Course overview
Why do I need this course?
- Protect patients and service users from harm and abuse
- Comply with legal obligations for all healthcare staff
- Align with the Core Skills Training Framework (CSTF)
- Align with the Care Certificate Standards
What will I learn?
- Key concepts and principles of safeguarding adults
- Potential signs of abuse, harm and neglect
- How to raise safeguarding concerns
- Safeguarding adults legislation
Who is this course for?
- All healthcare professionals (as part of statutory training requirements)
- All staff working in the health and social care sector
- Anyone who has safeguarding responsibilities
Part of the CSTF
The Core Skills Training Framework (CSTF) is a framework created by Skills for Health and sets out minimum learning outcomes, frequency of refresher training and links to relevant legislation or expert guidance.
It can be used by any healthcare employer in the UK including NHS, independent and voluntary providers.
All our CSTF-aligned courses can be purchased as part of a bundle here.
Learn more about the CSTF on our website, or read the Frequently Asked Questions.
Part of the Care Certificate
The Skills for Health Care Certificate bundle provides a set of high-quality eLearning courses aligned to the Care Certificate standards. The bundle is designed to complement work-based assessment of skills by a competent assessor, and forms the core e-learning component of the certificate
All courses aligned to the Care Certificate standards can be purchased as part of a bundle here.
Course details
This CSTF-aligned Safeguarding Adults eLearning course provides staff in all roles within healthcare with an introduction to the key concepts and principles of safeguarding adults. The course uses a number of real-world scenarios across a range of healthcare settings and roles to stimulate discussion and reflection on how individual staff should consider safeguarding in their role.
Safeguarding adults legislation is updated regularly and this course will be kept up to date in this regard.
This course may include information that you have not previously been taught.
Upon completion of this course, the learner will be able to:
- Define the term ‘safeguarding adults’
- Identify and describe the different types of abuse that may affect adults who need care and support, understand the circumstances which may cause adults to be at risk of abuse
- Explain how you can work towards preventing abuse by promoting dignity and well-being through your own practice
- Describe how you can work in a person-centred and empowering way with adults
- Explain how to raise concerns where abuse of an adult is suspected within, or outside, your organisation, and the roles that different organisations play
- Discuss the key legislation and the role of policies and procedures relating to safeguarding adults in your own organisation
- Discuss the roles and responsibilities of the different agencies involved in investigating allegations of abuse
This course is aligned with Subject 8: Safeguarding Adults, Level 1 of the Core Skills Training Framework and Care Certificate Standard 10, Safeguarding Adults.
Subject 8: Safeguarding Adults, Level 1
The learner will:
- be able to recognise potential indicators of abuse, harm and neglect
- know what action to take if they have concerns, including to whom you should report your concerns and from whom to seek advice
- have a basic knowledge of the relevant legislation.
Standard 10: Safeguarding Adults
- 10.1 Understand the principles of Safeguarding adults
- 10.2 Reduce the likelihood of abuse
- 10.3 Respond to suspected or disclosed abuse
- 10.4 Protect people from harm and abuse – locally and nationally.
- Course Length: 90 mins
