OCN Level 2 Award in Understanding Protection and Safeguarding
Start Date: 13th September 2022
Code: YFPZ2116A1
- Free Short Courses
- Online
Essentials
Duration: 6 Weeks Online
Number of weeks: 6
Start date: 13th September 2022
End date: 18th October 2022
Day: Tue
Time: 18:00-22:00
Course fee: FREE
This course is fully funded by the Department for the Economy, under the Skill Up Programme. This course is a part of a suite of free online accredited courses that the College is offering to upskill, retrain and gain a qualification with no costs associated.
Course Content
The OCN NI Level 2 Award in Understanding Protection and Safeguarding qualification has been designed to provide the learner with the skills and knowledge to understand protection and safeguarding when working with children, young people and adults at risk.
The objectives of the qualification are to enable learners to be able to:
- identify signs and symptoms of abuse and possible contributory factors
- know how to respond to suspected or alleged abuse
- understand the national and local context of safeguarding and protection from abuse
- understand ways to reduce the likelihood of abuse
- know how to identify and report unsafe practices
Special Features
This course is fully online.
Learners must be at least aged 18 years of age on or before 1 July 2021, resident of Northern Ireland and eligible to work in the UK.
The OCN NI Level 2 Award in Understanding Protection and Safeguarding will allow learners to progress to other qualifications within the health and social care sector, and/or other sectors which will require an element of safeguarding and protection, for example sport or early years.