Safe Guarding Vulnerable Adults Course

Course overview:

This course is designed to equip staff with the skills necessary to deal with the situations that may arise when dealing with vulnerable adults and understand the safeguards required:

Sample Program – Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults

  • Housekeeping
  • Definition of Abuse
  • Values for Caring
  • Consent
  • Who is a Vulnerable Adult?
  • Categories of Abuse
  • Statistics
  • Indicators, Signs, & Symptoms
  • Legislation
  • How to Respond to Disclosures
  • Written Records
  • Preventing Abuse
  • Whistle Blowing
  • Policies & Procedures
  • Mental Capacity Act
  • Multi Agency Working
  • Scenarios
  • Questions?
  • Evaluations

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A SAMPLE PROGRAM WHICH CAN BE CHANGED FOR YOUR SPECIFIC NEEDS.

 Essential Info

Who should attend?

All employees who work within an environment where they are dealing with Vulnerable Adults.

Teaching methods

  • Power Point presentation
  • Group Discussions, quizzes 
  • Written exercises & case studies
  • Flip chart

Duration of course

 One day

Number of delegate places

  • Minimum 6
  • Maximum 16

Trainers  Qualifications

Hampshire County Council Adult Protection Train the Trainer, Edusafe Protecting Vulnerable Adults Programme. Train the Trainer in Mental Health Capacity Act

A Booklet is issued to all attending the course along with a certificate of attendance.

Trainers facilitating the course follow the ICM code of practise and are members of the ICM. The Company has also been accorded ICM Quality Award Centre status (QAC Registration Number QAC2022)