Course Information
The safeguarding team is responsible for ensuring all staff employed by Mersey Care have access to good quality training that is relevant to their role and clinical competencies. The safeguarding team achieve this through a combination of mandatory children & adult training at L1,2 & 3, Children’s Specialist and non- mandatory bespoke training available as CPD sessions All staff who come into contact with children, young people, adults at risk and their families have a responsibility to safeguard and promote their welfare and know what to do if there are concerns about safeguarding, abuse or neglect.
Learning Outcomes
- Understand what constitutes child abuse
- Know the categories of child abuse which incorporates physical, emotional, neglect and sexual
- Know what to do when they are concerned that a child is being abused
- How to advocate for children, young people at risk
- How to understand the potential impact of a parent / carer’s physical and mental health and wellbeing on a child, being able to recognise risk (Think Family).
- Be able to identify own professional role, responsibilities and professional boundaries and understand those of multi-disciplinary colleagues and multi-agency partners.
- How
to apply family focused clinical knowledge and expertise to recognise signs of
abuse and neglect (including domestic abuse, criminal and sexual exploitation,
radicalisation, and Harmful Practices)
- How
to analyse risk and evidence harm.
- How
to apply the ‘think family’ safeguarding ethos when working with adult service
users and be able to take appropriate action to safeguard any children who may be
at risk of harm due to an adult’s concerns or behaviour
Refresher
Target Audience
All clinical staff working with parents/carer’s and adults who could potentially pose a risk to children and who could potentially contribute to assessing, planning, intervening and / or evaluating the needs of children, their parents and carers.
Band (Suitability)
LD Prospectus Event Category
Role Specific Mandated Training (eLearning)