With the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025, commonly known as Martyn’s Law, bringing greater focus to preparedness and public protection, organisations are increasingly looking to build the levels of workforce awareness expected under the Act.

The statutory guidance supporting the Act makes clear that staff should understand relevant protective security procedures and their role in implementing them effectively. It also states, as good practice, that all staff should be alert to suspicious items and behaviours, know how to report concerns and understand the importance of reporting them quickly.

This is where effective counter-terrorism awareness starts: not by turning every member of staff into a security specialist, but by giving people the knowledge to recognise potential threats and respond appropriately.

Introducing the Level 2 Award in Counter-Terrorism Protective Security Awareness

To support organisations in developing this workforce awareness, Skills for Justice Training is now an approved provider of the SFJ Awards Level 2 Award in Counter-Terrorism Protective Security Awareness (CTPSA).

Designed for staff working in public-facing environments, the qualification develops the essential understanding they need to maintain vigilance, appreciate their role in protective security and the immediate actions to take in response to a potential threat.

The one-day, tutor-led course helps staff working in, or supporting, venues, sites and organisations become informed contributors to organisational preparedness and resilience, providing timely observations and information to the responsible person and/or colleagues with more formal counter-terrorism and protective security responsibilities.

The Level 2 Award gives frontline staff a stronger understanding of the part they play in protecting people and places, supporting the guidance that “Training, learning, instruction or overall counter-terrorism awareness will usually be necessary to ensure that staff are informed and competent to implement public protection procedures and measures”.

Learn from expert practitioners

The value of awareness training lies in making it relevant to the realities people face in their working environment.

Our trainers bring decades of operational experience across counter-terrorism policing, protective security, intelligence, major event security and crisis response. Their experience helps put protective security principles into context and ensures learning is grounded in practical application.

“Skills for Justice are the gold standard and that was reflected in the trainers and the professionalism of the whole process.”
– Learner with Skills for Justice Training

At Skills for Justice Training, we also tailor delivery for group and organisational bookings, so learning can reflect your operating environment, workforce roles and existing procedures – supporting consistent understanding across teams responsible for safety, security and incident response.

Different people have different roles to play in protective security

At the foundation of effective protective security and a whole-of-society approach to public safety is workforce awareness: ensuring people understand that a terrorist attack could occur, can recognise potential indicators and know how to report concerns.

Beyond that sits the more advanced capability required by those responsible for assessing information, evaluating risk, overseeing their organisation’s preparedness and making informed protective security decisions.

The statutory guidance supporting the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025 (Martyn’s Law) reflects this distinction. It recognises that staff with specific responsibilities may require different or additional training, learning or instruction, tailored to their role and the procedures and measures in place.

Start building workforce awareness

The SFJ Awards Level 2 Award in Counter-Terrorism Protective Security Awareness is now available from Skills for Justice Training.

If your organisation is looking to strengthen counter-terrorism awareness among staff working in public-facing environments, find out more and register your interest in upcoming Level 2 online delivery.

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