Online Courses

We are able to offer a range of FREE online courses, which volunteers in Dorset can complete at a time and date to suit. Courses do not need to be completed in one go. Online courses are offered via Virtual College with a certificate of completion provided. 

The courses we currently have available are listed below. Please click on the course name to read the course details from the Virtual College website. We can add new courses to our portfolio as well and are happy to consider requests for additional courses as required. 

Food

• Food Allergy Awareness
• Food Hygiene, Nutrition and Hydration in Social Care
• Level 1 - Food Safety and Hygiene
• Level 2 - Food Safety and Hygiene Course for Catering

Safeguarding

• Child Criminal Exploitation, Gangs and County Lines Training
• Dementia Awareness Training
• E-Safety: Online Safety*
• Level 1 - Safeguarding Everyone
• ​Level 2 - Safeguarding Adults
• Level 2 - Safeguarding Children
• Level 2 - Safeguarding Everyone
• Level 3 - Safeguarding Adults
• Level 3 - Safeguarding Children
• LGBTQ+ Awareness Training
• Modern Slavery and Trafficking
• Radicalisation and Extremism
• Safeguarding in Sport
• Safer Recruitment
• Supporting Teenagers and Young People
• Understanding Domestic Abuse
• Understand How to Support Individuals with Autism Spectrum Conditions
• Understanding Professional Boundaries
• Working with Children with Learning Difficulties and Disabilities

Health & Safety

• Display Screen Equipment (DSE)
• Fire Safety Training
• First Aid: Primary Survey
• Health, Safety and Welfare
• Infection Prevention in Social Care
• Legionnaires' Awareness*
• Manual Handling in the Workplace
• Mental Health Training
• Mental Health, Dementia and Learning Disabilities
• Personal Safety for Lone Workers
• Risk Assessment
• Working at Heights

Compliance

• Bullying and Harassment Training
• Confidentiality in the work place
• Conflict Resolution
• Cyber Security Awareness
• Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
• Essentials of Data Protection
• Stroke Awareness​

*New courses added

If you would like your volunteers to complete an online training course for their volunteering role, please email [email protected] for more information or use the button below. Please note we would need a volunteer's full name, email address and choice of course(s) to enrol them on an online course.