Health and social care professionals must safeguard children, young people and adults who access services.

Safeguarding protects service users from abuse and maltreatment and ensures service users feel safe.

Simply put, safeguarding refers to actions taken to promote the welfare of children, young people and adults and protect these people from harm. 

Who is this training for?

Our Safeguarding – Overview Course is for anyone who works in the health and social care sector and works with service users who require care of some sort. This course will offer your staff quick and effective safeguarding training to help them become aware of certain situations . The training is suitable for private and public sector companies, including community homes (care homes) and other organisations in the healthcare sector.

What does the course cover?

The Safeguarding – Overview Course answers the following questions:

- What is safeguarding?

- What legislation and policies protect and safeguard service users?

- What is abuse and what are the types of abuse?

- What are the signs and symptoms of each type of abuse?

What is the benefit to your business?

This course will offer your staff quick and effective safeguarding training to help them become aware of the

importance of safeguarding within the healthcare and social care sector. at any time to suit your needs.

“ The main safeguarding issue is abuse. The NHS has released a shocking statistic that health and social care  practitioners raised 394,655 concerns of abuse during the last 12 months. ”

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Test and Certification

At the end of the course you will be given a test of 10 multiple choice questions. The required pass rate is 80%.

You will be able to download and print (if required) a digital certificate on completion of the course.

Course certificate lasts for 3 years

Course Duration

Approximately 45 minutes. (excluding time taken for the final exam)