Safeguarding Adults and Children Training Course

Safeguarding Adults and Children

This Safeguarding Adults and Children Training Course has been established to ensure nurses, community carers, support workers & healthcare assistants can identify abuse and respond appropriately to situations where abuse may occur and work in a person centred way that promotes rights and inclusion.

Learning Outcomes:

Safeguarding Adults

• Identify legislation and guidance relevant to safeguarding
• List types of abuse
• Identify signs, symptoms and risk factors of abuse
• Explain employer and employee responsibilities
• Who is vulnerable / at risk
• The role of dignity in safeguarding
• What to do should you have a concern
• How to respond to an individual should they disclose a concern

Safeguarding Children

• Legislation & agreed ways of working
• Every child matters guidance
• Myths and statistics
• Effects on young people
• Leadership/worker skills
• Common indicators of abuse
• Reporting of abuse and potential abuse
• Barriers to reporting abuse

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