Preventing Radicalisation
This CSTF-aligned course aims to familiarise you with the Government’s counter-terrorism strategy: Contest, specifically the Prevent Strategy. It is aimed specifically at healthcare staff, with a focus on Prevent being a safeguarding need.
All health and social care staff
This course is made up of the following modules:
- Preventing radicalisation
- Duty in healthcare
- Identifying vulnerability factors
- Taking action
Upon completion of this course, learners will be able to:
- Describe what the Prevent strategy is, core principles, and legal obligation that you have with the Prevent Duty.
- Evaluate your own practices of safeguarding adults and children, in line with your organisation’s protocols.
- Define what makes an individual vulnerable to radicalisation, how this follows a similar pattern to other forms of grooming such as child sexual exploitation or gang activity.
- Recognise the external signs of a person who could be being drawn into terrorism.
- Discuss how radicalisation works, and how people can be drawn into violent terrorist activities.
- Describe how radicalisers can influence vulnerable people and how their message is communicated.
- Identify who you should contact if you have a concern within your organisation.
- Briefly describe what happens to a referral, the process this follows, what Channel is and where it sits within Prevent.
This course meets the outcomes for Core Skills Training Framework subject 8, Preventing Radicalisation.
Subject 8a: Preventing Radicalisation
The learner will:
- understand the objectives of the Prevent strategy and the health sector contribution to the Prevent agenda
- know own professional responsibilities in relation to the safeguarding of adults, children and young people at risk
- understand the vulnerability factors that can make individuals susceptible to radicalisation or a risk to others
- know who to contact and where to seek advice if there are concerns about an individual who may be being groomed into terrorist activity
- be able to recognise potential indicators of risk relating to individuals being radicalised
- understand what impact direct (bullying, be-friending and influencing) or indirect (internet, media etc.) factors might have on individuals and how it might change their thoughts and behaviours
- be able to raise concerns and take action when they have concerns
- understand the importance of sharing information (including the consequences of failing to do so)
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