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Level 3 Safeguarding Training (Children)
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- Based on 107 enrolled learner reviews
- Price: Guaranteed Low Price + 14 Day Money Back Guarantee
- Level: 3
- Course Type: 100% Online Course
- Syllabus: 22 safeguarding modules
- Duration: 11+ hours guided learning
- Exams: Online assessment included
- Accreditation: Instant CPD certification after course completion
- Certificate: CPD accredited digital certificate included free
- Tutor Support: Support Included
- Access: Lifetime access
- Compatibility: Learn on any browser or device
Our Level 3 Safeguarding Training for Children is a detailed online course for people who work with children and young people.
It is ideal for staff in roles where they may need to spot concerns, respond to disclosures, assess risk, or follow safeguarding procedures.
This course helps you understand your key safeguarding duties. You will learn how to recognise signs of abuse, respond if you are worried about a child, report concerns in the right way, and support safer practice at work.
The course also covers important areas such as child protection, online safety, domestic abuse, trafficking, grooming, cyberbullying, referral, early help, and safeguarding responsibilities.
By the end of the course, you will feel more confident in making safe, clear, and responsible safeguarding decisions.
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Description - Level 3 Safeguarding Training
Our Level 3 Safeguarding Training for Children is based on key safeguarding principles used in England. It supports learners who work with children, young people, or families.
This course is suitable for people with a higher level of safeguarding responsibility. This may include managers, senior staff, team leaders, practitioners, and people who support safeguarding decisions at work.
Level 3 safeguarding training helps you understand what to do when a concern is raised. You will learn how to spot possible abuse, respond to a disclosure, record concerns, follow referral routes, and support early help.
This online course covers key safeguarding topics, including:
- Safeguarding principles and responsibilities
- Child protection laws and guidance
- Signs and types of child abuse
- Sexual abuse and domestic abuse
- Child trafficking and exploitation
- Risk assessment and early help
- Online safety, grooming, cyberbullying, and social media risks
- Responding to disclosures and reporting concerns
- What to do after a referral
At the end of the course, you will complete an online assessment. After passing, you can receive your CPD certificate as proof of learning.
This course supports workplace CPD and safeguarding awareness. If your role needs a specific safeguarding qualification, you should check your employer, local authority, or organisation’s training policy before enrolling.
We also offer Level 2 Safeguarding Children Training for learners who need a more general safeguarding awareness course.
Why take this Level 3 Safeguarding course?
This Level 3 Safeguarding Children course helps you build the knowledge and confidence to act when a child may be at risk.
It is designed for people who need more than basic safeguarding awareness. You will learn how to recognise concerns, respond in the right way, and follow clear safeguarding steps at work.
The course uses practical examples to help you understand how safeguarding works in real situations. This makes it easier to apply what you learn in your role.
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
- Understand your safeguarding duties when working with children
- Recognise signs of abuse, harm, neglect, and exploitation
- Identify different levels of risk and concern
- Respond safely if a child makes a disclosure
- Record and report safeguarding concerns clearly
- Follow referral routes and early help procedures
- Understand online risks such as grooming, cyberbullying, and unsafe content
- Support safer practice in schools, care, healthcare, childcare, and community settings
This course is informed by key safeguarding principles used in England, including safer working practice, information sharing, early help, and multi-agency support.
It is a strong choice for learners who want to improve their safeguarding knowledge, support workplace CPD, and feel more prepared to protect children and young people.
Certificate of Achievement
Upon successful completion, you will qualify for the UK and internationally-recognised CPD certificate and you can choose to make your achievement formal by obtaining your PDF Certificate at a cost of £9.99.
Who needs Level 3 Safeguarding Training?
This Level 3 Safeguarding Training for Children is suitable for people who work with children, young people, or families and have a higher level of safeguarding responsibility.
It is ideal for staff who may need to assess concerns, respond to disclosures, support referrals, or help make safeguarding decisions.
This course is suitable for:
- Teachers and teaching assistants
- Childminders and nursery staff
- Doctors, nurses, and healthcare workers
- Social workers and care workers
- Sports coaches and youth workers
- Police, paramedics, and emergency service staff
- Council and local authority workers
- Family support workers
- Safeguarding leads and deputy safeguarding leads
- Managers, supervisors, and team leaders
- Volunteers who work closely with children
This course may also support learners who want to move into a safeguarding role or improve their child protection knowledge for work.
Training needs can vary by job role, sector, employer, and local safeguarding policy. Please check your organisation’s requirements before enrolling if you need this course for a specific role.
What you'll learn
By the end of this Level 3 Safeguarding Training for Children, you will be able to:
- Explain what safeguarding means for children and young people
- Understand your safeguarding duties at work
- Recognise the signs of abuse, neglect, harm, and exploitation
- Understand how child abuse cases have shaped safeguarding law and guidance
- Know what to do if a child makes a disclosure
- Respond in the right way if you suspect a child is at risk
- Understand the importance of recording and reporting concerns
- Explain why multi-agency working is important in child protection
- Understand whistleblowing and when it may be needed
- Identify ways to reduce the risk of abuse in your setting
- Understand online risks, including grooming, cyberbullying, and unsafe content
- Follow referral routes and support early help where needed
- Understand the role of lead workers and safeguarding staff
- Make safer, clearer decisions when safeguarding concerns arise
Suitable for
This Level 3 Safeguarding Training for Children is suitable for people who work with children, young people, or families.
It is ideal for:
- Teachers and teaching assistants
- Childminders and nursery staff
- Doctors and nurses
- Healthcare workers
- Social workers
- Care workers
- Sports coaches and youth workers
- Police officers
- Paramedics and emergency service staff
- Council and local authority staff
- Family support workers
- Safeguarding leads and deputy safeguarding leads
- Managers, supervisors, and team leaders
- Volunteers who work with children
- Practitioners in education, care, health, and community settings
This course is also useful for anyone who wants to build stronger child protection knowledge for work, CPD, or career development.
Course Structure - Level 3 Safeguarding Training (Children)
This Level 3 Safeguarding Training for Children is split into clear modules. Each module helps you build practical safeguarding knowledge step by step.
Learn what safeguarding means and why it matters. This module explains the core principles of child protection and the importance of keeping children safe from harm.
Understand your role in safeguarding children. Learn what you should do if you see a concern, hear a disclosure, or believe a child may be at risk.
Explore key safeguarding laws, duties, and guidance used in England. This module helps you understand how legal duties support safer practice.
Learn why early relationships matter. This module explains how attachment, care, and emotional support can affect a child’s development.
Understand how children develop socially and emotionally. Learn how changes in behaviour may link to stress, harm, neglect, or unmet needs.
Explore how children grow, learn, and form their identity. This module helps you understand how development can affect behaviour and safeguarding needs.
Learn about the main types of child abuse. This includes physical abuse, emotional abuse, neglect, and exploitation. You will also learn how to spot possible warning signs.
Understand what child sexual abuse is and how it may present. Learn about signs, risks, grooming behaviour, and the need for safe reporting.
Learn how domestic abuse can affect children, even when they are not directly harmed. This module explains emotional impact, risk, trauma, and support needs.
Understand how to identify and assess safeguarding risks. Learn how risk levels can guide the next steps, including early help, referral, and urgent action.
Explore the risks linked to child trafficking and exploitation. Learn how to recognise possible signs and respond in a safe and timely way.
Learn why online safety is a key part of modern safeguarding. This module covers common digital risks and how children may be exposed to harm online.
Understand why privacy matters for children online. Learn how unsafe content, oversharing, and poor privacy settings can increase risk.
Learn what cyberbullying is and how it can affect children’s wellbeing. This module explains common signs, online behaviours, and safeguarding responses.
Understand how online grooming can happen. Learn about warning signs, manipulation tactics, and the importance of early reporting.
Explore how children use social media and where risks may appear. Learn how safer habits, privacy settings, and adult support can reduce harm.
Learn how mobile phones and tablets can create safeguarding risks. This module covers messaging apps, image sharing, location settings, and screen-time concerns.
Understand practical ways to support safer internet use. Learn about supervision, parental controls, open conversations, and age-appropriate boundaries.
Learn how excessive internet use may affect children’s behaviour, sleep, learning, and wellbeing. This module explains signs of concern and ways to support healthier habits.
Learn what to do if a child tells you something worrying. This module covers calm listening, clear recording, confidentiality, reporting routes, and safe next steps.
Understand what may happen after a safeguarding referral. Learn about follow-up actions, record keeping, information sharing, and working with the right people.
Learn how early help can support children and families before problems become worse. This module explains how to identify needs, offer support, and follow local procedures.
Recent Reviews
What learners say about our Level 3 Safeguarding Training for Children
★★★★★
9th June 2026
Great safeguarding course
A helpful course with good coverage of child protection, abuse signs and early help. The online format made it easy to study around work.
★★★★★
8th June 2026
Useful for school staff
I liked how the course covered safeguarding duties, recording concerns and what to do after a referral. It was practical and well structured.
★★★★★
7th June 2026
Good value and very informative
The modules were detailed but still easy to understand. I especially liked the topics on grooming, cyberbullying and safe use of social media.
★★★★★
6th June 2026
Helpful for CPD
The course was simple to access and the certificate was available after completion. It helped me refresh my safeguarding knowledge.
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Frequently Asked Questions
A Level 3 Safeguarding Children certificate does not normally have a fixed expiry date. However, many employers ask staff to refresh safeguarding training every 2 to 3 years.
You should check your employer, local authority, or organisation’s safeguarding policy to confirm how often you need to renew your training.
It is good practice to refresh safeguarding training regularly. Many workplaces ask staff to update their safeguarding knowledge every 2 or 3 years.
You may need to refresh sooner if your role changes, your employer updates its policy, or there are important changes to safeguarding guidance
No. Level 3 Safeguarding Training and Designated Safeguarding Lead training are linked, but they are not always the same.
Level 3 safeguarding training is suitable for people with a higher level of safeguarding responsibility. DSL training is more specific. It is designed for people who have been appointed as the Designated Safeguarding Lead or deputy DSL in their organisation.
If you need DSL training for a school, nursery, college, or workplace, you should check your employer’s exact training requirements
Level 3 Safeguarding usually means a more advanced level of safeguarding training.
It is often suitable for people who may need to respond to concerns, support referrals, assess risk, record information, or help make safeguarding decisions.
This course is designed to help learners build stronger knowledge of child protection, abuse, online safety, disclosure, reporting, referral, and early help.
This course is suitable for people who work with children, young people, or families and have extra safeguarding responsibilities.
This may include teachers, childminders, healthcare workers, social workers, care workers, youth workers, sports coaches, managers, safeguarding leads, and volunteers who work closely with children.
Not always. Some learners may take Level 3 safeguarding because their role requires a higher level of knowledge.
However, if you are new to safeguarding, you may wish to start with Level 2 first. You should check your workplace policy if you are unsure which level you need.
Yes. After you complete the course and pass the assessment, you can download your digital certificate.
You can use the certificate as evidence of your learning and CPD.
Yes. This course is suitable for teachers, teaching assistants, school support staff, and others who work with children in education settings.
If your role needs specific DSL training or training approved by your employer, you should check your school or organisation’s safeguarding policy before enrolling.
Yes. This course includes key online safety topics such as cyberbullying, internet grooming, unsafe online content, social media risks, mobile device safety, privacy, and monitoring children’s internet use.
The requirements can vary by organisation and sector. Many safeguarding officers or safeguarding leads need higher-level safeguarding training, strong knowledge of reporting procedures, and a clear understanding of their workplace safeguarding policy.
Some roles may also require DBS checks, sector-specific training, or DSL training. Always check your employer’s requirements before applying for or accepting a safeguarding role.
Course Curriculum
| Safeguarding Children | |||
| Module 01: Understanding Key Safeguarding Principles | |||
| Understanding Your Safeguarding Responsibilities | 00:22:00 | ||
| Module 02: Understanding Your Safeguarding Responsibilities | |||
| Understanding Key Safeguarding Principles | 00:19:00 | ||
| Module 03: Laws and Guidance | |||
| Laws and Guidance | 00:42:00 | ||
| Module 04: Infant Mental Health and Early Attachment | |||
| Infant Mental Health and Early Attachment | 00:29:00 | ||
| Module 05: Social and Emotional Development | |||
| Social and Emotional Development | 00:41:00 | ||
| Module 06: Personality and Intellectual Development of Children | |||
| Personality and Intellectual Development of Children | 00:32:00 | ||
| Module 07: Child Abuse | |||
| Child Abuse | 00:48:00 | ||
| Module 08: Sexual Abuse | |||
| Sexual Abuse | 00:39:00 | ||
| Module 09: The Impact of Domestic Violence and Abuse on Children | |||
| The Impact of Domestic Violence and Abuse on Children | 00:48:00 | ||
| Module 10: Risks and Risk Assessment | |||
| Risks and Risk Assessment | 00:16:00 | ||
| Module 11: Safeguarding Trafficked Children | |||
| Safeguarding Trafficked Children | 00:30:00 | ||
| Module 12: The Concept of Internet Safety for the Children | |||
| The Concept of Internet Safety for the Children | 00:48:00 | ||
| Module 13: The Concept of Privacy and Appropriate Online Content | |||
| The Concept of Privacy and Appropriate Online Content | 00:35:00 | ||
| Module 14: Cyberbullying | |||
| Cyberbullying | 00:41:00 | ||
| Module 15: Internet Grooming | |||
| Internet Grooming | 00:43:00 | ||
| Module 16: Safe Use of Social Media | |||
| Safe Use of Social Media | 00:18:00 | ||
| Module 17: Mobile Device Safety | |||
| Mobile Device Safety | 00:21:00 | ||
| Module 18: Tools and Tips for Monitoring Child's Internet Use | |||
| Tools and Tips for Monitoring Child’s Internet Use | 00:20:00 | ||
| Module 19: Identifying, Preventing and Overcoming Internet Addiction | |||
| Identifying, Preventing and Overcoming Internet Addiction | 00:21:00 | ||
| Module 20: Responding to Disclosure and Reporting | |||
| Responding to Disclosure and Reporting | 00:32:00 | ||
| Module 21: Things to Do after Referral | |||
| Things to Do after Referral | 00:22:00 | ||
| Module 22: Assessing Need and Providing Early Help | |||
| Assessing Need and Providing Early Help | 00:23:00 | ||
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