Audience

Professionals and practitioners working with children and families.

Aim

This interactive session is designed to help you develop your understanding and confidence in supporting young people and their families with new and emerging online harms, including self-generated image sharing.

You will learn about

how children use the internet and technology
new risks and trends in the digital world
online disclosures and safeguarding
useful language guides and myth-busting around online risks
Jersey’s Online Harms Chapter

By the end of the course, you will...

understand how the online world can impact children and young people positively and negatively
identify the ways children and young people communicate and interact online
identify the key risks and harm children and young people can be exposed to online
know how to access advice and support to be able to better protect children and support parents and carers to help keep children safer online

Course format: Three-hour face-to-face session
Cost: Free to attend

Online Harms: Understanding Risks to Children