10 Safeguarding Courses

1. Child Protection by SC Training (formerly EdApp)

Many people have said that children should be loved and safeguarded since they're the future of our society. But, many of them are still subjected to various sorts of abuse on a daily basis. Thankfully, with SC Training (formerly EdApp)’s Child Protection course, your officers can help protect and rescue children from abusive situations.

This safeguarding course starts by defining what child abuse and child protection are. This can help them better understand the reality of child abuse situations and why it’s important to prevent children from getting into them. It then delves into the different child protection laws around the world and children's rights. The safeguarding training also gives sample scenarios for how your officers should talk to children in these situations and how to report child abuse.

What sets SC Training (formerly EdApp) apart from other course management systems is its dedication to knowledge retention. All SC Training (formerly EdApp) courses are designed to make learning short, fun, and engaging. Make workplace learning feel more like a training game – not work. And watch your officers tap, swipe, and drag their way through fundamental safeguarding learning.

• Cost: Free
• Scope: Child protection definition, child abuse definition, child protection laws, how to interact with children, how to report child abuse

Created by SC Training (formerly EdApp)

3. What is Gender and Why Gender Equality? By SC Training (formerly EdApp)

Children who identify differently from their assigned gender are often more susceptible to experiencing vicious and violent situations. What is Gender and Why Gender Equality is a safeguarding course designed by UNITAR to help your safeguarding officers become advocates for gender equality. Hosted in SC Training (formerly EdApp), this four-part course examines gender inequities and the prejudices that surround them. It also discusses how gender norms and preconceptions may contribute to inequality and gender disparities. This gender inclusivity training course goes through expert ideas on how they can help battle this issue. Finally, it emphasizes common phrases and definitions to offer your officers more complete knowledge of gender equality's essential principles. The knowledge they'll get from this course will undoubtedly be beneficial to your organization's objective of creating safer spaces for children around the world.

• Cost: Free
• Scope: Global gender disparity, gender stereotypes, what is gender equality

Created by SC Training (formerly EdApp)

5. Let's Kick COVID-19! By SC Training (formerly EdApp)

Although there are vaccines readily available against COVID-19 , many children still can’t take them due to health reasons or because they’re too young for vaccination. Thankfully, SC Training (formerly EdApp)’s Let’s Kick COVID-19 can help your safeguarding officers teach parents and children how to protect themselves from this disease.

SC Training (formerly EdApp)’s Let's Kick COVID-19! is a safeguarding course that includes scientific-based counseling organized by their training collaborators at Improvement Sciences (ImSci) (ImSci). It's jam-packed with useful and relevant data from reliable sources, notably the CDC and WHO. What's amazing about this COVID-19 course is that each session focuses on a single aspect of the infection, preventing information overload and improving learning retention. It also includes interactive components such as gamification and short video clips to engage and inspire learners to finish the course instruction.

• Cost: Free
• Scope: Facts and fiction about COVID-19, hand cleanliness, respiratory etiquette, social distancing, workplace and school guidelines, and ways to protect themselves and their loved ones

Created by SC Training (formerly EdApp)

6. Sustainable Eating by SC Training (formerly EdApp)

Global warming and climate change are two of the most pressing issues that the children of today will face in the future. That’s why having your safeguarding officers teach them and their parents how to eat sustainably is crucial to safeguarding them.

SC Training (formerly EdApp)’s Sustainable Eating explores how easy it is to modify current eating choices and habits at home for personal health, the environment, and a brighter future. It tackles what sustainable food products are made of and how to look for them at the grocery store or in the market. It also talks about understanding the food-making process and replacing meat products in their diet. 

• Cost: Free
• Scope: Sustainable food products, understanding where your food comes from, replacing meat in your diet, seasonal food

Created by SC Training (formerly EdApp)

8. Protecting you from COVID-19 by SC Training (formerly EdApp)

SC Training (formerly EdApp)’s Protecting you from COVID-19 gives a practical guide for protecting children as well as some simple ways to safeguard their environment from virus exposure. This safeguarding course was initially intended for South African communities in need of accessible knowledge to minimize the spread of the virus. It’s now been made available to any who wants to deliver fast training about COVID-19. The microlessons are written in layman's terms, making them easy to understand even for safeguarding officers with no medical experience. 

• Cost: Free
• Scope: A basic introduction to COVID-19 and how it transmits, how to protect others, and how to stop the spread of the virus

Created by SC Training (formerly EdApp)

10. Meeting the Sustainable Development Goals by SC Training (formerly EdApp)

SC Training (formerly EdApp)'s four-part microlearning course will teach you more about the UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Here, your safeguarding officers will develop a greater knowledge of the program's objective, which is to improve the world and create a more sustainable future for everyone, especially children. 

It discusses the five pillars of sustainability: people, prosperity, peace, partnership, and the planet. It also tackles the core principles that make up sustainable development programs and the UN's 2030 aspirational global targets. Additionally, it includes useful guidance on how your organization can promote and implement SDG policies.

• Cost: Free
• Scope: Overview of the 2030 Agenda for SDGs, five interrelated pillars of sustainability, aspirational global objectives for 2030, and mainstreaming the SDGs

Created by SC Training (formerly EdApp)