Awareness of bullying in children and young people

Level 2 certificate

Funding: Fully funded for people aged 19+, EU residents for min. three years in non-devolved skills areas of England

Awarding Organisation: Various

Level: 2

Size: Certificate

Duration: 8 - 12 weeks

Research has found that over half of children aged 11 to 16 have been bullied about their appearance, with 40% targeted at least once a week. With this in mind, it has become more important than ever to address the issue of bullying amongst children and young people. Bullying takes many forms – physical, verbal, and in more recent years as technology has developed, cyber bullying has increasingly become a problem.

This course aims to increase awareness of the types of bullying that can occur, what factors can create a bully, the legislation surrounding bullying, and how to help an individual who is being bullied.

Course contents

Unit 1: Principles of bullying

• What is meant by bullying
• Key features of what behaviour is considered bullying
• What is meant by cyber bullying
• Bullying in context
• The short and long-term effects of bullying
• Discrimination

Unit 2: Recognising bullying in children and young people

• Individuals who may be at risk of bullying
• The signs that a child or young person may be being bullied
• Why children or young people bully

Unit 3: Action to be taken when a child or young person is being bullied

• How to support a child or young person who is being bullied
• How to approach the potential bully.

Unit 4: Understand government guidelines for bullying

• The Equality Act 2010
• Government and Ofsted guidance on tackling bullying
• Policies and procedures for bullying

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