1 in 5 children between 8 and 11 years old have had hurtful things said to them online

  • Health & Safety
  • 40 languages
  • 30m

Learning outcomes

  • Understand how children and young people use the internet and online technology
  • Know how to keep children safe online and manage their emotional wellbeing
  • Explore the Online Safety Act, what it says, and the responsibilities it creates

Covered in this course

Course contents

This training course is broken down into 3 sections

  1. 1
    Children's Online Safety
  2. 2
    Your Responsibilities
  3. 3
    The Online Safety Act

About this course

If you work with children and young people, or if you’re a parent or guardian, you have a responsibility to help keep them safe from online dangers. To be effective, you need to know what threats they face and what you can do to remove or reduce them.

Alongside your vigilance, there’s the Online Safety Act which is a piece of legislation that aims to make online user-to-user platforms – like social media – safer for children and young people to use. The act creates a duty of care for online platforms to take action against illegal or harmful content.

This online training course emphasises the responsibility of individuals working with children to address online dangers. It introduces the Online Safety Act, and covers topics like identifying risks, discussing them with children, reporting concerns, and using parental controls.

Please note that during this course, we cover topics that some learners may find uncomfortable or upsetting, such as cyberbullying, child sexual abuse, and grooming. So please move through the course at a pace which is comfortable for you and take breaks as and when you need to.

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