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Duration

3 hours
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Online course to help professionals with safeguarding children and young people from county lines and exploitation

Awareness, prevention and early intervention are key in tackling county lines and child criminal exploitation. What seems like a small or isolated issue could be part of a bigger picture that a young person may be at risk of harm and need support. 

Anyone who works, volunteers or comes into contact with children and young people is in a good position to notice and act on any concerns about their safety and wellbeing.

This online course will give you the knowledge you need to recognise the signs and indicators of county lines exploitation and respond appropriately. 

What will I learn?

You will learn what county lines is and who is affected; the grooming and entrapment process; signs that a child or young person may be experiencing county lines abuse; how to respond and report concerns – including how to work with other agencies involved; and how to work with and support young people and their families. 

The online course contains three modules: 

  • risks and vulnerability factors
  • recognising, responding to and reporting concerns
  • supporting children and young people.

You’ll learn through a combination of teaching pages, videos, case studies, reflection and assessment questions. 

Experts from the NSPCC, St Giles Trust, Catch 22 and the police explore and explain county lines, how to respond and how to support children and young people.

Through Kyle’s and Mya’s stories you’ll better understand how county lines happens, the impact it has, and how you can help keep children and young people safe. 

Benefits of the course

  • No previous child protection training needed.
  • Regularly updated to reflect changes in legislation, guidance and best practice advice (last updated in May 2025).
  • CPD certified.
  • Complete at your own pace and in your own time.
  • Train anytime, anywhere and take the course as many times as you like within one year.
  • Personalised downloadable certificate of achievement.
  • If you purchase licences on behalf of your organisation, you can download a report that shows who has completed the course.
  • Includes film interviews with experts, interactive quizzes and reflective tasks to help you develop your understanding and confidence.
  • Once you've taken the course, it doesn’t stop there. We have a range of further information, training and downloadable resources to help you protect the children and young people.
  • Income generated from the sale of our training courses is reinvested back into the NSPCC to help protect children.
98%
of our customers would recommend NSPCC training
* We received 35,644 evaluation forms from people who had taken our elearning courses between 1st April 2023 - 31st March 2024. 35,074 (98.4%) said they would recommend the course they had taken.

This course is suitable for anyone who works with children and young people. No prior child protection training is needed. 

This includes people working in schools and education, children's social work and voluntary and community groups, as well as adults who may come into contact with children less often such as police, medical professionals and those working in the housing, sport, faith and travel sectors. 

County lines can happen to any child, anywhere. The course therefore uses explanations and examples that are applicable to many different situations, as well as some sector-specific advice for schools. 

It covers legislation and guidance for England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

At the NSPCC, we work to keep children and young people safe from abuse and neglect every day.

As experts in safeguarding and child protection, we understand the issues organisations and people working with children can face. That’s why professionals trust us to provide the support, training and resources they need to help protect the children and young people they work with.

Our highly-rated training courses are developed by experts. We work with a number of organisations, experienced consultants and subject matter experts in a range of sectors to develop courses that are clear, easy-to-use, up-to-date and in line with the latest statutory guidance, and tailored to your needs.

And as a charity, income generated from the sale of our training courses is reinvested back into the NSPCC to help protect children.

This elearning course is CPD certified by the CPD Certification Service. This means you can be confident that the training meets the highest standards.

Continuing professional development, or CPD for short, helps professionals keep their skills and knowledge up to date. It demonstrates your commitment to safeguarding children and upholding the standards of your profession.

Some professional associations have mandatory CPD or safeguarding training requirements for their members, but all professionals will benefit from investing time in their CPD. And taking an online CPD course means you can train at your own pace, wherever suits you.

Our online courses will work in most browsers, though we recommend that you use Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge or Safari (not Firefox). You will need to make sure your browser is up to date for the course to run.

This course can be taken on PCs and Macs, as well as iPads or other tablet devices. Please note, we are unable to provide full technical support for tablet users. We do not support other mobile devices.

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Call us on 0116 234 7246 or email learning@nspcc.org.uk if you have any questions.

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Our online course was last updated in May 2025.

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Buying for your organisation? If you would like to host this course on your learning management system call us on 0116 234 7246 or email learning@nspcc.org.uk.

"You have put an incredible amount of time into producing such a comprehensive training package, so detailed and valuable."



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