Safeguarding Service Users from Abuse
Regulation 13 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 requires health and social care providers to safeguard their service users from abuse and improper treatment. This includes, but is not limited to, discrimination, unlawful restraint and degrating treatment.
In order to carry out their responsibilities, health and social care workers need to undertake specialist safeguarding training to ensure that they have the necessary skills and knowledge.
The Safeguarding Service Users from Abuse course provides an overview on safeguarding adults and children who may be at risk of abuse or improper treatment while in a care setting. It is an effective and convenient way for busy health and social care workers to undertake the important safeguarding training that their role requires.
The course meets the requirements of CQC safeguarding training and the outcomes of the Core Clinical Framework. It also complies with the requirements of CPD (Continuous Professional Development) training. The course materials are designed to be clear and easy to understand, and the course is covered by our 14 day money-back satisfaction guarantee.
Who is the Safeguarding Service Users from Abuse course suitable for?
Safeguarding Service Users from Abuse is an online course that is suitable for all clinical and non-clinical workers in health and social care settings including designated safeguarding leads. This includes health care workers, social care workers and those who work in youth services such as activity leaders and passenger transport services. The course is also suitable for volunteers working in health and social care settings.
The course can form part of induction training for new workers, refresher training for existing staff and as part of an ongoing CPD programme.
What does the Safeguarding Service Users from Abuse course cover?
This course gives an overview of how care staff can safeguard service users who may be at risk of abuse or improper treatment.
Completing this course will enable you to understand what constitutes abuse or improper treatment, as well as knowing the systems and procedures that are used to prevent or investigate abuse.
The course begins by discussing the responsibilities of care providers to safeguard their service users from abuse or harm. The implications of failing to carry out the statutory duty of care in safeguarding are also covered, including the potential impact on CQC registration.
The course then goes on to cover other examples of safeguarding practice including training and education for health and social care workers and the systems and processes that need to be implemented.
You will also learn about forms of abuse that may occur in care settings, such as degradation, discrimination and inappropriate use of restraint.
How is the Safeguarding Service Users from Abuse course assessed?
Completing the Safeguarding Service Users from Abuse course will take you around one hour. The course content is assessed through an online multiple choice exam which has a 70% pass mark.
Your course fee includes unlimited resits if required and once you have achieved the required pass mark, you will be presented with a free certificate to download or print.
How to book a Safeguarding training online course
You can book a Safeguarding Service Users from Abuse course through our website or call 0203 488 7599 to speak to one of our advisers. Once you have paid for your course, you will immediately receive 12 months’ access to the online course materials.
You may wish to combine this course with one or more courses from our range of online safeguarding training courses including the Safeguarding Adults Level 1 course and the Safeguarding Children Level 1 course.
If you are booking this course for an employee in your care organisation, our learner management system allows you to monitor their course progress and certification. Our compliance matrix can also be used as an aid for audits and inspections.