Description
Welcome to the Halo Staffing course on Safeguarding Adults. This course has been designed according to the guidelines of Skills for Health.
We begin this course with an explanation of harm, abuse and neglect and inform you of the signs to look out for.
We will then list the actions to be taken if you have any concerns, including to whom you should report your concerns and from whom to seek advice.
The next topic informs you about effective advocacy and how to provide it where required (for example where there are mental capacity or communication issues, in line with the legislation and professional guidance)
The following topic is about Identifying your professional role, responsibilities, and professional boundaries and those of your colleagues in a multidisciplinary team and multi-agency setting.
After that we will List the risk factors for radicalisation and know who to contact regarding preventive action and supporting those persons who may be at risk of, or are being drawn into, terrorist related activity.
We then move on to describing how to maintain appropriate records including being able differentiate between fact and opinion.
The next topic is about Identifying the appropriate and relevant information and how to share it with other teams.
Following that, we will inform you how to document safeguarding concerns in a format that informs the relevant staff and agencies appropriately.
The last topic is about Identifying how and when to refer to social care in accordance with organisational policies if you have identified an adult safeguarding concern.
You can view the introduction video for the Safeguarding adults (Level 2) course below.
Is this for me?Â
This course has been carefully designed for carers, support workers, nurses and managers who want to learn more about the basics of Safeguarding Adults. This course has been designed according to the framework of Skills for Health. As specialists in providing staffing solutions Halo Staffing’s courses are relevant for many industries including health and social care for carers, support workers, nurses and managers. Completing this course will ensure that you are fully up to date with relevant content to provide you with the skills and knowledge necessary to excel in your field. On successful completion of this course, you will be issued with a certificate and digital badge valid for 1 year.
Why should I take this course?Â
You should take this course if it’s necessary for you or your team to protect people and keep them safe from harm and abuse in a health care setting. Keeping in line with Skills for Health and key legislations such as the Human Rights Act 1998, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Equality Act 2010, Care Act 2014, The Safety and Quality Act 2015, General Data Protection Regulation 2016, Data Protection act 2018 and The Care and Support Statutory Guidance (DHSC, 2020).
What will I learn?Â
This course will provide you and/or your team with an understanding of harm, abuse and neglect, how to identify the signs of these, who to report your concerns to and where to seek advice from; effective advocacy, your professional role, responsibilities and boundaries including those of your colleagues in a multidisciplinary and multi-agency setting; radicalisation and its risk factors including who to contact regarding preventive action; how to identify appropriate and relevant information, document safeguarding concerns and maintain appropriate records. You will also learn how and when to refer to social care in accordance with organisational policies if you have identified an adult safeguarding concern.
Course Duration: From 30 minutes to 1 hour.
