Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults and Children Awareness

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This Advanced Safeguarding Adults training course provides learners with a deeper understanding of safeguarding procedures. This includes an overview of your specific responsibilities under the Care Act 2014, and the steps you can take to minimise the risk of abuse or neglect.

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The course will help you to challenge traditional thinking so that you understand the different ways in which to respond appropriately to safeguarding concerns.

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If you work frequently with children and their families then it’s essential that you have an up-to-date knowledge of child protection procedures. This Advanced Safeguarding Children course will help to increase your existing safeguarding knowledge through a variety of written text and interactive exercises and teach you more about what’s involved in the safeguarding process.

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The course will remind you how to identify abuse and report concerns as well as learn more about the safeguarding structure, recognising risks and what happens after a referral to social care has been made.

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By the end of the course, you will have a good understanding of:

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• How to identify a vulnerable adult in need of safeguarding support.

• How legislation, including the Care Act, affects your safeguarding responsibilities.

• What abuse and neglect are, and how to identify these.

• The steps you can take to minimise the risk of abuse and neglect.

• An adult's basic human rights to consent and decision-making, plus what the Mental Capacity Act and the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards say about 'unwise decisions' and 'best interests'.

• How to deal with a disclosure, support staff, and take notes in order to keep an accurate record of a disclosure.

• The roles of statutory bodies and when they need to be alerted, plus how they will act following a referral.

• Safer recruitment responsibilities, including how to deal with an allegation against a staff member, whistleblowing policies and staff training.

• Remember what is meant by 'safeguarding' and why learning about safeguarding children is so important.

• Refresh your knowledge about how to identify the indicators and warning signs of abuse.

• Understand which children are likely to be most at risk from abuse and know how to recognise and assess risks.

• Have knowledge of the role that social care plays in the safeguarding process.

• Know how a referral to social care is made and understand more about the possible responses to a referral.

• Have an awareness of the safeguarding structure and recognise the different levels of support a child may receive.

• Understand what happens in the process after a referral is made, including information on assessments, the child protection conference and child protection plans.