Safeguarding involves working with adults at risk to protect their right to live in safety, free from abuse, harm and neglect.
Safeguarding balances the right to be safe with the right to make informed choices. It supports the individual’s right to retain independence, wellbeing and choice, making sure that basic needs such as security, nutrition and hydration are met.
An adult at risk is a person…
The Care Act 2014
The Act sets out a clear legal framework for protecting adults at risk of abuse or neglect and requires each local authority to:
- -Make enquiries, or cause others to do so, if it believes an adult is experiencing, or is at risk of, abuse or neglect.
- -Set up a Safeguarding Adults Board (SAB).
- -Arrange, where appropriate, for an independent advocate to represent and support an adult who is the subject of a safeguarding enquiry or Safeguarding Adult Review (SAR).
- -Co-operate with each of its relevant partners.
- -Lead a multi-agency Adult Safeguarding System.
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Class Sessions
1- 1. Explain the term “safeguarding adults”
2- 2. Explain your own role and responsibilities in safeguarding individuals
3- 3. List the main types of abuse
4- 4. Describe what constitutes harm
5- 5. Explain why an individual may be vulnerable to harm or abuse
6- 6. Describe what constitutes restrictive practices
7- 7. List the possible indicators of abuse
8- 8. Describe the nature and scope of harm and abuse of adults at risk
9- 9. List a range of factors which have featured in adult abuse and neglect
10- 10. Demonstrate the importance of ensuring individuals are treated with dignity and respect
11- 11. Describe where to get information and advice about your role and responsibilities
12- 12. Describe how care environments can promote or undermine people’s dignity and rights
13- 13. Explain the importance of individualised, person-centred care
14- 14. Explain how to apply the basic principles of helping people to keep themselves safe
15- 15. Explain the local arrangements for implementation of multi-agency Safeguarding Boards
16- 16. List ways in which the likelihood of abuse can be reduced by managing risk
17- 17. Explain how a clear complaints procedure can reduce the likelihood of abuse
18- 18. Explain what to do if abuse of an adult is suspected, including how to raise concerns
19- 19. List relevant legislation, local and national policies and procedures
20- 20. Explain the importance of sharing information with the relevant agencies
21- 21. Describe the actions to take if you experience barriers in alerting or referring