ecp training courses for professionals - child protection
TRAINING FOR PROFESSIONALS | EDUCATION

Spotlight - Online Safety

Course Outline

This dynamic, high quality CPD session will provide professionals with an up-to-date insight into the digital world pupils are living in today. It will focus on the relevant challenges the internet poses towards our pupils i.e. what children share online, chat apps, gaming and online ‘friendships’. We focus on keys messages from ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education (September 2023)’:

  • Awareness of social media, chat platforms, live streaming and gaming
  • Examining content: being exposed to illegal, inappropriate or harmful material including online challenges
  • Recognising harmful contact: including grooming and exploitation
  • Exploring the impact of conduct: including the consensual and non-consensual sharing of nudes and semi-nude images as well as cyber-bullying
  • Identifying commerce: including the risk from gambling in gaming
  • Empowering digital resiliency with pupils
  • Responding effectively to concerns

Different sessions are offered for Secondary & Primary schools, covering the guidance, trends and information relevant to your school.

For more information on course content and outcomes please watch this video.  

Target Audience

Whole staff communities in education.


Bookings are per organisation (i.e. for 1 school / provision). If you are a consortium of schools or a trust, please contact us for a quote regarding a group booking.

FAQs

How is this training delivered?

Our spotlights are offered as a self-paced training resource that will be shared with you via link that can be accessed by you and your team.

Full instructions of how to access our training platform will be sent to you and we will always be on hand to support you with any queries.

Our self-paced training is shared for a period of your choice, and can be accessed at any time during the academic year you have the training booked with us.


Do I need this training for my role?

The Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance and Ofsted inspection framework stipulates that staff need to complete training on specific issues including Child Sexual Exploitation, Child Criminal Exploitation, Mental Health, Online Safety and Child on Child Abuse. These spotlights have been designed to ensure that your teams meet these requirements as well as empower you with the knowledge you need to respond with confidence while supporting your pupils.


Will I receive a certificate?

You will receive a PDF certificate for attending our training sessions. You need to ensure you are available and engaged for the full duration of the training session in order to receive your certificate.


How do I book this training?

Our training is booked using the online booking form via the ‘BOOK NOW’ button on the Course tab of this page. Once completed, you will receive confirmation that your form has been submitted, then you will receive an email confirmation of your booking. Bookings are not confirmed until you have received this as we may have questions we need to ask you or the date you request may not be available.

If you would like to contact us to check availability or ask any further questions before completing the booking form, please call us on 01727 808340 or via the chat function on the website.


What is the difference between face-to-face, live virtual, and pre-recorded training options?

As far as possible, our Online Safety training is as close to being the same as they can be! All the required content is covered to the highest standard, and we aim to keep as much interaction and engagement in all of our sessions as we do in our face-to-face training.

Face-to-face is our preferred method of training, but we know this is not always possible so have made our live virtual and self-paced courses available so you don’t have to miss out on being able to access our courses.


I only have a few members of staff that need to complete this training, what is the best option?

ECP can make this course available for individuals as a recorded training resource. You can find the details for this on our courses for individuals page of our website.

For these courses, the price is per person and you can book multiple spaces for your staff.


I struggle to get all of my staff available at one time to complete training, what is my best option?

You can join ECP’s Safeguarding Society. By becoming a member with ECP, you can have unlimited access to a self-paced version of The Prevent Duty Training – as well as other vital courses – via our training platform throughout the academic year.
Staff will then be able to log onto your membership portal and complete the training at a time that suits them – and you! Find out more here.


Reviews

The session has made me more aware and I can try to have safer conversations with children and remind them about online safety. Love this training. Such an eye opener.
– Putteridge Primary School


I am more knowledgeable about how to help children protect themselves online. It was brilliant and informative
– St Mary’s School


Thank you for this workshop. We thought it was excellent and were particularly impressed by the consultant - her knowledge and presenting skills
– Pinnerwood School


Leo was really engaging and I really enjoyed the session. Paced well and great balance of material
– Teacher, Parmiters School


It’s given me a greater awareness and up to date information on current social media areas, thank you it was excellent
–South Chingford foundation School


The training went very well and colleagues were very happy with the content and delivery, thank you
– St Anne’s School


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ECP will send you an email with the relevant links to each session to be shared with participants. Participants will then be able to register themselves for their session.

You can view our joining instructions below:

Participants will have access to their allocated session, for a set time period, where they can access the content when they wish.

All courses have specific dates and times which participants must attend. Courses that are 6 hours in duration will be delivered in 2 x 3-hour sessions.
Questions can be submitted during the self-paced webinar. All questions will then be collated and a written response created at the end of the webinar period. This will be made available to you the following week.

Live sessions have interactive elements which include voting in polls, audio interaction, raising hands and opportunities for Q & A.
Yes - The sessions are closed sessions. Participants will be informed when registering whether or not webcam and microphone access is required for their specific course. The data collated from participants is their first name, surname, role title and email address – unless additional data is requested by the client. A disclaimer is provided, and data will be deleted once shared with you.
Attendee report - including engagement data.
Q & A report from self-paced sessions - which will be sent to you the following week for you to cascade.
Feedback Report – a survey completed after the session.
Post course handouts – sent out to every attendee.