This online course outlines the core responsibilities of practitioners as well as why safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility.
About this Event

This online course outlines the core responsibilities of practitioners as well as why safeguarding is important and everyone’s responsibility. The session’s content will facilitate you to:

Draw on clinical and professional knowledge and expertise of what constitutes adult abuse, harm or neglect support others in fulfilling their adult safeguarding duties
Undertake capacity assessments within the framework of the relevant legislation and understand who needs to be included or consulted when making decisions in a person’s best interests
Undertake regular documented reviews of own (and/or team) safeguarding practice as appropriate to role in various ways, such as through audit, case discussion, peer review, reflective practice, supervision and as a component of refresher training
Contribute to and/or co-ordinate protection planning, resolution and recovery – as appropriate to safeguarding concern
Apply the lessons learnt from audit and case reviews
Work with other professionals and agencies, with adults and their families where there are safeguarding concerns in risk management and protection planning

A full list of the Core Competencies is available from:

Adult Safeguarding: Roles and Competencies for Health Care Staff | Publications | Royal College of Nursing

Pre-course learning material will be sent out a few days prior to the course date for completion and after your booking has been confirmed.

Contacts: [email protected], [email protected] and [email protected].

This training is designed for you to attend once every three years and is for NHS Staff only.