Safeguarding Against Radicalisation - The Prevent Duty

Course Description

This Home Office accredited course will heighten your awareness and increase your understanding of radicalisation in the UK. This course contains expert content through close collaboration with the Office of Security and Counter Terrorism. 

The course will heighten your awareness and increase your understanding of radicalisation in the UK.

The course is split into three modules:

• The Problem
• Our Response
• Your Role

In this course you will learn:

• The range of threats we face
• What extremism is and how it’s linked to terrorism
• The processes of radicalisation 
• The role of social media
• What religion has to do with it
• The key legislation and recent updates
• The government’s counter-terrorism strategy - CONTEST 
• The Prevent strategy and the Prevent duty; what it means to different sectors and who it applies to
• Channel – what it is and how it helps those at risk 
• How radicalisation occurs
• What the signs of radicalisation are
• What makes people vulnerable
• How to report concerns
• How to help prevent violent extremism

Who is this course for?

This courses is intended for anyone working in education, local authorities, health, youth justice, probation, the private sector and any organisation working with children and young people. 

Course Duration

60 minutes