
Level:
Level 2, 3, 4 & 5
Accreditation:
This course is CPD certified.

About this course
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.
This Course Links To
- Health and Social Care Diploma
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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
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