Designated Safeguarding Lead Refresher Online Course

This eLearning course is suitable to refresh your DSL training every 2 years for you and your safeguarding team.

This course is fully up to date with:

Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) 2023, as published by the DfE on 1 September 2023
Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023, as published by the DfE in December 2023

Course length: 3 to 4 hours
Suitable for: DSLs and deputy DSLs, as refresher training

In 3 to 4 hours, this course recaps all the core aspects of the designated safeguarding lead (DSL) role, as defined in statutory guidance. You'll update your knowledge of the latest requirements and best practice in safeguarding children and draw on the experience of other DSLs and safeguarding experts to develop your practice.

Modules:

Module 1: Child Protection / Safeguarding.
Module 2: What’s New / Update on Safeguarding Practice
Module 3: Legislation and Guidance
Module 4: Role of the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL)
Module 5: Information Sharing / Confidentiality & Consent

By the end of this course, you will:

Understand best practice across all your key DSL duties, as set out in Keeping Children Safe in Education
Be clear on the law and latest statutory guidance on safeguarding and child protection.
Know how to recognise different types of abuse and respond to a concern or incident.
Be confident in 'making the call' on whether to refer and how to make that decision.
Know how and when to share data, confidentiality, information sharing and consent and how to use it proactively to safeguard children.

Assessment Method

After completing each module there will be a quiz to assess your learning. You will move through the later modules upon successful completion of the quiz test. This process continues till the end of the course. You need to achieve and overall score of 70% correct answers to pass this online course.

Certification

After completing the course, you can instantly download your certificate for FREE.