Safeguarding Adults for Housing Staff

Attendees will learn how to improve safeguarding practice within the housing sector. Participants will:

• Understand safeguarding responsibilities and duties
• Understand the importance of joint working and good communication
• Know how to share information appropriately, at the right time, with the right people
• Learn how to put safeguarding into practice including identifying risk and challenging local authority decisions.

The session will be delivered by Ewa Wnorowska, from Social Care Institute for Excellence. The course equips housing staff with the skills they need to carry out their duties around safeguarding both adults and children.

Content includes:

• an introduction to safeguarding as outlined by the Care Act 2014
• a summary of duties and responsibilities for local authorities
• the importance of cooperation, partnership and information sharing
• the relevance of the Mental Capacity Act 2005
• case studies to explore safeguarding in practice

MEMBERS: Free (if part of training allocation)

NON-MEMBERS: £60 + VAT

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We will be delivering this training session on MS Teams. In advance of the session, you will be sent a unique URL to join within a calendar invite. Please ensure that the attached T&C’s on the invite are thoroughly read.