• Physical Intervention and Restraint
• Screening, Searching and Confiscation

This course starts with an overview of the Government’s Prevent strategy, and then looks at some of the reasons people become extremists. It goes on to cover the objectives of the Prevent strategy, how to base your actions on a risk based approach, what to do if you are concerned and much more.

• Introduction to the Course
• What is Prevent?
• Prevent Objectives
• Delivering Prevent with a Risk-Based Approach
• Extremism, Radicalisation and Terrorism
• What Should You Do If You Are Concerned?
• The Channel Process
• British Values

Our Safeguarding courses have been created because, first and foremost, each and every one of us has basic human rights. Chief among these is the right to be healthy, happy and treated well, regardless of race, age, gender or location. When these rights are abused in some way it’s wrong, and it is therefore vital that guidelines, policies and procedures are followed to enable everyone, without exception to live a life in which these basic values and rights are maintained and upheld.

• Introduction and Definitions
• Types of Abuse and the Rights of Vulnerable Adults
• Recognising the Signs of Abuse
• What to Do if you Suspect Abuse
• Safeguarding Legislation

Our Safeguarding courses have been created because, first and foremost, each and every one of us has basic human rights. Chief among these is the right to be healthy, happy and treated well, regardless of race, age, gender or location. When these rights are abused in some way it’s wrong, and it is therefore vital that guidelines, policies and procedures are followed to enable everyone, without exception to live a life in which these basic values and rights are maintained and upheld.

• Introduction to Safeguarding Children
• Types of Abuse, who may carry it out and why children may not tell
• How to Recognise the Signs of Abuse
• What to do if you suspect a child is being abused
• Safeguarding Legislation