Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults (Level 3 for Nurses & GPs in Primary Care) 👨👩‍🦰

This workshop is suitable for: Nurses & GPs.

Overview:

As professionals you frequently work with people in their moments of greatest need, witness health and social inequalities which have a direct effect on the lives of the people you care for. The sensitivity to personalisation is particularly relevant to adult safeguarding. Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility.

Outcomes:

This one-day workshop has been designed around the knowledge and competency requirements for Safeguarding Level 3 (as detailed in the Intercollegiate Document 2019) and will cover the following:

• To know how to communicate effectively with adults, & to know how to ensure that they have the opportunity to participate in decisions affecting them as appropriate to their age & ability
• To know how to contribute to/formulate & communicate effective management plans for adults who have been maltreated within a multidisciplinary approach
• To know how to ensure the processes & legal requirements are appropriately undertaken, where relevant to role
• To know how to assess training requirements & contribute to departmental updates
• To know how to deliver & receive supervision within effective models of supervision &/or peer review
• To know how to, (where relevant to role) appropriately contribute to Practice Reviews
• Draws on professional knowledge of what constitutes adult abuse, harm or neglect to support others in fulfilling their adult safeguarding duties
• Undertakes capacity assessments within the framework of the relevant legislation
• Discusses the situation with the person, documents & reports concerns, recording the wishes & views of the adult at risk.
• Understands purpose & process of case reviews & lessons learnt.
• Attends relevant multidisciplinary meetings to present supporting evidence within relevant information sharing protocols.
• Works with other professionals & agencies, with adults & their families where there are safeguarding concerns in risk management & protection.
• Undertakes clinical supervision & provides support for other staff

Content:

• Safeguarding legislation – the Framework
• Six principles approach
• Making safeguarding personal
• Categories of Adult Abuse
• What to do if there are concerns about adult abuse, harm and neglect, including local policies and procedures
• The importance of co-operation, sharing information (including the consequences of failing to do so)
• Awareness of the relevance and impact of mental capacity legislation in adult safeguarding
• The impact of abuse, harm and neglect on personal identity
• The legal, professional, and ethical responsibilities
• Best practice in documentation, record keeping, and data protection issues in relation to information sharing for safeguarding purposes
• The guidance related to participation in safeguarding enquiries and reviews
• The professional duty to report crime in line with organisational and professional guidance