Our training covers a wide range of topics to help provide those who work with children or young adults the information they need to help and support young people who are vulnerable to abuse or neglect. This course is designed to give information and guidance to those working with teenagers and young people who may be vulnerable to relationship abuse, substance misuse, and teenage pregnancy. This course uses a multimedia approach to engage the learner including videos and scenarios to allow professionals to develop their knowledge and skills.
Supporting Teenagers and Young People
£30.00
Description
Supporting Teenagers & Young People Course Includes:
- Definition of teenage relationship abuse and the types of abuse: sexual, coercive control, financial, emotional, and physical Risk factors and protective factors
- How to help young people in abusive relationships
- Factors associated with bullying, including locations
- Characteristics of perpetrators, including types of adult bullies and children who bully–bullies, indicators, and victims
- Types of bullying, including homophobic bullying and that of young people with learning disabilities, and the bullying cycle
- The relationship between bullying and suicide
- Definitions of substance misuse and addiction
- Young people and alcohol and drug treatment: referral routes into specialist treatment
- The misuse of substances, including illegal drugs, prescription drugs, alcohol, and cannabis
- What to do if you have concerns regarding substance misuse
- The risks, impact and prevention of teenage pregnancy
- Supporting young people in reducing teenage pregnancy rates
- Legislation relating to teenage relationship abuse, bullying, and substance misuse.
This teenager support course uses immersive real-world scenarios to help professionals apply knowledge to everyday life. These real-world scenarios and the supporting case studies will enable learners to see how their training can apply to them in their role. A key aim of this training is to provide learners with a strong context for the training so they can easily relate to the situations presented to them within the training.
What training can I do next? If you are a professional working with teenagers and young people, we have a wide range of accredited online safeguarding courses perfect for you. These include Safeguarding Children Level 2, Safer Recruitment and Safeguarding Children and Young People Level 3.
