Safeguarding

Safeguarding training is a requirement of several national governing bodies for instructors, coaches, tutors, leaders and guides to ensure that they have the skills needed in order to provide a service that helps protect children, young people and adults at risk.

Our online courses are classified as face to face by most NGB’s including British Canoeing.

You can see on the table where our level 1 course meets BC minimum requirements.

 
WithDave offers FAA Levels 1 and 3 Safeguarding training. These are certified courses.
 
Our courses are delivered by an experienced tutor with years of actual experience in safeguarding. Delivered as an interactive online course in small groups (max 8)  recognised as a face to face course by NGB’s. It is delivered with an emphasis on a outdoor adventure activity environments. 
 
Our level 1 Awareness of Safeguarding Online course meets minimum, face to face, required training for coaches, leaders, instructors and volunteers for many roles within British Canoeing. Following assessment this is an Ofqual regulated qualification.
 

Our Safeguarding courses provide a qualification and are not an attendance course. We provide a qualification that is regulated in the UK and awarded by First Aid Awards (FAA). FAA are an Awarding Organisation regulated by Ofqual and the qualification sits on the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF). 

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This course is an accepted equivalent to UK Coaching Safeguarding and protecting children that is an attendance course.

Level 1 (FAA) Awareness of Safeguarding
This qualification is suitable for all persons and will provide
an understanding of safeguarding which can be used in a
workplace, activity group or any instance where a person
comes into contact with children or adults at risk.
The qualification provides learners with the knowledge to
identify a safeguarding concern, record a disclosure and
report to the appropriate person. 
Level 3 (FAA) Safeguarding Children, Young People or Vulnerable Adults 
This qualification is designed for people who have contact with children, young people or adults at risk in their working environment including voluntary work. It will teach you how to recognise the signs of abuse and neglect and what actions you can take to stop this from happening and occurring again in the future. The programme emphasises the importance of ensuring that safeguarding concerns are reported and acted on appropriately. Successful candidates will be awarded a national Level 3 Principles of Safeguarding and Protecting Children, Young People or Vulnerable Adults qualification.

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Level 1 (FAA) Awareness of Safeguarding
£36

Friday             29th April 2022             19.00 – 21.30

Monday          16th May 2022              14.00 – 16.30

Wednesday   14th September 2022   19.00 – 21.30

Additional dates will be added by demand. If you can’t see a date and time that works for you please contact us and we will do our best to help.

Level 3 (FAA) Safeguarding Children, Young People or Vulnerable Adults £80

Thursday  17th February 2022                     09.00- 15.00

Saturday    9th April 2022                              09.00 – 15.00

Thursday   23rd June 2022                           09.00- 15.00

Saturday    26th November 2022                 09.00 – 15.00

More Dates on request

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Special rates

British Canoeing Endorsed Guides and Registered Aspirant Endorsed Guides are invited to apply for a course discount. 

Group Bookings

Level 1 Closed course up to 8 students    Course £100+£12 per person

Level 3 Closed course up to 8 students    Course £160+£12 per person