Safeguarding Adults - Alerters

To ensure awareness of adult abuse and reporting responsibilities.

Recommended for

Staff from all service areas within Adults and Community Services without responsibility for conducting Safeguarding Adults Assessments.

Also staff in partner agencies including Care Homes, Domiciliary Care agencies, Voluntary agencies and Statutory Health settings.

Learning outcomes

• Understand legislative context of adult abuse
• Introduction to prevention of adult abuse
• Understand characteristics of adult abuse
• Understand definitions of vulnerability and adult abuse
• Indepth awareness of types and indicators of adult abuse
• Indepth understanding of reporting responsibilities

Duration

Half day

Time

9.30am - 12.30pm
1.30 - 4.30pm