Following a members’ survey, the most requested new support was training in Professional Skills. We are pleased to share that a new series of short online courses is now available.
These are delivered through our training partner HSQE Ltd / Vital Skills who have an impressive 4.8 out of 5 rating from more than 6,000 reviews.
The courses now available are:
- Data protection and GDPR
- Risk Assessment Awareness
- Safeguarding Children Level 1
- Safeguarding Adults Level 1
For more details see further down this page.
About these courses:
- Assured by the CPD Certification Service
- Complete the course in approximately 90 minutes
- 100% online, including the final assessment
- Download the course certificate on completion
- Immediate start with 24/7 access
Costs are £15 per course or £50 for all 4 courses.
Course Details
Safeguarding Children Level 1
Anyone that comes into contact or works with children, and/or their families, require a knowledge of safeguarding. This online training course raises awareness of child safeguarding and the key responsibilities of individuals that work with children, or their families.
Safeguarding Adults Level 1
This online training course raises awareness of safeguarding adults and the key responsibilities of individuals that work with vulnerable adults, or their families.
Risk Assessment Awareness
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have said ‘Risk assessment is not about creating huge amounts of paperwork, but rather about identifying sensible measures to control risks in your workplace’. This online training course raises awareness of what risk assessment is and how it may be conducted, in accordance with the advice from the HSE.
- Assured by RoSPA (as well as the CPD Certification Service)
Data Protection and GDPR
This online training course raises awareness of data protection and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) so that you can understand more about your responsibilities, how to keep data safe and how you should process it in accordance with data protection and GDPR.
The course covers what data protection and GDPR are, key legislation, employer and employee responsibilities, data protection principles, legal grounds for data processing and obtaining consent, data subject rights and data protection responsibilities.
This course also includes awareness of changes introduced by the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, which updates certain parts of UK data protection law. These changes are being phased in from late 2025 and will be reflected in full as new guidance is released.