Safeguarding adults: e-learning course

Part of e-Learning courses

CPD-accredited course for health and social care workers which shows how safeguarding issues can develop, and suggests ways of dealing with them that protect people at the same time as preserving their right to make choices about their lives.

Safeguarding adults with dementia during the COVID-19 crisis

Part of Coronavirus (COVID-19) advice for social care

This quick guide aims to support care providers and staff to safeguard people with dementia during the COVID-19 crisis.

Gaining access to an adult suspected to be at risk of neglect or abuse: a guide for social workers and their managers in England

Part of Safeguarding adults in practice

This guide provides information on legal options for gaining access to adults suspected to be at risk of abuse or neglect, where access is restricted or denied.

Safeguarding adults for housing staff

Part of Safeguarding adults

Briefing for social care, health and police describing housing staff’s key safeguarding role. Housing staff are well placed to identify and share information about people with care and support needs at risk of abuse.

Safeguarding adults: types and indicators of abuse

Part of Safeguarding adults

SCIE discusses types of abuse in adults, including physical, sexual, psychological or emotional, financial or material, neglect or acts of omission, discriminatory and institutional abuse

Adult safeguarding practice questions

Part of Safeguarding adults in practice

This resource uses a series of practice questions to identify a number of challenging safeguarding dilemmas. The questions and answers aim to provide guidance on how these dilemmas should be handled within the new legal framework of the Care Act 2014. It does not address strategic commissioning issues or discuss the role of Safeguarding Adults Boards (SABs). It is relevant for frontline practitioners and managers who work with adults who have care and support needs and who may be at risk of abuse or neglect. This includes people in health, housing, the police, as well as in social care, both statutory social workers, and staff in the regulated and non-regulated provider sectors. The guide is part of a range of products to support implementation of the adult safeguarding aspects of the Care Act 2014. The questions were originally published in 2015, and updated in July 2018.

Safeguarding adults: mediation and family group conferences

This At a glance guide explains the use of mediation and family group conferences (FGCs) for adults who are – or may be – at risk from abuse.

Protecting adults at risk in London: good practice resource

This resource is a tool for staff engaged in safeguarding adults at risk. It gives practical pointers to help people assess the risk of abuse, recognise it when it does occur and respond to it appropriately.

Safeguarding adults: mediation and family group conferences

This resource explains the use of mediation and family group conferences (FGCs) for adults who are – or may be – at risk from abuse.

Commissioning care homes: common safeguarding challenges

This guide aims to identify the issues that most commonly lead to safeguarding referrals from care homes.