Bullying between young people is one of the most common harms staff will ever deal with — and in shared-living settings like children's homes and supported accommodation it happens where young people also sleep, eat and cannot simply go home. This course covers what bullying is and is not, cyberbullying and prejudice-based bullying, the real impact, how to respond in the moment and over time, when bullying crosses into safeguarding as child-on-child abuse, how to work with the young person doing the bullying, and how to build a culture where it struggles to take root.
What this course covers
- Define bullying — intentional, repeated, with a power imbalance — and distinguish it from conflict and banter
- Recognise all its forms: physical, verbal, relational, cyber and prejudice-based
- Describe the impact of bullying on mental health, belonging and life chances, especially for care-experienced young people
- Respond effectively in the moment and afterwards, supporting the target without scripting either young person's role
- Judge when bullying is child-on-child abuse requiring a safeguarding response, and escalate accordingly
What's in each section
Anti-Bullying runs across 12 sections, each ending in a quick knowledge check:
- Bullying in Places You Cannot Go Home From
- What Bullying Is — the Three-Part Test
- Conflict or Bullying? Getting the Call Right
- Cyberbullying — the Bullying That Follows Them In
- Prejudice-Based Bullying — When Identity Is the Target
- What Bullying Does — Taking the Harm Seriously
- Seeing It — Both Sides of the Pattern
- Responding — the Moment and the Days After
- When Bullying Is Safeguarding
- The Young Person Who Bullies
- A House Where Bullying Struggles to Grow
- Policy, Pattern and the Whole System
How much does Anti-Bullying training cost?
£3.99 per person on Care2Learn, with no minimum order and no subscription. If your team needs a full training matrix rather than one course, a subscription from £1.99 per learner per month covers every course in the catalogue — see the 2026 price comparison.
Who needs it
Staff and managers in shared-living settings — children's homes, supported accommodation and supported living — where bullying follows young people home, plus any service wanting a named anti-bullying line in its training matrix. Completion is recorded with the date taken and the date it is next due, so it appears correctly on your training matrix and can be evidenced at inspection.
What the learner receives
A certificate in their own name carrying our CPD Member badge (The CPD Certification Service), showing the completion date and the renewal date a year later, downloadable at any time. The record belongs to the learner, not just the employer — it travels with them rather than sitting in one provider's system.
Related courses
Providers usually assign these alongside Anti-Bullying.
- Online Safety & Digital Safeguarding — 45 min online, £3.99 per person
- Contextual Safeguarding — 40 min online, £3.99 per person
- Safeguarding Children — 45 min online, £3.99 per person
- Trauma-Informed Practice & ACEs — 45 min online, £3.99 per person
You can also browse the full catalogue, or read about the Care Certificate for staff new to care.
Frequently asked questions
How long does Anti-Bullying training take?
About 40 min of e‑learning, across 12 sections with 14 assessment questions. Learners can stop and resume at any point, and it works on a phone.
What does Anti-Bullying training cover?
By the end of the course a learner should be able to define bullying — intentional, repeated, with a power imbalance — and distinguish it from conflict and banter; recognise all its forms: physical, verbal, relational, cyber and prejudice-based; describe the impact of bullying on mental health, belonging and life chances, especially for care-experienced young people. The full list of learning outcomes is set out above.
Is Anti-Bullying CPD Aligned, and how is it assessed?
Yes — it is CPD Aligned, and the certificate carries our CPD Member badge. The assessment is multiple choice with a pass mark of 70%; attempts are recorded and learners can retake it. Renewal is set at 12 months from the completion date, so the course reappears on your training matrix when it is due.
Does it cover cyberbullying and bullying between residents?
Yes — both are core. The course covers the conflict-versus-bullying judgement in shared living, cyberbullying evidence and response, prejudice-based bullying, when bullying becomes child-on-child abuse requiring safeguarding escalation, and how to work with the young person doing the bullying as well as protecting the target.
Does this count towards the Care Certificate?
No — this is a standalone course rather than one of the Care Certificate standards. The Care Certificate is available as its own guided course for staff who are new to care.
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