Safeguarding adults training
Safeguarding is everyone's business and by studying together we can make a positive impact on the lives of adults in Derby City.
Derby Safeguarding Adults Board has implemented the National Competency Framework for Safeguarding Adults. The aim of the framework is to outline competencies within the workforce in which agencies can work with their staff to evidence that they are competent in Safeguarding Adults.
Each competency within the framework refers to a combination of skills, knowledge and experience expected of individual staff. The Framework is based on the idea that certain staff groups need different levels of competence in Safeguarding Adults.
Each agency needs to identify which staff fit into which group but in the meantime we have highlighted the responsibilities of different staff groups which should enable you to see which training would be of most benefit to your role.
Staff Group A
Members of this group have a responsibility to contribute to Safeguarding adults, but do not have specific organisational responsibility or statutory authority to intervene.
Including but not limited to:
- day service staff, domestic ancillary staff, police officers, personal assistants
- all support staff in health and social care settings.
Examples of courses:
- Safeguarding adults module 1
- Mental Capacity Act module 1.
Staff Group B
This group have considerable professional and organisational responsibility for Safeguarding adults.
They have to be able to act on concerns and contribute appropriately to local and national policies, legislation and procedures.
Including but not limited to:
- social workers, nurses
- frontline managers, care managers
- heads of nursing
- health and social care provider service.
Examples of courses:
- Safeguarding adults module 2
- Mental Capacity Act module 2.
Staff Group C
This group is responsible for ensuring the management and delivery of Safeguarding Adult services are effective and efficient.
Including but not limited to:
- operational managers
- heads of assessment and care managers
- service managers.
Examples of courses:
- Safeguarding enquiry module 2
- Mental Capacity Act module 2
- Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards module 2.
Staff Group D
This group is responsible in ensuring their organisation is, at all levels, fully committed to Safeguarding Adults and have in place appropriate systems and resources to support this work in an intra and inter agency context.
Including but not limited to:
- heads of support services
- heads of directly provided services
- heads of assessment and care management services.
Examples of courses:
- Safeguarding enquiry module 2
- Mental Capacity Act module 2
- Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards module 2.
Training courses are very much the beginning of becoming competent and the key area is how you take your learning and implement this in practice and then evidence how this has enabled you to become competent in Safeguarding Adults.
The Competence Framework looks to highlight how all the training courses link in with the Framework.
Visit the Derby Safeguarding Adults Board for full details of the courses on offer.