Safeguarding Vulnerable Persons at Risk of Abuse

The Safeguarding course aims to ‘increase capacity of all staff and service users, in relation to key information on the safeguarding of vulnerable people as outlined in the National Policy "Safeguarding Vulnerable Persons at Risk of Abuse" published in December 2014 and how this impacts on their local service policy and is supported by good organisational culture. ("Culture manifests what is important, valued and accepted in an Organisation. It is not easily changed nor is it susceptible to change merely by a pronouncement, command or the declaration of a new vision. At its most basic it can be reduced to the observation the way things are done around here".)

This programme is an online course that can be used to support staff to understand and implement the National Policy and to consider a set of approaches available to protect vulnerable people and identify how organisational culture is a key element in developing effective strategies’.

Who is this course for?

Organisations, first line supervisors & managers in intellectual disability services; redeployed staff

The course is available as a free resource for all organisations.

1. Individuals can progress through the course systematically or access any part of the course that contains the materials they want to review. This option does not produce a certificate of completion for the individual. It can be accessed at YourOTC.net
   2. If you are a manager and you would like the opportunity to monitor a group of staff or an individual staff member’s progress through the course, the Open Training College (OTC) would be more than happy to help. The OTC is offering tracking and/or certification for course completion for the purposes of CPD for staff at all levels. Contact us at cmurray@opentrainingcollege.com, or using the form below, to discuss the process and the cost involved.
   3. If you are an individual and would like to complete the course and get certification for your job, CPD portfolio or CV, contact us at llittlefield@opentrainingcollege.com, and we will provide you with details on how to pay and log in details to access the certified course.

Course Content

The course is delivered in eight sections:

Module 1 - Introduction to the Course
Module 2 – How to use the course
Module 3 – Defining Key Terms
Module 4 – Definitions and Indicators of Abuse
Module 5 – Organisational Culture
Module 6 – The Features of a Positive Organisational Culture
Module 7 – Everyone has a Role in Safeguarding
Module 8 – Reporting Abuse
Module 9 – Do’s and Don’ts of Safeguarding
Module 10 – Acknowledgements and Assessment

To find out more visit the course page on www.opentrainingcollege.com