Bild Certified PMVA Training
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Children- Support & Protection
Course Description
This training provides healthcare professionals and practitioners with the knowledge, awareness, and skills required to recognise, respond to, and report safeguarding concerns involving children. It highlights the importance of multi-agency collaboration, cultural sensitivity, and adherence to legal frameworks to ensure the protection and welfare of children.
Course Summary
Duration: Approximately 1 hour
CPD Points: 1 CPD point
Certificate: Certificate of completion awarded
Access: 6 months from date of purchase
Delivery: 100% online, self-paced training
Who Is This Course For?
This course is designed for:
Nurses, midwives, doctors, and allied health professionals
Social care and childcare practitioners
School staff and education professionals
Volunteers and support workers engaging with children
Any professional with safeguarding responsibilities
Course Contents
Child Protection – everyone’s responsibility
Key safeguarding definitions
Every Child Matters framework
National safeguarding guidance
Considerations of culture, race, and ethnicity
What is abuse and neglect?
Associated and additional risk factors (including disability)
Categories of abuse, definitions, and indicators
Recognising bruising in immobile infants/babies
Barriers to disclosure and reasons children may not report abuse
Responding when a child reports abuse
Referral pathways and safeguarding reporting procedures
The Common Assessment Framework (CAF)
Child protection process and multi-agency roles
Whistleblowing in safeguarding
Benefits of effective multi-agency working
Course Outcomes
By completing this module, learners will:
Recognise safeguarding as a shared responsibility across all professionals.
Identify categories, indicators, and risk factors for child abuse and neglect.
Understand additional vulnerabilities in disabled children.
Respond appropriately when a child discloses abuse.
Follow correct procedures for referrals and safeguarding concerns.
Understand the child protection process, whistleblowing policies, and multi-agency collaboration.
Apply safeguarding principles in a culturally sensitive and legally compliant manner.
Frameworks & Standards
This course aligns with:
Children Act 1989 & 2004
Every Child Matters Framework
Working Together to Safeguard Children (Statutory Guidance, UK)
Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) CPD Requirements – contributing to the 35 hours of CPD every 3 years (including participatory learning).
Safeguarding Best Practice Standards – including whistleblowing, multi-agency collaboration, and the Common Assessment Framework (CAF).
