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Safeguarding Adults: Level 3 Training
Learn how to ensure the successful safeguarding of adults with this on-demand training course from NHS England.
Explore professional safeguarding approaches to protect adults at risk
This course contributes towards the achievement of Level 3 Safeguarding competencies, as set out in Safeguarding for Adults: Roles and Competencies.
On this course, you’ll build the skills to ensure people at risk of abuse and neglect receive the care and protection they need to stay safe and unharmed. You’ll explore safeguarding in a professional context and learn how to appropriately share information on safeguarding concerns in writing and in meetings. You’ll also reflect on the complexity of the role of supervision in safeguarding and learn ways to overcome safeguarding challenges.
Syllabus
Week 1 - You and your local area
- Welcome to the course. Welcome to Safeguarding Adults Level 3. Meet your key educators, Marino Latour and David Blain and find out more about what you can expect from this course.
- What is Safeguarding Level 3 and why is it important? Next, we’re going to look at Safeguarding Adults Level 3 in more detail, including best practice and key safeguarding legislation.
- Case study. Find out about the fictional case study we will be reviewing for the rest of the course, and meet the healthcare professionals involved in the case.
Week 2 - Communication, confidentiality and effective safeguarding
- Good communication. Let’s look at the ways in which we communicate, and discuss why good communication is so important.
- The multi-disciplinary team meeting. The healthcare professionals meet to discuss Sofia’s case.
- Confidentiality and communication between agencies. Let's look at when to share information.
Week 3 - How can safeguarding reflections turn into positive actions?
- Good documentation. First, we’re going to look at documentation, what role this plays in safeguarding and how to get it right.
- Reflections. Taking time to reflect will help you to learn from a given situation, and how you may act to safeguard adults.
- Supervision. Accessing supervision is essential in supporting you in your safeguarding work.
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
- Describe overall safeguarding best practice at Level 3
- Identify specific safeguarding services in your particular context
- Discuss the roles and responsibilities of interagency safeguarding
- Describe good practice in communication between Healthcare agencies
- Discuss the role of communication between Healthcare agencies when forming a care plan
- Explain the relationship between confidentiality and safeguarding
- Describe the characteristics of good safeguarding documentation
- Identify actions which follow from reflections on safeguarding best practice
- Summarise the role of supervision in safeguarding (Level 3)