CPD Certified
Harassment and SexualMisconduct.
Recognise, prevent and respond to harassment and sexual misconduct.
£15
3 hours
Self-paced Online
Online
Learn anytime, anywhere
Beginner
Skill level
CPD Certificate of Completion
On passing the final assessment
Course overview
This CPD-certified online course provides essential knowledge of harassment and sexual misconduct, covering legal responsibilities, prevention, reporting, and appropriate responses.
Learners will gain the skills to help create a safe, respectful, and inclusive workplace.
What’s included
- Instant access the moment you enrol
- Self-paced online modules. Learn at your own speed, on any internet enabled device
- Module by module multiple-choice quizzes to consolidate understanding
AssessmentMultiple-choice questions (MCQs) - 80% pass mark required
Everything at a glance
Self-paced Online
Learn at your own pace.Certified in 3 hours.
This CPD-certified course equips staff to recognise, prevent, and respond to harassment and sexual misconduct. Learners will explore legal responsibilities, the employer preventative duty, OfS Condition E6, safeguarding, professional boundaries, reporting procedures, and best practices for creating a safe, respectful, and inclusive workplace.
Who it’s for
Suitable for safeguarding professionals, managers, and leaders responding to workplace allegations and concerns.
80%
Multiple-choice questions (MCQs) - 80% pass mark required
A CPD
Achieve 80% to earn your CPD Certificate of Completion.
Study methods
Online
Flexible learning
Complete your training online anytime, anywhere, at your own pace.
Dedicated support
support@educateu.comFive modules. One certificate.
A knowledge check after each module, retakeable before you move on.
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Module 1
Foundations
Module 2
Recognising
Module 3
Safeguarding
Module 4
Boundaries
Module 5
Prevention
Then
80%
in the final multiple-choice assessment earns your CPD.
What you’ll learn
- Define sexual misconduct and harassment and explain how the two differ.
- Identify the criminal and civil law that applies, and the duties it places on organisations and individuals.
- Recognise harassment in all its forms, including verbal, physical, sexual, psychological, retaliation, third-party, stalking and online abuse.
- Preserve digital evidence correctly, so that it remains usable in a later process.
- Apply safeguarding and child protection duties and use the correct escalation route for a concern about a child or about an adult’s behaviour.
- Respond to a disclosure using a structured first response, including explaining the limits of confidentiality before detail is shared.
- Identify the reporting routes available, and who must be contacted by when.
- Explain the practical steps that build an inclusive and respectful culture.
Who this course is for
All staff and workers
Recognise harassment and sexual misconduct and know how to report a concern or make a report for someone else.
Managers and heads of department
Make sure local practice matches published policy and handle reports correctly.
HR and people teams
Apply the preventative duty, check settlement wording and keep evidence of training coverage by role.
Designated Safeguarding Leads
Apply safeguarding duties, the escalation routes and the separate route for allegations against staff.
Investigators and decision-makers
Run fair processes and record how free speech and academic freedom were considered.
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