ADULT SAFEGUARDING

What is it?

Adult Safeguarding means protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of people who have care and support needs, enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect.

Why is it important?

The Care Act 2014 sets out a clear legal framework for how to respond if we have concerns about the well-being of an ‘adult at risk’ of abuse or neglect. Anyone who does paid or unpaid work with people who have care and support needs must be able to recognise and respond appropriately in such situations, ensuring their actions take into account what the individual wants to happen as well as any legal and organisational requirements.

What we do

All our programmes are regularly updated to stay current and fresh. With the introduction of the Cornwall Safeguarding Competency Framework, all our Safeguarding and MCA programmes have been reviewed to ensure we meet the required knowledge content on specific programmes.

The Front Line workers (previously level 2) workshop supports frontline practitioners to embed the six key principles of Adult Safeguarding into their practice and the Registered Managers (previously level 3) workshop aims to develop this further by considering these principles from a cultural and organisational perspective.

 We also facilitate workshops specifically designed to support best practice when working with people who self-neglect and of course we couldn't do any of that if we didn't have a sound knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act. We have updated the MCA programme so that it not only focuses on what a capacity assessment may look like, but also those fundamental concerns / knowledge in relation to deprivation of liberty and preparation for when LPS is to be implemented.

Course dates and how to book: 

We are currently running the majority of multi-agency sessions for both Front-line and Managers on a virtual platform. This enables us to respond to demand in a more flexible way and is also more cost effective for organisations. We keep group numbers small (maximum of 10 people) so there is plenty of opportunity for engagement and discussion. The sessions are 3hrs long and cost £35.00 per person.

We do facilitate Managers Safeguarding face to face as and when there is sufficient demand. Our next face to face Safeguarding for Managers is 6th July. cost is £60pp.

We also facilitate sessions on a bespoke basis for individual organisations and these can be either virtual or face-to-face.

For more information about multi-agency or bespoke sessions, and to book places, please contact us at info@freebirdassociates.com.