Safeguarding young people and young adults 16-25 training course

Take our Keeping 16-25 year olds safe from abuse e-learning course

Do you work or volunteer with young people or young adults and want to better understand your role in safeguarding them from abuse, neglect or harm?

Created by experts in safeguarding, this elearning course, produced in association with the Ann Craft Trust, will help give you a clear understanding of your role and responsibilities in protecting the young people you meet and work with.

What will I learn?

Each of the five core sections takes about 20-40 minutes to complete, including a set of questions. The course includes dramatised scenarios, short films with professionals and the opportunity to reflect. You’ll be given a full explanation of the correct and incorrect answers to help you develop your understanding and confidence.

By the end of the course you’ll be able to:

recognise what is meant by child abuse or abuse of adults at risk
identify the legislation and guidance is now four nation compliant that provides the framework for safeguarding young people or young adults in need of care and support
describe the types, signs and indicators of abuse as they apply to children up to 18 years, or young adults between 18 and 25 years
understand how to respond to concerns about the welfare and wellbeing of young people and know who to report to
follow the principles of good recording practice.

Training package for voluntary and community groups

Buy this course as a package of four courses covering the key areas you need to know about safeguarding and child protection: introduction to safeguarding and child protection, online safety, safeguarding young people and young adults and safer recruitment. Cost: £130 £95

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Benefits of the course

No previous safeguarding training needed.
Developed in association with the Ann Craft Trust, a leading UK authority in safeguarding children with disabilities and adults at risk.
Up-to-date and in line with the key legislation and guidance in all four UK nations.
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.
Download a personalised certificate of achievement.
Purchase licences on behalf of your team and easily download reports to show who has completed the course.
Includes film interviews with experts and practitioners in the field, interactive quizzes, film scenarios 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 you work with.
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.

Who is this course for?

We can all play a part in protecting young people from abuse, no matter what your role or where you are.

So whether you’re a carer, volunteer, working for an organisation or independently, a professional working in social care or education, or you work with young adults under the age of 25, this elearning course will increase your confidence in safeguarding and protecting the young people you work with.

If your organisation has young volunteers, employs young people or offers apprenticeships, internships, and traineeships, this training will ensure you are empowering your staff to keep 16-25 year olds safe from abuse.

This course is also available to buy as part of our elearning training package for voluntary groups.

Why take your training with the NSPCC?

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.

Technical requirements

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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setting the following web domain to ‘trusted’: https://mylearning.nspcc.org.uk

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

Quantity	Price per person
1-9	£35.00
10-49	£31.50
50-99	£29.75
100-999	£28.00