Safeguarding Adults For Managers in Health and Social Care Training Course
Safeguarding Adults For Managers in Health and Social Care Overview
Across four structured units, the course explores safeguarding principles, types of abuse, reporting duties, and relevant legal frameworks. It is suitable for managers, team leaders, or anyone involved in overseeing safeguarding procedures in health and social care environments. Upon completion, learners will have the confidence to carry out their responsibilities, backed by a final knowledge check and certification.
Learning Outcomes
- To gain an understanding of principles of Safeguarding Adults
- To gain an understanding of how to recognise signs of abuse
- To gain an understanding of principles for online safety
- To gain an understanding of the national and local context of Safeguarding and protection from abuse
- To gain an understanding of how to respond to suspected or alleged abuse
- To gain an understanding of how to recognise and report unsafe practices
- To gain an understanding of ways to reduce the likelihood of abuse
Training Units
What is safeguarding?
15mThis unit introduces the foundations of adult safeguarding, including legal principles and when the 3 Stage Test should be applied.
- What is Safeguarding?
- The 6 Principles
- The 3-Stage Test
- Human Rights
What is abuse?
25mLearn how to identify various types of abuse, including complex or hidden forms such as modern slavery and discriminatory abuse.
- Different types of abuse
- Discrimination
- Human trafficking and modern slavery
Legislation, policies and procedure
10mExplore the core legislation and policies that guide safeguarding responsibilities, including duties under the Care Act.
- Safeguarding policy
- The Care Act 2014
- The Mental Capacity Act
Responding and reporting
20mUnderstand what to do if abuse is suspected or disclosed, from initial response to formal reporting procedures.
- Responding
- Recording
- Raising
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