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Advanced Safeguarding of Adults for Professionals

Advanced safeguarding of adults in care settings
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About the course

The Advanced Safeguarding of Adults for Professionals course is suitable for anyone working directly with adults and overseeing staff who care for vulnerable adults.

This course covers how to manage the process of safeguarding adults, the Mental Capacity Act, human rights and the Equality Act, what is effective care planning, quality assurance, and monitoring.

Enrolment is through our Keys To Safeguarding website.

Course Summary

  • Definition of a vulnerable adult
  • Definition of safeguarding adults
  • The Care Act 2014
  • Local authority responsibilities
  • The Mental Capacity Act
  • Who could lack capacity under the act
  • The 5 principles of the Mental Capacity Act
  • Promoting human rights, choice and control in care planning using the principles
  • Care planning
  • Who is considered to be unable to make their own decisions?
  • Attorneys appointed under Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPAs) 
  • The court of protection
  • The public guardian
  • A criminal offence
  • Independent mental capacity advocates
  • Advance decisions to refuse treatment
  • When does poor care become a safeguarding issue?
  • Differentiating between poor care and potential safeguarding issues
  • Causes for concern
  • Prevention in adult safeguarding
  • Building blocks for intervention and prevention
  • Different types of intervention
  • Features of safe practice
  • Quality assurance and monitoring – good governance
  • CQC guidance
  • A section 42 enquiry
  • The process
  • The coroners society and the CQC
  • Coroners
  • DoLs and Coroner court
  • Information sharing obligations under the care act

Course Details

  • 19.99 GBP
  • 1 hr (approx.)
  • Certificated
Suitable for:
Care workers
Trainee care workers

Sample Content

Definition of a vulnerable adult
Prevention in adult safeguarding
Care planning
Information sharing obligations under the care act
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Course Details

  • 19.99 GBP
  • 1 hr (approx.)
  • Certificated
Suitable for:
Care workers
Trainee care workers

Sample Content

Definition of a vulnerable adult
Prevention in adult safeguarding
Care planning
Information sharing obligations under the care act

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