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Safeguarding by British Council
We support school teachers and leaders to enhance their understanding and implementation of safeguarding practices with our expert-led training sessions, including self-access modules and courses on the OSS.
The British Council is a global organisation that works to build international understanding and trust through education and culture. We are committed to creating a safer world for children and young people, and we believe that education is a powerful tool for change.
Global Safeguarding Toolkit
NEW RESOURCE: Global Safeguarding Toolkit
This guide is designed for Safeguarding Leads: professionals appointed within schools with a lead safeguarding responsibility. The guide supports their knowledge and awareness of the requirements needed to implement an effective safeguarding framework within their education setting.
Course
Advanced Safeguarding in Schools: Essential Training for Educators Worldwide
Protect the children in your care with confidence. This comprehensive safeguarding course, developed by the British Council and UNICEF, provides school leaders and teachers with practical skills to create safe learning environments, recognize risk indicators, and respond appropriately to safeguarding concerns. Build essential knowledge that makes a real difference to student safety and wellbeing.
Course units
Unit 1: Understanding children's rights and safeguarding standards
This foundational module establishes core safeguarding knowledge by exploring personal beliefs, professional responsibilities, and international standards. Participants will examine different types of abuse, understand key safeguarding frameworks, and learn how schools function as protective environments for students.
Unit 2: The school as a protective environment
This module examines educational institutions' legal obligations and duty of care requirements for protecting children. Participants will develop practical knowledge to identify, implement, and evaluate safeguarding protocols while exploring real-world case studies that demonstrate how these responsibilities apply in educational settings.
Unit 3: Prevention and risk management
This module focuses on proactive safeguarding through prevention strategies and risk assessment. Participants will learn to identify potential risks before incidents occur, understand primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention approaches, and develop practical skills for managing safeguarding risks in educational environments.
Unit 4: Risk indicators
This module explores child and adolescent development to enhance safeguarding awareness. Participants will examine typical developmental stages, learn to identify potential abuse indicators based on developmental milestones, and understand appropriate versus concerning sexual behaviors in young people.
Unit 5: Responding to safeguarding concerns
This module focuses on how to respond to safeguarding concerns in a way that is appropriate, sensitive, and effective. Participants will learn to recognize and appropriately respond to indicators of abuse, understand the importance of confidentiality, and develop a framework for managing safeguarding concerns in educational settings.
Resources
Digital life hacks for kids - Poster
An infographic poster on digital life hacks for kids.
Digital life hacks for parents - Booklet
A booklet on digital life hacks for parents and carers to support their children.
Digital life hacks for parents - Poster
An infographic poster on digital life hacks for parents and carers to support their children.
Digital life hacks for schools - Booklet
A booklet on digital life hacks for schools to support their students.
Digital life hacks for schools - Poster
An infographic poster on digital life hacks for schools to support their students.
