Safeguarding and the Protection of Adults Level 3

By the end of this course, you’ll be able to:

• Identify possible signs of sexual, physical, or emotional abuse or neglect using a person-centred approach
• Identify adults experiencing abuse, harm or neglect who have caring responsibilities for other adults or children, and make appropriate referrals
• Demonstrate a clear understanding, as appropriate to role, of forensic procedures in adult safeguarding and knowing how to relate these to practice in order to meet clinical and legal requirements as required
• Where undertaking forensic examinations as part of your role, be able to demonstrate an ability to undertake forensic procedures and know how to present the findings and evidence to legal requirements
• Undertake, where appropriate, a risk and/or harm assessment
• Communicate effectively with adults at risk, in particular those with mental capacity issues, learning disability or communication needs
• Contribute to, and make considered judgements about how to act to safeguard an adult at risk
• Contribute to/formulate and communicate effective care plans for adults who have been or may be subjected to abuse, harm or neglect
• Demonstrate an understanding of the issues surrounding suspicion of adult abuse, harm and neglect, and to know how to effectively manage uncertainty and risk
• Appropriately contribute to inter-agency assessments by gathering and sharing information
• Document concerns in a manner that is appropriate for adult safeguarding protection and legal processes
• Undertake documented reviews of your own (and/or team) adult safeguarding, as appropriate to role
• Deliver and receive supervision within effective models of supervision and/or peer review, and be able to recognise the potential individual impact of adult safeguarding on professionals
• Apply the lessons learnt from audit and serious case reviews/case management reviews/significant case reviews to improve practice
• Advise others on appropriate information sharing
• Appropriately contribute to serious case reviews/case management reviews/significant case reviews, and domestic homicide review processes
• Obtain support and help in situations where there are safeguarding problems requiring further expertise and experience
• Participate in and chair multidisciplinary meetings as required
•  Demonstrate the skills required to participate in a safeguarding enquiry.