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  • Qualification

    Postgraduate Certificate

  • Location

    Preston Campus

  • Study mode

    Part time

  • Start date

    14-SEP-26

  • Duration

    1 Year

Course summary

Safeguarding children is a high profile area of work, where decision making carries a high order of risk for children, their families and those who engage with them. You’ll develop an in-depth knowledge of child protection work and be able to demonstrate effective, evidence based skills with our PG Certificate (PG Cert) in Safeguarding Children.This demanding and rewarding course is an opportunity for continuing personal and professional development where you’ll be encouraged to challenge assumptions about children and their lives, and the practices, policies, services and legislation that surround them.Why study with usYou’ll be equipped with knowledge that will help you to critically evaluate past and current safeguarding policy and practice in children’s and young people’s services, early years, education, social work and care and health and community work.You’ll also be able to generate new ideas and approaches to safeguarding policy and practice when working with children and young people.Future careersThe PG Certificate (PG Cert) in Safeguarding Children course was developed to support practitioners and others whose work or research interests lie in a wide range of services for children, young people, their parents or carers.

Tuition fees

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£ 3,300per year

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University information

University of Lancashire

  • University League Table

    86th

  • Campus address

    Preston Campus, Preston, Lancashire, Preston, Lancashire, PR1 2HE, United Kingdom

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    90th out of 112 3

  • Entry standards

    / Max 235
    121 51%

    57th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    64.0 64%

    98th

    3
  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.21 80%

    22nd

    12

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