Description
Safeguarding Adults at Risk | Level 2 | Online Training Course | CPDUK Accredited | Instant Course Access | Includes Assessment & Certificate | Instant Certificate Download.
Welcome to our online Safeguarding Adults at Risk training course for front-line healthcare and social care providers. All our online training courses, programmes and qualifications are accredited by the CPD Certification Service (CPDUK).
All organisations that work with or come into contact with children should have adequate safeguarding policies and procedures to ensure that every child, regardless of their age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation, has a right to equal protection from harm.
Setting up and following good safeguarding policies and procedures means children are safe from adults and other children who might pose a risk. This includes voluntary and community organisations, faith groups, private sector providers, as well as schools, hospitals and sports clubs.
Certificate duration: 2 years
Entry requirements: No entry restrictions
Recommended prerequisites: N/A
Assessment type: End of course assessment
Assessment pass mark – 80% needed to pass and gain a CPD certificate
Cost(s) of assessment and certification – All costs included in the course price
Awarding/Accrediting body – CPD Certification Service (CPDUK)
Who is the course for?
This online Safeguarding Adults at Risk training course should be completed by those who work in health and social care services, including:
- NHS medical, nursing, AHP and care staff,
- Locum doctors and nurses,
- Locum allied health professionals (AHPs),
- Agency nurses,
- Agency workers,
- Healthcare Assistants,
- Support workers,
- Care assistants,
- Community services.
What is covered in this course?
This online Safeguarding Adults at Risk training course covers the following:
- Introduction to the safeguarding of adults,
- The Care Act 2014,
- Lessons from reviews,
- Reducing the risk of abuse,
- Disclosure of abuse,
- Nothing about me without me,
- Making safeguarding personal,
- Mental capacity act,
- Deprivation of liberty standards (DoLS),
- Restraint (Mental Capacity Act),
- Principles for safeguarding vulnerable adults,
- Roles and responsibilities,
- Serious adult reviews,
- Sharing information,
- Preserving evidence in safeguarding cases,
- Prevent strategy, and
- Online learning resources.
Course aims
The overall aim of this online Safeguarding Adults at Risk training course is to improve awareness and knowledge relating to the safeguarding of vulnerable adults at risk, particularly in health care and social care settings. This ‘safeguarding adults at risk’ training course meets the requirements of the Care Act 2014 and the CQC Common Induction Standards.
Learning outcomes
The learning outcomes of this Safeguarding Adults at Risk e-learning course are:
- To prevent harm and reduce the risk of abuse or neglect to adults with care and support needs,
- To safeguard individuals in a way that supports them in making choices and having control in how they choose to live their lives,
- To promote outcomes-based approaches in safeguarding that works for people resulting in the best experience possible, and
- To raise public awareness so that professionals, other staff and communities as a whole play their part in preventing, identifying and responding to abuse and neglect.
Why is this online Safeguarding Adults at Risk training course important?
Safeguarding means protecting people’s health, well-being and human rights, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. It’s fundamental to high-quality health and social care.
What does safeguarding mean for people who use care services?
Safeguarding children and promoting their welfare includes:
- Protecting them from maltreatment or things that are bad for their health or development, and
- Making sure they grow up in circumstances that allow safe and effective care.
Safeguarding adults includes:
- Protecting their rights to live in safety, free from abuse and neglect,
- People and organisations working together to prevent the risk of abuse or neglect, and to stop them from happening, and
- Making sure people’s well-being is promoted, taking their views, wishes, feelings and beliefs into account.
