AUSTSWIM Child Safeguarding PD Bundle
Course Benefits
On completion of the bundle, you will be able to:
- Understand your safeguarding responsibilities within an aquatic environment.
- Recognise safeguarding risks, signs of harm and potential concerns.
- Maintain appropriate professional boundaries and child safe conduct.
- Respond appropriately when safeguarding concerns arise.
- Apply the Child Safe Standards to everyday aquatic environments and operations.
- Make more confident child-safe decisions in practical situations.
- Better support children and families to participate, be heard and feel safe.
- Identify safeguarding strengths and potential gaps within your aquatic environment.
- Take practical action to strengthen child safe systems and practices.
- Contribute to ongoing review and continuous improvement in child safety.
You will receive a Certificate of Completion once both the PDs are completed.
Course Overview
Build a strong foundation in child safeguarding and learn how to put it into practice across your aquatic environment.
The AUSTSWIM Child Safeguarding PD Bundle brings together two complementary online courses covering safeguarding responsibilities and the practical implementation of the Child Safe Standards in swim schools and aquatic environments.
Complete both courses online at your own pace and gain 8 hours of professional development.
This bundle includes:
- Creating Child Safe Swim Schools, 3 hours.
- Safeguarding Children and Young People, 5 hours.
This course is ideal for:
- Swim teachers working with children and young people.
- Swim school owners and operators.
- Aquatic centre managers and supervisors.
- Child Safe Officers and safeguarding leads.
- Aquatic professionals looking to strengthen their safeguarding knowledge and practice.
- Staff responsible for recruitment, induction, complaints, policy or risk management.
Course Details
Delivery and completion
- This PD bundle is delivered online and can be completed at your own pace.
- Completion contributes to 8 hours of professional development and can be used towards your licence renewal.
What you'll learn:
Across the two-course safeguarding pathway, you will learn how to:
- Understand key safeguarding principles and responsibilities.
- Recognise safeguarding risks and concerns.
- Maintain appropriate professional boundaries.
- Respond appropriately when safeguarding concerns arise.
- Understand how the Child Safe Standards apply within aquatic environments.
- Embed child safe practice across leadership and culture.
- Strengthen practices around recruitment, complaints and staff conduct.
- Apply safeguarding considerations across physical and online environments.
- Support child safe policies and everyday aquatic operations.
- Move from foundational safeguarding knowledge to practical implementation.
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