Distance Learning - Safeguarding and Prevent (Level 2 Certificate) 2024-25

In 2019, a total of 5,738 individuals were referred to the Prevent programme, with the education sector accounting for 33% of this number. Anyone wanting to work in local authorities, schools, colleges, uniformed services or health and social care needs to be aware of safeguarding and the Prevent duty and how to include these principles in their day-to-day work practices. This 18 week level 2 course will give you a greater awareness of safeguarding and the Prevent duty, the responsibilities and procedures involved, and how to raise concerns effectively.

• Understanding the Prevent Duty
• Understanding Safeguarding
• Understanding Online Safety

If you choose to do this 18 week course in Understanding Safeguarding and Prevent, you will gain a greater awareness of safeguarding and the Prevent duty, the responsibilities and procedures involved, and how to raise concerns effectively. This course could lead you to a career in;

• Local Government Administrative Assistant (£17,500 to £24,500)
• Higher Education Lecturer (£33,000 to £54,000)
• Social Worker (£24,000 to £40,000)

Please see the distance learning introductory page to check your eligibility: https://dev.edc.ac.uk/study/distance-learning

you can complete your course online, by paper or online with paper resources
• we'll process your enrolment, and a tutor will be assigned to support you through your course, their contact details are in the joining instruction email
• an email containing your joining instructions will be sent, this email will contain your start and end date, submission dates. If completing online you will be advised of the weblink and your unique username for you to log into the e-assessor portal. If completing by paper you will still receive a joining instruction email and your paper resources will be posted out to you.
• if you need any guidance on your course content please contact your tutor direct.
• you will receive text reminders throughout your course
• your feedback from your tutor will either be online via e-assessor (located in my portfolio) or via email if completing by paper.

The course starts when you have received your joining instruction email containing your start, submission target dates and tutor contact details.

You have 18 weeks from enrolling to complete your course, this duration includes tutor feedback, internal verification and processing and your first assessment is due within 6 weeks of your start date.