Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults - Level 3 - Online Course - CPD Accredited
Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults - Level 3 - Online Course - CPD Accredited.
Welcome to The Mandatory Training Group's online Safeguarding Adults at Risk – Level 3 training course for front-line healthcare and social care providers. All our online training courses, programmes and qualifications are accredited by the CPD Certification Service (CPDUK).
Safeguarding means protecting people’s health, wellbeing and human rights, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. It also means making sure people are supported to get proper access to health. Safeguarding adults at risk is fundamental to high-quality health and social care services.
All professionals working with adults at risk across all sectors should complete relevant safeguarding adults training courses.
Course content
This online Safeguarding Adults at Risk – Level 3 training course covers the following:
- What is safeguarding adults,
- How to support vulnerable people,
- How to keep people safe,
- How to respond to safeguarding alerts,
- The legislation surrounding safeguarding adults,
- Understand the Mental Capacity Act,
- Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards,
- Understand the purpose of report writing,
- How to plan an adult protection investigation,
- How to provide strong leadership to make safeguarding integral to care, and
- How to use systems and standards to prevent and respond to neglect and abuse.
Who is the course for?
This online Safeguarding Adults at Risk – Level 3 training course should be completed by those who work with vulnerable adults including in various sectors, including education, community services, healthcare and social care services including:
- NHS medical, nursing, AHP and care staff
- Locum doctors and nurses
- General Practitioners and GP locum staff
- Locum allied health professionals (AHPs)
- Social workers and social care support workers
- Agency nurses
- Agency workers
- Healthcare assistants
- Support workers
- Care assistants
- Community services.
Course aims
The aims of this online Safeguarding Adults at Risk – Level 3 training course is to improve awareness and knowledge relating to the safeguarding of vulnerable adults at risk, particularly in health care and social care settings. This safeguarding adults course meets the requirements of the Care Act 2014 and the CQC Common Induction Standards. Also, this safeguarding course aims to:
- To provide an understanding of the legislation regarding safeguarding adults
- To provide an awareness of individual and professional responsibilities to support vulnerable adults in a way that lets them make their own choices about their lives
- To prevent harm and reduce the risk of neglect or abuse to adults with living with care and support needs
- To raise awareness so that health and social care staff and professionals understand ways of identifying, responding and preventing abuse and neglect.
Learning outcomes
On completion of this online Safeguarding Adults at Risk – Level 3 training course, the learner will know more about:
- Adult safeguarding,
- Supporting vulnerable people,
- Keeping people in care safe,
- Responding to safeguarding alerts,
- Legislation and regulations surrounding adult safeguarding,
- The Mental Capacity Act,
- Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards,
- The purpose of report writing relating to adult safeguarding,
- Planning an adult protection investigation,
- Providing strong leadership to make safeguarding integral to care, and
- Using systems and standards to prevent and respond to neglect and abuse.
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