The Home Office (Prevent Team) are pleased to confirm that the new and improved awareness and referrals courses on the new Prevent eLearning service, Prevent duty training: Learn how to support people vulnerable to radicalisation www.support-people-vulnerable-to-radicalisation.service.gov.uk is now in public beta.

 

The new courses are designed to equip you with inclusive, unbiased and reliable information giving you the knowledge and confidence to support and safeguard the general public against radicalisation. The new service:

 

• is in the GOV.UK style

• is fully accessible                                          

• includes two new animations

• contains two new real-life case studies focusing on Islamist and extreme-right wing behaviours

 

This training service is for people working in sectors covered by the Prevent duty, such as education, health, local authorities, police, prisons, probation and youth justice. Other sectors that are not covered may also complete this training.

Prevent is one part of the government’s overall counter-terrorism strategy, CONTEST. The aim of Prevent is to:

• tackle the causes of radicalisation

• respond to the challenges that terrorist ideology may present

• safeguard and support those most at risk of radicalisation through early intervention

• support those who have already engaged in terrorism to disengage and rehabilitate

 

In these training courses, you will learn about:

• the Prevent duty

• different forms of extremism and terrorism

• the risk around radicalisation and your supportive role

• making a Prevent referral that is both informed and made with good intention

• the interventions and support available