Course Genie
Soft Skills

Prevent Duty

Need help? 0300 030 1003
Pick a date that suits your team

Prevent Duty is run on demand — tell us when you'd like to attend and where, and we'll arrange a date and venue that works for you. Single delegates and group bookings both welcome.

UK-wide venues + online Group discounts available

Overview

The Prevent duty comes from the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015, which requires specified authorities, including schools, colleges, universities, health bodies, prisons and local authorities, to have due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism. In practice the duty lands on front-line staff: the teacher, nurse, support worker or manager who notices something changing in a person and has to decide what to do about it.

This course makes that decision manageable. It explains what radicalisation actually is and how it happens, online and off; the vulnerabilities and behavioural changes that can signal someone being drawn in, and the difference between concerning behaviour and lawful belief; and what a proportionate response looks like: raising a concern through your organisation's safeguarding lead and, where appropriate, the Channel programme, which provides voluntary, confidential support rather than a criminal process. Staff leave knowing the duty is safeguarding, not surveillance.

Prevent sits naturally alongside wider safeguarding practice: the Safeguarding Adults course covers the parallel duty to recognise and act on abuse and neglect. Both carry CPD certification for your training records.

Who this course is for

  • Teachers, lecturers and education support staff
  • NHS and healthcare workers
  • Local authority and housing staff
  • Prison, probation and youth work staff
  • Safeguarding leads refreshing their Prevent knowledge

Requirements

  • No formal entry requirements
  • Relevant to any role in a specified authority
  • For online delivery, a reliable connection and a quiet space

What you'll achieve

  • A CPD-certified Prevent duty training certificate
  • A clear understanding of the legal duty and who carries it
  • The ability to recognise possible signs of radicalisation
  • Confidence to raise concerns proportionately
  • Knowledge of the Channel programme and the referral route

Syllabus

The duty
The Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 and who it binds.
Radicalisation
How people are drawn in, online and in person.
Recognising concerns
Vulnerabilities, behaviour change and context.
Proportionate response
Belief versus risk, and avoiding overreach.
Referral routes
Safeguarding leads and the Channel programme.

Prevent Duty FAQs

Specified authorities under the 2015 Act: education, health, local government, police, prisons and probation. Their staff carry the duty in practice, and contractors working into those settings are commonly required to show the same training.
No. Prevent is a safeguarding duty: concerns go to your safeguarding lead and, where appropriate, to the Channel programme, which offers voluntary support to people at risk. It is designed to intervene before any crime exists.
It is a short awareness session, typically half a day or less, and is often delivered alongside safeguarding training.
Organisations commonly refresh Prevent awareness every two to three years, or when guidance changes. Check any sector-specific requirements that apply to you.
Prices for Prevent duty training vary by location, group size and whether you book a public date or an in-company course. Where live dates are shown at the top of this page, the price against each date is the full cost of a place. Otherwise send an enquiry from this page and we will come back within one working day with options and pricing.
Yes. Prevent training is often delivered to whole teams at once, and in-company delivery is usually the most cost-effective way to train several people. Request a quote through our <a href="/for-employers/">employer booking page</a>, with purchase order support included.
The course runs on demand as well as on any public dates shown at the top of this page. Send an enquiry with your preferred timing and location and we will confirm available options within one working day.
We're online, ask us anythingWe're online 👋 ×