Safeguarding Adults Awareness
Who is the course aimed at?
All staff and volunteers working in social care, health, housing, charities and other areas of the independent sector
Learning Objectives:
By the end of the course you will be able to:
- Define who might be an adult with care and support needs
- Identify relevant Legislation, Guidance and Policy & Principles
- State the 10 categories of abuse & identify examples and indicators.
- Explain your responsibility to prevent abuse and neglect
- Describe how you would respond if you became aware of abuse
- Outline how you would raise a Safeguarding Concern with the Local Authority
- State your role in relation to whistleblowing
- Identify other public protection reporting processes
The Safeguarding Adults Awareness course aligns with the Level 3 learning objectives in the intercollegiate document (ICD) (Adult Safeguarding: Roles and Competencies for Health Care Staff) and therefore contributes to health professionals’ compliance with the ICD standards.
Feedback from learners on previous courses:
"The training was succinct and informative with plenty of opportunity for engagement. It was set out well and had a good variety to keep people engaged. Participation was encouraged to ensure contributions were fair and everybody was heard" O.M. January 2026
"Karen delivered the training very well. The course was interesting which was all down to our trainer who was extremely knowledgeable" P.H. January 2026
Cost of course
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