Prevent Duty (Counter-Terrorism Awareness) training
This training explains your legal duty to help prevent people from being drawn into terrorism. You will learn how to recognise signs that someone may be vulnerable to radicalisation, understand what terrorism and extremism mean, and know exactly what to do if you have concerns about a resident, visitor, or colleague at the care setting.
What This Training Covers
A clear, practical grounding in prevent duty (counter-terrorism awareness).
This training explains your legal duty to help prevent people from being drawn into terrorism. You will learn how to recognise signs that someone may be vulnerable to radicalisation, understand what terrorism and extremism mean, and know exactly what to do if you have concerns about a resident, visitor, or colleague at the care setting.
Learning Outcomes
By the end, your staff will be able to:
What Your Team Will Learn
A closer look at the prevent duty (counter-terrorism awareness) module.
The module is built in short, practical sections. Each one teaches a part of the topic, then applies it to a real care scenario and checks understanding before moving on.
What is the Prevent Duty?
The Prevent Duty is a legal requirement under the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015. It requires care settings to have due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism. This applies to residents, their visitors, and staff. Terrorism means using or threatening violence to influence government or intimidate the public for political, religious, racial, or ideological reasons. Extremism means vocal or active opposition to fundamental British values including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, and mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs.
Who Might Be Vulnerable?
Anyone can be vulnerable to radicalisation, regardless of age, background, gender, or religion. In a care setting setting, residents may be particularly vulnerable due to isolation, loneliness, cognitive impairment, mental health issues, or feeling they have lost their sense of purpose or identity. People experiencing grief, loss, or significant life changes may also be more susceptible. Vulnerability is not about a person's faith or ethnicity. It is about their circumstances and emotional state.
Recognising Signs of Concern
There is no single sign that someone is being radicalised, but you should be alert to changes in behaviour or attitude. Warning signs might include increased isolation or secretiveness, sudden changes in beliefs or views, expressing support for extremist ideologies or terrorist actions, accessing extremist material online or in print, significant changes in appearance or dress, increased anger or hostility towards particular groups, or being in contact with people who may hold extremist views. Trust your instincts. If something feels wrong, report it.
What To Do If You Have Concerns
If you have any concerns that a resident, visitor, or colleague may be vulnerable to radicalisation or may be trying to radicalise others, you must report this immediately to the manager. Do not wait. Do not investigate yourself or confront the person. Record exactly what you have seen or heard, including dates and times. The manager will assess the concern and follow safeguarding procedures. This may involve contacting the local authority safeguarding team or the police Prevent team. Your concern may seem small, but it could be part of a bigger picture. It is always better to report and be wrong than to stay silent.
Protecting Residents and Being Open
Protecting residents from radicalisation is part of safeguarding. Under Regulation 13 Safeguarding Service Users from Abuse and Improper Treatment, the care setting must protect residents from all forms of abuse. If concerns are raised, the care setting will work with relevant authorities to keep everyone safe. the care setting follows the Duty of Candour, which means being open and transparent. If an incident occurs that affects a resident's safety or wellbeing, the care setting will be honest with the resident and their representatives, explain what happened, apologise if appropriate, and explain what actions are being taken. This applies to all safeguarding concerns including those related to Prevent.
Prevent is Part of Safeguarding
Prevent is not about spying on people or discriminating against anyone because of their religion, ethnicity, or beliefs. It is about safeguarding vulnerable people from harm. Just as you would report concerns about physical abuse, financial abuse, or neglect, you must report concerns about radicalisation. The Prevent Duty sits alongside all other safeguarding duties. You do not need to be certain that radicalisation is happening. If you have a concern, report it. Professionals will assess the situation. Remember that early intervention can protect someone from being drawn into terrorism and potentially save lives.
Key Points Covered
The things your team must remember.
- The Prevent Duty is a legal requirement. care settings must help prevent people from being drawn into terrorism.
- Anyone can be vulnerable to radicalisation. Factors like isolation, loss, mental health issues, and cognitive impairment can increase risk.
- Report concerns immediately to the manager. Do not wait, investigate yourself, or confront the person.
- Prevent is part of safeguarding. It is about protecting vulnerable people from harm, not about discrimination.
- Be alert to changes in behaviour, increased isolation, extreme views, or contact with extremist material.
- The Duty of Candour applies. the care setting will be open and transparent with residents and representatives about safeguarding incidents.
Who and how often
Prevent Duty (Counter-Terrorism Awareness) is refreshed every year, for the staff in your care setting whose roles require it.
CQC and standards
Supports the training evidence CQC expects to see for a well-run, safe care setting.
How CareStream Delivers It
Not a slideshow once a year. Training that sticks.
CareStream delivers prevent duty (counter-terrorism awareness) training in the hub your team already uses, grounded in best practice and your own policies, so it fits your care setting and not a generic template.
Teach, then assess
Short teaching sections and a real care scenario, then an assessment that checks understanding.
In any language
Staff complete it in over 60 languages, while your records stay in English.
Learn and retry
A wrong answer triggers a short follow-up lesson and a fresh question, so the gap is closed.
Renewals handled
Automatic reminders at 90, 30 and 7 days, with a live compliance dashboard.
FAQs
Frequently asked questions.
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