Protecting Children is Everyone's Business

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12 months access
1 attempt at passing

What you will learn About this course Resources Course Structure

What you will learn

Everybody has a role in promoting health, safety and wellbeing for children and young people, including individuals, families, service providers, communities and organisations.

This level 1 foundation course is designed to support all health workers to recognise and respond to child safety issues through the development of baseline skills and knowledge. Clinical staff may follow up with the level 2 courses shown.

Relevance

This is the first course in the series of four Child Safe courses.

Level 1 Foundation course, for all health staff

Protecting Children is Everyone's Business.

Level 2 courses, for clinical staff and their managers

Understanding and Responding to Major Risk Factors
Responding to Suspected Harm or Risk of Harm
Trauma Informed Care.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course you will be able to:

describe what is meant by a public health approach to nurturing and protecting children and young people (CYP) and identify examples of approaches
describe child centred, family focused and strength based practice
identify factors of adversity that place children at risk
identify protective factors that predict better outcomes for children and families particularly in situations of risk or adversity
discuss resilience
outline the role of workers in facilitating the nurturing and protection of children
describe your duty of care in relation to child protection
recognise the indicators of CYP harm caused by sexual, physical, mental or emotional abuse or neglect
identify local statutory processes related to child safety.

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About this course

Duration

The course will take approximately 45 minutes to complete.

Certificate of Completion

On successful completion of the assessments you can download a certificate of completion.

Disclaimer

This course adheres to South Australian (SA Health) guidelines and Australian National Standards.

The principles described in the course can however be applied to any health care setting.

If you practice outside South Australia it is your responsibility to refer to the specific requirements of your local health authority.

Compliance

This course aligns with the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards, Second Edition – Standards 1, 2, 5 and 6.

Partnering with Consumers Standard: Ticked

Preventing and Controlling Healthcare-Associated Infection Standard

Communication for Safety Standard: Ticked

Recognising and Responding to Acute Deterioration Standard

Resources

Personal safety

Dealing with child safety and wellbeing can, at times, be quite challenging and confronting. If you find this is the case, do what you need to do to take care of yourself so that you can continue with your learning. This might involve taking a break, taking time to think about what is causing the discomfort or talking to someone else about your thoughts or feelings.

If you require any support contact your organisation’s Assistance Program (EAP).

Crisis support in Australia:
Lifeline: 13 11 14
Suicide Call Back Service – 1300 659 467
Kids Helpline (for young people aged 5 to 25 years): 1800 55 1800

Organisations

NAPCAN (National Association for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect)
NAPCAN’s strategy is to support and encourage changes in individual and community behaviour to stop child abuse and neglect before it starts.

South Australia Department for Child Protection

The Child and Family Welfare Association of South Australia (CAFWA-SA)
CAFWA-SA is an influential peak body for the not-for-profit organisations providing family support and child protection services for children, young people and families in South Australia – early intervention, family support, family preservation and various out of home care services (foster care and residential care).