As Child Protection takes its place in our social conscience, more and more organizations express the need to educate their people about child protection issues. Tata Interactive Systems’ Child Protection courses, developed for professionals who interact with children, not only make learners aware but also equip them to offer better child protection. It teaches them how to spot a child at risk of harm or abuse, and informs them of a suitable recourse.
Our courses on Child Protection cater for organizations that typically are involved with child life and suited for social workers, government authorities, health authorities, teachers and school support staff, child minders, children’s homes' staff, medical staff in hospitals, to name a few. Currently, TIS develops two products in this regard:
- The Child Protection Awareness Course (duration: 30 minutes)
- The Child Protection Introduction Course (duration: 120 minutes)
The Child Protection Awareness course
It discusses Child Protection issues and the steps to be taken in this area. The essential topics covered in this course are:
- Definitions of child abuse and child protection
- Signs of abuse and neglect
- Reporting strategies
- What to do if you believe a child is at risk
- The legislations applicable in a particular area
The Child Protection Introduction course
This course aims to generate an awareness of Early Child Matters and their impact on the key areas of the care and management of children and young people. The course covers the following topics:
- Introduction to Integrated Working
- Introduction to Information Sharing
- Introduction to CAF
- Introduction to Lead Professionals
Our customized courses provide learners with a high level of interactivity, using exercises, quizzes, and other means to ensure better understanding and longer retention. We apply the scenario-based or story-based instructional approach, which allows learners to easily relate to the content. The courses are divided into modules so as to present information in easy-to-comprehend nuggets. Quizzes at the end work as assessments; the scores are recordable to enable learner progress tracking.
Key Benefits
- TIS offers the Child Protection courses online that allow employees to take the courses at their own time. Learners can bookmark stages of the course and come back when they have the time. It also ensures that all learners receive the same message.
- Being online, the courses also act as refresher training as employees could refer to them even at a later date.
- Data about staff numbers completing the training and assessment results are available for compliance and general record-keeping.