Level 3 Safeguarding Adults

Aims

This one-day training will offer an understanding of the legal and policy framework for safeguarding adults with a particular focus on Making Safeguarding Personal.

Learning outcomes

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

• Coordinate the safeguarding adult enquiry and safeguarding planning process
• Effectively risk assess and manage any actions within each stage of the safeguarding adult process
• Make sound and consistent decisions within each stage of the safeguarding adult process
• Describe roles and responsibilities of partner agencies
• Manage decisions about information sharing, confidentiality, and consent
• Ensure decisions are made within the context of the legal framework
• Ensure we make MSP

Programme

• News update, learning from SAR’s, and report from Action for Elder Abuse.
• Limitations of ‘No Secrets’
• ADASS/LGA guidance on applying Section 42 enquiries and raising safeguarding concerns

Identify common problems in adult safeguarding work and enquiries and how to avoid them

• Group Discussion-What does ‘safeguarding mean in practice?
• Getting the balance right between empowerment and protection/ Safeguarding and Well Being

Legal Framework of safeguarding the statutory sections of the Care Act and how to apply them in practice

Applying the 6 statutory safeguarding principles

• Making Safeguarding Personal-Risking Happiness clip 

Consider the difference between Safeguarding concerns and s42 enquiries

• What is a safeguarding concern? Mini case scenario’s
• When do we carry out a statutory Enquiry?
• What is the purpose of an enquiry?
• Planning the Enquiry

Supporting an adult to achieve their outcomes

• Consideration of Capacity, Consent and Confidentiality

The course will be delivered by Dawn Revell

Dawn is a qualified Social Worker having obtained her professional status over 18 years ago. She continues to practice as an Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) under the Mental Health Act 1983.She is a joint trained investigator for safeguarding adults and presently has responsibility for managing and advising on complex safeguarding adult cases. Dawn presently manages a generic, county wide social services emergency duty team. She has worked as an associate trainer for over 4 years and has designed, facilitated and delivered training on risk assessment, mental health, mental capacity and safeguarding adults.

Includes all course materials and a certificate. Course access details will be emailed direct to delegate(s) upon completion of your booking.  If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to email assistant@edgetraining.org.uk  or call 07341 277487.