Sexual Harassment
This comprehensive course provides essential knowledge and practical guidance to help health and social care workers recognise, prevent, and respond to sexual harassment in the workplace. It explains what sexual harassment is, how it can occur, and the devastating impact it can have.
Learners will explore practical strategies for prevention, bystander intervention, and reporting concerns, helping staff feel confident to act appropriately and support others when needed.
Designed specifically for health and social care settings, this training supports organisations in meeting their legal duties while promoting a culture of dignity, professionalism, and zero tolerance for sexual harassment.
Duration:
45-60m
45-60m
Modules:
10
10
About the course
Our Sexual Harassment course explores this important topic in depth, helping learners understand how to recognise, prevent, and respond to sexual harassment in the workplace, while supporting the safety of both staff and clients.
This training is suitable for organisations looking to meet their legal responsibilities and promote a safe, respectful, and professional working environment for everyone.
Fully aligned with relevant UK legislation, this online course provides a comprehensive and practical training solution for health and social care settings.
Who is this course for?
This course is designed for anyone working in health and social care. It is suitable for both new and experienced staff who need to understand how to recognise, prevent, and respond to sexual harassment in the workplace.
What does the course cover?
- Introduction to sexual harassment
- Protected characteristics
- Defining sexual harassment
- UK law and workplace rights
- Proactive prevention
- When harassment becomes a criminal offence
- The difference between sexual harassment and sexual abuse
- Consequences of sexual harassment
- Direct sexual harassment
- Indirect sexual harassment
- Why sexual harassment occurs
- Risk factors
- Factors that may make health workers vulnerable
- Who is more likely to experience harassment
- Impact of harassment
- Creating a zero-tolerance workplace culture
- The Code of Conduct and professional boundaries
- Practical ways to prevent sexual harassment
- Self-awareness and maintaining professional behaviour
- Addressing sexual harassment
- Bystander intervention strategies, including the “5 D’s” approach
- Reporting sexual harassment
- Handling complaints
- Potential outcomes following investigation
- Why cases go unreported
- Encouraging reporting
How is the course assessed?
After each module you will be asked a set of multiple-choice questions. The answers are marked automatically so you instantly know your score.
Every trainee receives a FREE training certificate on completion of the course as evidence for your records.
