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ITC Level 2 Award in Safeguarding and Protecting Children and Young People

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This ITC 2 Award in Safeguarding and Protecting Children and Young People is part of the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF).

 It is suitable for learners working, or wishing to work, with children (aged below 16) and young people (aged between 16 and 18), including voluntary roles.  The learning outcomes are based on the recommendations of:

  • DofE Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022
  • HM Government Prevent Strategy
  • Children’s Act 2004
  • National and local safeguarding policies

This qualification supports learners to understand how to safeguard and protect children, young people and practitioners in the workplace as well as how to recognise the signs and symptoms and respond to evidence or concerns that a child or young person has been abused. The definition of a child is a person aged below 16 and young people are those aged between 16 and 18.

Learning Outcomes covered:

  • Understand safeguarding and protection
  • Understand abuse and neglect and the indicators of abuse and neglect
  • Know how to respond to disclosure of, or suspected, abuse and neglect