Children & Young People
Mandatory care
Safeguarding
Safeguarding of Adults Lite
Level:
2
Accreditation:
This course is CPD certified.
Delivery:
Online/E-learning
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About this course
This is a lighter mandatory training course for health and social care staff that carry out responsibilities at level 2 standard of working practices.
It is for staff working 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. Safeguarding is a sensitive subject, but it is important that learners understand the types of abuse and what an individual may experience and know how to support them and help make bad experiences stop.
Safeguarding Adults Lite training comprises of 5 learning modules:
- The 2 R’s of Safeguarding
- Safeguarding Procedures
- Signs and Symptoms of Abuse
- Best Practice and Response
- Reporting and Support
Course duration: up to approx. 1 hour, dependent on learner’s skills and abilities.
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course learners should know and understand the following:
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Understand the rules and regulations that govern safeguarding and protection of adults
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Understand policies and local procedures to support the safeguarding and protection of adults
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Recognise signs and symptoms of abuse
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Follow best practice and respond correctly to suspected or alleged abuse
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Recognise and report unsafe practices, and understand the support available to you
Course Syllabus Includes
- Legislation and Regulations
- Mental Capacity
- Human Rights
- Definitions of Abuse
- The Principles of Safeguarding
- Aims of Safeguarding
- Staff Vetting
- Policies and Procedures
- Types of Abuse
- Signs and indicators of abuse
- Best Practice
- Responding to Abuse
- Person Centred Approaches
- Recognising Abuse
- Disclosure
- Emergency Situations
- Investigation
- Reporting Abuse
- Recording
- Whistleblowing
- Restrictive Practice
- Failures in Care
- De-Brief Meetings
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