Our Adult Social Services and Housing Staff Training and
Development Centre has taken the lead for delivering multi-agency
training on Safeguarding Adults.
This has been organised under the guidance of the
Learning and Standards sub group of the North Somerset Safeguarding
Adults Partnership Board.
We provide the following Safeguarding Adults training for all
those in North Somerset who may identify and respond to potential
abuse of adults at risk. Safeguarding Adults training is designed
to provide learning and training at different levels to meet the
varied needs of a range of employees in organisations in the
health, social care, housing and justice sectors and the range of
roles within Safeguarding Adults processes that workers may play.
Safeguarding Adults training on different themes and to meet
different requirements will also be provided to enhance and
compliment the mandatory training provided.
Safeguarding Adults training must be refreshed every 3
years.
The current training comprises:
Safeguarding Adults e-learning Courses available
for:
- Non-care staff
- Care and support staff
These free training packages provide basic information on
identifying and alerting to allegations of abuse of vulnerable
adults, including links to the current national and local policies.
It can be used as part of an induction programme in the first few
weeks of employment, prior to face-to-face training, as pre-course
preparation and as a refresher course between 3 yearly updates.
For advice and support to use the e-learning and to access the
username and password for your organisation
email Natasha
Budd.
E-learning available on the
Learning Pool
website.
Level 1 – Safeguarding Adults:
Awareness – anyone working directly with adults who may be at
risk of harm and abuse must complete this level of Safeguarding
Adults training within the first 6 months of their employment,
whether working in the statutory, private, voluntary or independent
sectors. It focuses on identifying and reporting possible abuse.
This ½ day training course enables participants to meet the
requirements of Competences 1 to 5 of the National Competence
Framework for Safeguarding Adults and has been audited using the
Safeguarding Adults training audit tool.
Level 2 – Safeguarding Adults:
Responding to Concerns – having completed Level 1, all those who
are likely to be involved in responding to potential allegations of
abuse must complete this level of Safeguarding Adults training.
This includes all health, social care and housing managers of both
provider and commissioner services, health and social care
professionals and managers of voluntary agencies who may support
service users through the Safeguarding Adults processes. This 2 day
course enables participants to meet the requirements of Competences
1 to 12 of the National Competence Framework for Safeguarding
Adults and has been audited using the Safeguarding Adults training
audit tool.
Safeguarding Adults:
Train the Trainers – aimed at managers, professional or training
staff within larger statutory, voluntary or private organisations
within North Somerset who need to have large numbers of staff
trained to Level 1 within their organisation. This course requires
the candidate to complete the Level 1 and 2 courses, complete the 1
day Safeguarding Adults: Train the Trainers training course, be
observed delivering a Level 1 course with feedback and attend the
Safeguarding Adults: Train the Trainers support meeting on a
regular basis. This course enables participants to meet the
requirements of North Somerset Safeguarding Adults Trainers
Competences T1 to T5 and has been audited using the Safeguarding
Adults training audit tool.
Courses run regularly at Partnership House – currently there are
four Level 1 courses per month and six Level 2 courses per year.
All Safeguarding Adults training is chargeable under the North
Somerset Council training charging policy, unless prior
arrangements have been made with the Training and Development
Manager.
Book places on the courses online at the
North Somerset CPD
online system. CPD Online provides quick and easy access to
searching for and booking your place onto our events and you can
register yourself as a new user online. If you would like any
assistance with using CPD Online please contact the Training
Coordinator,
Natasha Budd
or call on 01934 427400.
Safeguarding Adults Training Audit Tool
This resource is currently under review.
North Somerset Safeguarding Adults training data
gathering
All organisations that need their staff trained in Safeguarding
Adults are required by the North Somerset Safeguarding Adults
Partnership Board to respond to the Safeguarding Adults data
gathering process. This involves quarterly reporting of training
needs and delivery to inform the quarterly training report to the
Board.
For further details contact Safeguarding Adults training lead
Rachel
Hubbard or you can call her on 01934 426098.
