Meets the requirements of level 3
The course has been Verified by Skills for Health against The Core Skills Framework
Duration: 6.5 hours; Accreditation: 6 CPD
This course is designated for staff who may come into contact with Adults at Risk from Harm, and Children. The course is based around the “THINK FAMILY” and “Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility” approach. The focus is on the situations and types of abuse that may present.
Course Benefits Provides a more in-depth training to adult and child protection helping you to recognise potential abuse and know what to do if you believe an individual is at risk.
The competencies trained at this level will be relevant and appropriate to the role of staff completing it. Level 3 training may therefore look different in different providers and not all competencies will be covered across every course.
Course Benefits
Provides a more in-depth training to adult and child protection helping you to recognise potential abuse
and know what to do if you believe an individual is at risk.
The course systematically follows the 4 R’s to ensure the learning outcomes are met: -
1. Recognise
2. Respond
3. Record
4. Refer
Safeguarding Level 2 must have been undertaken prior withing the 12 months prior to this course.
Learning Outcomes for Adults (those over 18 years):
• Able to undertake, where appropriate, a risk and/or harm assessment.
• Know how to communicate effectively with adults at risk, particularly those with mental capacity issues, learning disability or communication needs.
• Know how to contribute to and make considered judgements about how to act to safeguard an adult at risk.
• Know how to contribute to/formulate and communicate effective care plans for adults who have been/or may be subjected to abuse, harm or neglect.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the issues surrounding suspicion of adult abuse, harm and neglect and know how to effectively manage uncertainty and risk.
• Know how to appropriately contribute to inter-agency assessments by gathering and sharing information.
• Document concerns in a manner that is appropriate for adult safeguarding protection and legal processes.
• Know how to deliver and receive supervision within effective models of supervision and/or peer review and be able to recognise the potential personal impact of adult safeguarding on professionals.
• Know how to apply the lessons learnt from audit and serious case reviews/case management reviews/ significant case reviews to improve practice.
• Know how to advise others on appropriate information sharing.
• Know how to appropriately contribute to safeguarding adult reviews/case management reviews/significant case reviews, and domestic abuse related death review processes.
• Know how to obtain support and help in situations where there are problems requiring further expertise and experience.
• Know how to participate in and chair multidisciplinary meetings as required.
• Demonstrate the skills required to participate in a safeguarding enquiry.
Learning Outcomes for Children: -
• To be able to identify, drawing on professional and clinical expertise, possible signs of sexual, physical, or emotional abuse or neglect including domestic abuse, sexual exploitation, grooming and exploitation to support and/or commit acts of terrorism (known as radicalisation), FGM, modern slavery, gang and electronic media abuse using child and family-focused approach.
• To understand what constitutes child maltreatment including the effects of carer/ parental behaviour on children and young people.
• To know how to undertake, where appropriate, a risk and harm assessment.
• To know how to communicate effectively with children and young people, and to know how to ensure that they have the opportunity to participate in decisions affecting them as appropriate to their age and ability.
• To know how to contribute to and make considered judgements about how to act to safeguard/protect a child or young person, including escalation as part of this process.
• To know how to ensure the processes and legal requirements for looked after children, including after-care, are appropriately undertaken, where relevant to role.
• To know how to appropriately contribute to inter-agency assessments by gathering and sharing information, documenting concerns appropriately for safeguarding/ child protection and legal purposes, seeking professional.
• To know how to apply the lessons learnt from audit and child practice reviews/case management reviews/significant case reviews to improve practice.
• To know how to obtain support and help in situations where there are problems requiring further expertise and experience.
Mapped to: -
Safeguarding Adults at Risk
• The Intercollegiate document Adult Safeguarding: Roles and Competencies for Health Care Staff (Second edition: July 2024)
• Care and Support Statutory Guidance 2014 (revised 2025)
Safeguarding Children and Young People
• The ICD competencies; safeguarding children and young people, in care and care leavers. Fifth Edition January 2025
• Working Together to Safeguard Children 2026
Refresher period every 3 - 5 years recommended for children safeguarding.
Adult safeguarding evidence needed to meet 8-hour requirement (50% participatory learning, education or training, 50% self-directed learning) over a 3 year period.