Safeguarding Awareness AM Session

Course Duration:

9.30am - 12.30pm

Target Audience:

All staff, volunteers, family carers, direct employers and their PA’s excluding individuals employed by Hertfordshire County Council.

For HCC employees please contact acslearninganddevelopment@hertfordshire.gov.uk for alternative training.

Aim:

A training session to introduce delegates to the basic principles of Safeguarding Adults at risk of abuse and neglect, the concept of wellbeing, the safeguarding principles, and initial considerations for making safeguarding personal.

Learning Outcomes:

• Explain their role within safeguarding.
• Identify the 6 principles of safeguarding adults.
• Identify different forms of adult abuse and recognise possible signs of abuse.
• Identify factors that may increase risk of adult abuse.
• Describe procedures for responding appropriately following making safeguarding personal and reporting concerns using local safeguarding systems.
• Make an accurate record of what they may have seen.
• Understand the whistleblowing policy.