Safeguarding Adults Training

Overview

• Assured by the CPD Certification Service
• All course fees are included – there are no hidden charges
• Most learners complete the course in approximately 150 minutes
• Works on PC, tablet or smartphone (with internet access)
• 100% online, including the final assessment
• Free retake of the assessment if needed
• Download the course certificate on completion
• Comes with a dashboard to monitor course completion
• Course and dashboard can be accessed 24/7

Aim

The aim of this course is to provide awareness of safeguarding vulnerable adults so you can understand more about your legal responsibilities, the role of the designated safeguarding lead, the role of social care, the importance of safer recruitment and how to protect vulnerable adults from harm.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this course, learners will be aware of:

• Why they need to know about vulnerable adults
• The term safeguarding and its meaning
• The key legislation surrounding safeguarding and their legal responsibilities
• The role and responsibilities of the Designated Safeguarding Lead
• Identifying signs of abuse and risk factors involved
• How to determine capacity
• Responding to any concerns that they have about a vulnerable adult
• How to act if information is disclosed to them by a vulnerable adult
• Safer recruitment procedures
• Reporting their concerns and the importance of this
• Social care’s role in the safeguarding process
• How to record their concerns

Module 1 – Aims and learning outcomes

• Why you need to know about safeguarding adults
• Course aims and learning outcomes

Module 2 – Introduction

• The Care Act 2014
• Key legislation that relates to safeguarding adults

Module 3 – The Designated Safeguarding Lead

• The Designated Safeguarding Lead
• Responsibilities of the Designated Safeguarding Lead
• Safer recruitment procedures
• DBS checks

Module 4 – Identifying the signs of abuse

• What abuse is
• Who carries out abuse
• The categories of abuse and their indicators
• Risk factors or abuse

Module 5 – Capacity to make decisions

• Determining capacity
• Unwise decisions
• Making decisions
• The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards 2009

Module 6 – Responding to a disclosure

• How a concern may come to your attention
• Why individuals do not make disclosures
• How to respond to a disclosure
• What not to do

Module 7 – Contacting adult social care

• What to include in a referral
• Following up a referral
• Adult social care’s decision
• Strategy discussions
• The case conference
• Protection plans

Module 8 – Recording safeguarding concerns

• What to record
• Good practice in record keeping

The end of course assessment

• The assessment fee is included in the cost of the course. We do not charge any extra to gain access to the assessment
• The assessment is 100% online. So there is no need for the learner to attend a training centre to complete it
• The assessment consists of multiple-choice questions
• Learners must achieve at least 70% in the assessment to register a pass
• We do not charge a fee to take the assessment again if the learner does not achieve the 70% pass rate (provided the course is completed within 6 months from enrolment)
• The learner will be able to download a course certificate once they pass the end of course assessment
• The coordinator will also be able to download the course certificate through their dashboard once the learner passes the end of course assessment