Safeguarding in an International Context

This module aims to develop your understanding of research within health and social care. You will be presented with a broad overview of the principles of research beginning with ethical, epistemological and theoretical perspectives, and moving through qualitative and quantitative research designs, and synthesis.

You'll channel your prior knowledge and clinical experience in the creation of a dissertation project. Your research project will centre around professional and clinical contexts and academic needs. You'll independently work with guidance from a chosen supervisor.

In this module, you'll study the issues and policies relating to international safeguarding of vulnerable adults. You'll produce findings to consider appropriate strategies. You'll put procedures in place to work in the arena of safeguarding vulnerable adults.

In this module, you'll take responsibility for designing, conducting, analysing and interpreting the results of a substantial empirical investigation that will make a contribution to the discipline.

This module will enable you to explore the safeguarding of children in an international context.

The module aims to introduce you to Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) in Investigations & Research, guide your understanding of computer security and making online enquiries, provide you with a knowledge of emails and how to trace them, introduce you to the use of social networking, and introduce you to the relevant legislation, policies, and ethics that needs considering while making online enquiries.

This module aims to introduce you to the substantive doctrine, values, and policies of international criminal law. It does so at a postgraduate level of analysis, which requires sustained critical analysis and independent research.

During this module you'll consider the International, European and UK legal framework relating to human trafficking and identify the legal overlaps with other crimes (e.g. smuggling, slavery). You'll assess the European Court of Human Rights approach to human trafficking which will provide you with an understanding of the numerous methods of recruitment, transfer and exploitation involved in human trafficking as well as consider the human rights of victims. 

The module provides an understanding of recruitment, transfer, and exploitation in human trafficking. You will increase critical awareness of what makes victims vulnerable. You will study the international agencies that rescue and care for victims.

This module introduces international safeguarding law and policies. You'll apply international safeguarding law to practice by critical analysis and independent research.

This module will introduce you to the safeguarding issues associated with children and young peoples' use of the internet and related technologies. You will be provided with the skills necessary to identify appropriate risk reduction and safeguarding strategies.

This module focuses on safeguarding children and young people from sexual exploitation through the use of the internet and related technologies such as social networking. You will cover the following themes and topics: indecent images of children, sexual grooming, victim vulnerabilities, offender characteristics, educational responses and policy.