Workforce development activity to support safeguarding
Training
Programme
Basic
Awareness
1/2 day
Detailed
Awareness
2 day
Assessment
and
Investigation
3 days
Details
Who is the training for?
Other comments
This course will help staff to identify
situations where a person may be
vulnerable and at risk and to understand
their own role in relation to adult
protection and safeguarding vulnerable
adults.
Day centre officers,
residential care officers,
care assistants, drivers/escorts
community re-ablement
assistants,
admin support staff,
domestic catering staff,
OT assistants, senior day centre
/residential care officers where
not member of the unit
management team.
Social workers and care
managers, OT’s, sensory teams
and their managers, members of
provider management teams e.g.
assistant managers and senior
day service officers, registered
nurses, key specialist staff,
community response team
leaders.
All Service Managers and Team
Managers (care management
teams only), social workers and
care managers who will be
expected to take a lead role in
investigations.
The Deaf Services Team will
need to ensure some team
members attend this course.
This course can be delivered in-house
for whole units/teams.
This course will help staff to identify and
respond appropriately to situations where
abuse is suspected. This includes
considering values/attitudes; definitions,
signs and symptoms of abuse; consent
and capacity; thresholds for intervention;
handling disclosures; confidentiality and
making decisions regarding sharing
information.
This course will help staff to develop skills
necessary to undertake effective
investigation of safeguarding cases. Staff
will learn about the process of
investigation using the safeguarding
policy and procedures, investigation
techniques, gathering evidence and how
to communicate effectively across
agencies.
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For directory courses please find details
on the website and use web based
nomination process.
Course administrator:
Gemma Catlin
This course forms part of the induction
programme for those staff working in
care management
Course administrator:
Gemma Catlin
This course is part of a 7 day
modularised programme. When
nominating for it you will also be
nominating for:
 Developing Assessment and
Investigation Skills 1 -Risk
Assessment, Mental Capacity
& the Law) 2 day
 Developing Assessment and
Investigation Skills 2 –
Achieving best evidence in
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safeguarding adult
investigations ( Youth Justice
and Criminal Evidence Act) 1
day
 Mental Capacity ActAwareness- 1 day
Course administrator:
Gemma Catlin
This course is mandatory for staff Pre course requirement:
who previously have attended
Delegates must have attended the 3the Assessment and
day “Assessment and Investigation”
Investigation course
course prior to attending this course
Mental
Capacity Act –
Awareness
1 day
This course will introduce the new Mental
Capacity Act 2005, and explain the
responsibilities it places on social work
when applying the acts five statuary
principles.
Developing
Assessment
and
Investigation
Skills 1 (Risk
Assessment,
Mental
Capacity &
Law)
2 day
Developing
Assessment
and
Investigation
Skills 2
Achieving best
evidence in
safeguarding
adult
investigations
(Youth Justice
and Criminal
Staff will extend and develop their skills
and learn about any new developments in
relation to safeguarding investigation.
The content is especially focused on risk
assessment and mental capacity within
the safeguarding process and awareness
of legislation.
This course is mandatory for staff
who previously have attended
the Assessment and
Investigation course.
Pre course requirement:
Delegates must have attended the 3day “Assessment and Investigation”
as well as the 1 day Mental Capacity
Act- Awareness courses prior to
attending this course.
Staff will develop their skills in
interviewing those suspected of being
abused in order to achieve effective
assessments within the investigation
process. The course will address
interview techniques generally as well as
interviewing vulnerable witnesses where
a court case is a likely outcome. It will
include principles of therapeutic
interviewing, the peace model, cognitive
techniques and of Achieving Best
Evidence.
This course is mandatory staff
who previously have attended
“Assessment and Investigation”
and “Developing Assessment
and Investigation Skills 1”.
Pre course requirement:
Delegates must have attended the 3day “Assessment and Investigation”
, 0.5 day Mental Capacity Actawareness training sessions as well
as the “Developing Assessment and
Investigation Skills 1” course prior to
attending this course.
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Evidence Act)
1 day
Manager’s
Development
(Care
Management )
Safeguarding –
Chairing
meetings 1 day
Manager’s
Development
(Provider
Services)
1day
Safeguarding
Notes and
minute taking
I day
Managers will explore some of the key
issues involved in managing and decision
making in cases of safeguarding. There
is a strong emphasis on developing skills
to effectively manage case conferences.
The course will confirm
the roles and responsibilities in managing
the safeguarding process and in chairing
safeguarding meetings. It will identify the
different stages of Adult Protection /
safeguarding planning meetings and case
conferences and identify the significance
of pre meeting planning and preparation
and post meeting tasks.
This course aims to equip managers with
an understanding of their responsibilities
within the safeguarding adults/ adult
protection policy and procedures. It will
explore links with other relevant policies
and procedures as well as giving an
overview of the care management
assessment and investigation process
which will follow where provider
managers refer a situation of suspected
abuse.
Identify different types of meetings
Describe your role as the recorder
Differentiate between notes and minutes
Describe the barriers to effective note /
minute taking and how to
overcome these
Produce clear and concise notes /
minutes
Service Managers and Team
Managers (care management).
Course administrator:
Gemma Catlin
Managers of provider services
Pre course requirement:
Delegates must have attended the
Safeguarding “Detailed Awareness”
course before attending this course.
Course administrator:
Gemma Catlin
All administration staff involved in Staff are requested to attend a
the taking of minutes at
½ day Safeguarding Basic Awareness
safeguarding meetings
course.
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Activity
Refresher
Toolkit
Details
Development of a safeguarding toolkit to
support annual refresher training
Who is the training for?
Staff working in OP/PD
residential / nursing and day
services
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Other comments
Once development completed toolkit to
be rolled out to CRT / LD /care
management and other identified teams
-refreshed annually
To include reflective practice, case
studies, and quiz..
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