Safeguarding for Leaders and Managers Course (Adult Social Care)

How long is the course?

This is a 1-day course.

Meet the Trainer - Jenny Stanley

Jenny has worked in Health and Social Care for over 30 years. She is an experienced senior manager who thrives in leading the day-to-day operations of social care businesses. Jenny has managed a broad range of social care services across the private, voluntary, and independent sectors and has over 15 years of experience in developing and delivering training for a wide variety of services. Jenny’s passion for supporting and advocating for people’s rights and freedoms within the Autism and Learning Disability community is contagious. She takes pride in delivering high-quality training that will have positive impacts on the individuals that her learners support.

Jenny has devised and delivered safeguarding programmes for Councils, ICBs and Care Groups, and is our Lead Safeguarding Trainer.

Who should attend the Safeguarding for Leaders and Managers Course?

This course is suitable for leaders and managers working in adult social care settings. Attendees on the course should already have a working knowledge of safeguarding and should have leadership responsibility in their workplace.

This course is mapped to the Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Adult Care, Making Safeguarding Personal (ADASS) and Care Act Statutory Guidance.

Why complete the Safeguarding for Leaders and Managers Course?

• Explore current and arising themes and trends in safeguarding
• Reflect on current themes and trends using data and analyse the implications of this
• Refresh knowledge of the legislative framework and build knowledge around the new legislative frameworks and protocols
• Identify best practice and understand how to drive this within your organisation
• Consider organisational risk appetite and strategies to support risks beyond this
• Reflect on your organisation/service current strategy, processes and practices
• Share knowledge and experience with peers to facilitate cross pollination of learning
• Opportunity to work and collaborate with leaders from other adult care services within training, which will enable the sharing of ideas and experiences
• By investing in training now, organisations can take preventative measures that will ultimately reduce costs in the future
• Demonstrate your commitment to safeguarding by building skills and knowledge that could support new employment opportunities for yourself

What resources would be made available to the course attendees?

Attendees will receive:

• Handouts
• Practice Tools and Resources
• Safeguarding Adults Trained Leader Badge

Course Learning Outcomes

• Identify the laws, policies and guidelines that provide the framework for safeguarding
• Describe how legal literacy underpins good practice in safeguarding activity
• Explain how to embed professional curiosity within safeguarding practice
• Identify risk factors that contribute to a ‘closed culture’
• Describe how Making Safeguarding Personal drives safeguarding activity
• Analyse the challenges of positive risk-taking, including new and accumulating risk
• Identify the key components of defensible decision-making
• Describe how to develop a confident and competent staff team to support consistent good practice in safeguarding.
• Explain the difference between ‘considering’ and ‘suspecting’ abuse according to the NICE guidelines
• Explain how to escalate and address complex cases, harnessing the assets of safeguarding partners
• Describe the stages and process of enquiry

Mapping to National Standards

• Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Adult Care
• Making Safeguarding Personal (ADASS)
• Care Act Statutory Guidance

What you can expect from 1Stop's open courses…

• Interactive and engaging learning

• High quality training delivered by experienced and expert trainers
• Post course training handouts and resources for staff to refer back to and reflect on to keep the learning alive
• A certificate of attendance and electronic badge
• Professional and high quality customer service should you have any queries or questions in advance of after training

Delivery Method - How will it look like on the day?

The course will run online via Microsoft Teams.

The course running date and time are outlined above.

This interactive session will offer a fully immersive learning experience that is enhanced by small group learning. All learners will have the opportunity to engage directly with the trainer, take part in interactive activities and share learning with others in focused discussions. Activities will include interactive whiteboards, polls, case studies, breakout rooms (group discussions and activities) and chat activities.

Cost

The cost of the course is £95 per person. This does not include VAT. Payment needs to be made ahead of the course start. Cancellations and refund requests would need to be submitted at least 14 days ahead of the course start. You can process a cancellation/refund via our booking portal.

Funding for Training

Funding is available for HCPA Members. Learn more about HCPA Membership here.

For 3-hour courses, funding is £20 per person. For full-day courses, funding is £40 per person. To enquire about the funding, email us at info@1stoptraining.co.uk

Terms and Conditions

By booking onto this training, you are agreeing to our Training Terms and Conditions.

If you have any questions, or require support, please email info@1stoptraining.co.uk