CSTF Safeguarding Adults Level 2 & Level 3

Description

Welcome to our online CSTF Safeguarding Adults Level 2 & Level 3 training package. All our online training courses, programmes and qualifications are accredited by the CPD Certification Service (CPDUK).

Individuals have the right to live free from violence, harassment, humiliation and degradation. All agencies and professionals involved with the adult at risk have a duty to promptly share all relevant information. Healthcare organisations are responsible for ensuring people’s dignity and rights and meeting statutory duties to safeguard adults, including a systematic approach, effective leadership at all levels and an organisational culture where care and compassion are valued.

This training package covers safeguarding adults training for health and social care workers at Levels 2 and 3. Where it meets the learning outcomes of the UK Core Skills Training Framework (UKCSTF) v1.1.

Entry requirements – No prerequisites are required

Assessment type – End of course assessment (80% needed to pass and gain CPD certificate)

Certification/Qualification – Downloadable CPD-certified certificate

Cost(s) of assessment and certification – Assessment and certification costs included in the course price

Course accreditation – CPD Certification Service (CPDUK)

Course access – Part-time (1-year access)

Who is the course for?

This online CSTF Safeguarding Adults Level 2 & Level 3 training package is suitable for the following:

• Practitioners who have regular contact with patients, their families or carers, or the public
• Registered healthcare staff who assess, plan, intervene and evaluate the needs of adults where there are safeguarding concerns (as appropriate to the role).

What is covered in this training package?

This online CSTF Safeguarding Adults Level 2 & Level 3 training package covers the following modules:

CSTF Safeguarding Adults – Level 2

• Introduction
• Section 1 – Abuse in adults
• Section 2 – Advocacy
• Section 3 – Roles and responsibilities
• Section 4 – Information sharing and recordkeeping
• Section 5 – Key legislation and guidance
• Section 6 – Preventing radicalisation.

CSTF Safeguarding Adults – Level 3

• Introduction
• Section 1 – Types of abuse in adults
• Section 2 – Assessing the risk of harm
• Section 3 – Effective communication
• Section 4 – Actions to take following safeguarding concerns
• Section 5 – Reviewing safeguarding practice
• Section 6 – Effective safeguarding supervision
• Section 7 – Safeguarding meetings and enquiries.

Course aims

The aims of this online CSTF Safeguarding Adults Level 2 & Level 3 training package are to:

• Understand the key terms and definitions to recognise abuse in adults.
• Develop a good understanding of assessing risk and protecting adults at risk.
• Understand effective information sharing and record keeping when documenting and reporting safeguarding concerns.
• Familiarise the different factors that could lead to radicalisation in adults.
• Familiarise how to effectively communicate with adults at risk of abuse, neglect or harm, and gather and share information for interagency safeguarding assessments.

Learning objectives

This online CSTF Safeguarding Adults Level 2 & Level 3 training package will:

• Establish the signs and symptoms of harm and abuse in adults.
• Discuss the key terms and definitions of safeguarding adults and ways to assess and safeguard vulnerable adults.
• Consider how and when an adult might require an advocate in line with legislation and guidance.
• Consider how and when to refer to social care following organisational policies if an adult safeguarding concern is identified.
• Consider how to complete a care plan for an adult who has been or may be subjected to abuse, harm, or neglect.
• Discuss how to document safeguarding concerns as well as radicalisation risk factors.
• Discuss how to effectively communicate with adults at risk of harm and abuse, especially when there are mental capacity issues, learning disabilities or other communication needs.
• Learn where to find additional sources of help and support for adult safeguarding.
• Discuss how to review organisational safeguarding practices effectively.
• Examine the importance of supervision and how to deliver and receive adequate safeguarding supervision.
• Consider the lessons learned from serious case reviews and how to play a vital role in serious case reviews, safeguarding inquiries, and multidisciplinary meetings.

Learning outcomes

On completion of this online CSTF Safeguarding Adults Level 2 & Level 3 training package, the learner will be able to:

• Identify possible signs of sexual, physical, or emotional abuse or neglect using a person-centered approach.
• Determine adults experiencing abuse, harm, or neglect with caring responsibilities for other adults or children and make appropriate referrals.
• Ensure effective advocacy is provided where required, per legislation and professional guidance.
• Demonstrate a clear understanding, as appropriate to the role, of forensic procedures in adult safeguarding and know how to relate these to practice to meet clinical and legal requirements as required.
• Undertake, where appropriate, a risk and/or harm assessment explaining how to formulate and communicate effective care plans for adults who have been or may be subjected to abuse, harm, or neglect.
• Describe your role, responsibilities, professional boundaries, and those of your colleagues in a multidisciplinary team and multi-agency environment.
• Explain how to deliver and receive supervision within adequate supervision and/or peer review models and recognise the potential personal impact of adult safeguarding on professionals.
• Demonstrate how to appropriately document safeguarding concerns in a format that informs relevant staff and agencies.
• Communicate effectively with at-risk adults, particularly those with mental capacity issues, learning disabilities or communication needs.
• State how to contribute and make considered judgments about safeguarding adults at risk.
• State how to apply lessons learned from audits, serious case reviews, case management reviews, and significant case reviews to improve practice.
• State how to appropriately contribute to serious case reviews, case management reviews, significant case reviews, and domestic homicide review processes.

Why is this online CSTF Safeguarding Adults Level 2 & Level 3 training package essential?

The health sector can positively contribute towards safeguarding those who are less able to protect themselves from harm, neglect or abuse. Central to effective safeguarding management are trusting and supportive relationships based upon dignity and respect between patients, their families and healthcare staff.

Therefore, healthcare organisations are responsible for ensuring people’s rights and dignity and meeting statutory duties to safeguard adults. This requires a systematic approach, effective leadership at all levels, and an organisational culture where care and compassion are valued.

In cases where individuals lack capacity, safeguards are in place to protect them. Sometimes, complex decisions are required to decide whether to take action in the public interest or whether the person is being coerced.

Safeguarding Adults Level 2 & Level 3 – CPDUK Accredited.