Safeguarding and Protection of Adults
£18.00 inc. VAT
Level: Level 2, 3, 4 & 5
Accreditation: This course is CPD certified.
Course Aims
This is a mandatory training course for health and social care workers that work in settings such as Care Homes, Hospital Wards, Day Centres, or supporting an individual in their own home.
Health and social care workers have a ‘duty of care’ to ensure that the individuals they support are as safe and cared for as they can be, and this course is suitable for staff working throughout the UK, incorporating legislation, regulations and practice in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Content of learning is designed to give the underpinning knowledge and requirements needed when working professionally with vulnerable adults in order to keep them safe.
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course learners should know and understand the following:
- Legislation and Regulations that govern safeguarding and protection of adults throughout the UK.
- Policies and Local procedures to support the safeguarding and protection of adults.
- How to recognise signs and symptoms of abuse.
- Understand how to reduce the likelihood of abuse.
- Know how to respond to suspected or alleged abuse.
- Know how to recognise and report unsafe practices.
- Understand Failures in care and how this affects safety standards.
- Understand how to get support when dealing with suspected or actual abuse.
Course Syllabus Includes
- Legislation and Regulations
- Mental Capacity
- Aims of Safeguarding
- Staff Vetting
- Policies and Procedures
- Multi-Agency Policies
- Types of Abuse
- Signs and Indicators of Abuse
- Vulnerability
- Effects of Abuse
- Positive Enablement
- Active Participation
- Promoting Choices and Rights
- Responding to Safeguarding
- Complaints
- Disclosures
- Reporting Safeguarding
- Investigations
- Reporting Unsafe Practice
- Duty of Care
- Whistleblowing
- Restrictive Practice
- Failures in Care
- Support in Practice
- Dealing with Safeguarding
- De-Brief
Are courses certified?
Courses are fully certified. Once a learner successfully completes a course you are able to download the completion certificate FREE of charge.
How are courses going to be delivered?
Courses are delivered online and work on any internet enabled device. As long as you have access to an internet connection you can complete courses when and where you like 24 hours a day.
Are online courses accredited?
Yes, they are. Courses are CPD Certified and our Care Certificate is one of the first to be endorsed by Skills for Care.
How long do courses take to complete?
Some of our shorter courses will typically take between 30 minutes and an hour to complete. Some of the bigger ones will take longer and depends largely on each individual’s learning speed.