Safeguarding is about principles and practices put in place for preventing or responding to harm and abuse. It is designed to protect people who by reason of their disposition are not able to protect themselves or are positioned to be susceptible to abuse or harm. These  are people with a protective characteristic which could be adults at risk or children and young people.

Providers of care and their staff must act in accordance with the Human Rights Act 1998 and have a positive obligation to uphold those rights for the people they support.

Our safeguarding courses are designed to meet QCF unit – HSC024 – Principles of Safeguarding and Protection in Adult Social Care and CQC Outcome 7 –  Safeguarding people who use services from abuse. Participants will learn the best practical approaches to safeguarding adults using the multi-agency protection procedures and enhance their skills in identification, prevention and referrals.
The Safeguarding Adult at risk training covers the following areas;

• Guidance and legislation
  reviews
  No secrets
  Multiagency policies and producers
  Human Rights Act (1998)
  Safeguarding Adults 2005
• Definition of Adult at risk
• Definition of Significant Harm
• Definition of Abuse and categories of abuse
• Indicators of Harm and abuse
• Perpetrators of abuse
• Disclosure
• Reporting and record keeping
• whistleblowing
• Preserving evidence
• Mental Capacity Act (2005)
  Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLs)
  Restraint
• Escalating and referral

The Safeguarding Children training covers the following areas;

• Reviews and Safeguarding legal frame work
  Some facts
  Serious case reviews
  Children Act 1989
  Every Child Matters and the Children Act 2004
  Working Together to Safeguard Children (2013)
  Children’s Trusts and Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCBs)
• Safeguarding Children – definition.
• Child Protection Process and Procedures
• Child Abuse Awareness
• Recognising abuse and neglect
•  Recognising Dangerous Safeguarding
• Responding to a disclosure
  Questioning method
  Impact action
• Record keeping (Chronologies)
• Escalating and referral