Safeguarding Children and Young People Level 3 covers a wide range of topics including management of sudden or unexpected death in childhood, parental risk factors, unexplained injuries, neglect in a disabled child, fabricated and induced illness and adolescents presenting with suspected sexual assault.  

Level 3 is aimed at all clinical staff working with children, young people and/or their parents or carers and who could potentially contribute to assessing, planning, intervening and evaluating the health needs of a looked after child or young person or care leaver.

Course content/learning outcomes

• Explain how to utilise a child/family-focused approach to identify signs of child maltreatment
• Explain the importance of early identification of risk factors in the lives of the parents and the children
• Determine the appropriate level of support intervention case-by-case
• Explain the principles of assessments and how these can be put into practice 
• Describe the common assessment framework and list its domains 
• Determine the appropriate level of information sharing case-by-case 
• Illustrate how information is shared, recorded and evidence is gathered, including chronologies and body maps 
• Explain how findings from forensic examinations are presented to meet clinical and legal requirements 
• Describe how to effectively contribute to multi-agency groups 
• Describe the issues surrounding misdiagnosis, uncertainty and risk
• Explain how important communication with children is including helping them to participate in decisions 
• Describe the issues around working with uncooperative parents and families and how to overcome
• Explain how peer reviews and supervision can help provide support and expertise 
• Describe how to identify ways to improve future practice when an individual is seriously harmed/dies as a result of maltreatment 
• List the ways to escalate concerns