Policies, Guidance and Training

This safeguarding awareness course is for all staff and students who might encounter or who have occasional contact with children or vulnerable adults as part of their work / placement. The course explains what is meant by the terms used, how to recognise abuse, how to reduce the risk of abuse, and what to do if you suspect abuse or if abuse is disclosed to you. 

This 'safeguarding awareness' course contains four modules that will, in total, take around 1 hour to complete.
1. Recognising the signs of child abuse
2. Your role in reporting and preventing child abuse
3. Recognising the signs of adult abuse
4. Your role in reporting and preventing adult abuse.  

Step 1: Email safeguarding@swansea.ac.uk with your Name and Staff ID number.  

Step 2: Access and complete the online training Login - Swansea University (melearning.university). This takes approximately 20 minutes per module. There are four modules in total.  

Step 3: Send your certificate of completion to your line manager as soon as possible. Your line manager will inform the University Learning and Development team and ask that your training record be updated. This is important as we are required to record and monitor staff completions. 

One key aspect of our Duty at Swansea University is that staff are appropriately trained. To support this aspect of the Duty, the Home Office developed a training package delivered online.  

Step 1: Access and complete the online PREVENT training. This takes approximately 30 - 40 minutes to complete. 

Step 2: Send your certificate of completion to your line manager as soon as possible. Your line manager will inform the University Learning and Development team and ask that your training record be updated. This is important as we are required to record and monitor staff completions. 

We are committed to the aims of the Prevent Programme because it is our view that fundamentally Prevent is about ‘Protecting’ and ‘Safeguarding’ vulnerable people.