Safeguarding Adults Awareness

Safeguarding Adults Awareness

Who is the course aimed at?

All staff and volunteers working in social care, health, housing, charities and other areas of the independent sector

Learning Objectives:

By the end of the course you will be able to:

• Define who might be an adult with care and support needs
• Identify relevant Legislation, Guidance and Policy & Principles
• State the 10 categories of abuse & identify examples and indicators.
• Explain your responsibility to prevent abuse and neglect
• Describe how you would respond if you became aware of abuse
• Outline how you would raise a safeguarding Concern in Shropshire or Telford & Wrekin
• State your role in relation to whistleblowing
• Identify other public protection reporting processes

All learners must verbally confirm they have no symptoms of COVID-19 . Should a learner exhibit symptom(s) of COVID-19, or confirm they have symptoms but have not tested, then Shropshire Partners in Care will provide a test kit at no cost to the learner’s employer to be carried out before entrance to the building is confirmed. If a learner has symptoms but can provide evidence of a negative test taken on the morning of the course, this will be sufficient to allow entrance.