Name: Online: Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults (SOVA) Level 2 Vocational Training Qualification (VTQ)
SKU: 9632
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About this course

Safeguarding Adults is delivered over one three hour session.

The course aims are to promote awareness of what constitutes abuse and neglect, promote understanding of the different types of abuse and neglect, promote understanding of what makes individuals vulnerable, promote understanding of what disclosure and whistleblowing are, and detail legislation relevant to Safeguarding of Adults. By the end of this session, candidates will be able to identify types of abuse, identify when abuse has happened/is happening, understand how to report and record issues that may be witnessed or disclosed, and understand how to help prevent abuse and neglect.

Learning outcomes:

To understand what is abuse and neglect
To be able to identify the types of abuse and neglect
To know who is at risk
To understand what makes individuals vulnerable
To understand the laws and regulations
To understand who commits abuse
To be aware of indicators of the different types of abuse
Reporting abuse and whistleblowing

Our Pro-trainings online platform is super simple to navigate. Watch the video lessons at your own pace, pause and resume when it suits you. Answer the incremental multiple-choice questions throughout the course and when you have completed all the lessons, you will be directed to the final assessment.

To make sure you really learn and retain the information, test questions are randomised and video remediation following the final assessment is customised to you.

Front-row seat in the class
No PowerPoint based slides
Detailed bite sized video-based training with demonstrations
Subtitles for “sound off” viewing
Optional concise text lesson summary with key learning points accompanying each clip
Comprehensive manual and posters, and current regulatory guidelines updates
Access videos for up to 8 months after purchase
Certified CPD evidence-based learning statement and certificate upon successful completion
Includes recent guidelines on infection prevention with the outbreak of Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS–CoV–2)

Occupations

Care workers
Nurses
Doctors
EMT's and Paramedics
Medical professional
Social club leaders and workers
Families and friends of someone at risk

Course topics

For details of the full contents of our online course, please visit our Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults Training site.

Acts and Regulations
Discriminatory Abuse and the Human Rights Act
The Human Rights Act 1998
Protection from Harassment Act 1997
The Sexual Offences Act 2003
The Mental Capacity Act 2005
The safeguarding vulnerable groups act 2006
The Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards principles
The Data Barring Service
What is a DBS Check
The DBS Process
New Update Service to DBS with effect from 17th June 2013
SOVA
Facts and Information about abuse
Who is a vulnerable adult
Abuse and the indicator of abuse
Physical Abuse
Sexual Abuse
Financial Abuse
Neglect Self Neglect and The Act Of Omission
Institutional And Discriminatory Abuse
Duty of Care
Consent
Disclosure
Serious Case review and sources of advice
Managing risk and Multi-Agency safeguarding of adults
Reporting Abuse
Responding to suspected or disclosed abuse
Reporting abuse
Whistleblowing
How to Whistleblow

Assessment

Watch the video lessons at your own pace and answer the incremental multiple-choice questions throughout the course. When you have completed all the lessons, you will be directed to the final assessment. Students must score at least 80% to pass.

Certification

The content of this and all our courses has been independently certified as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines and comes with a Certified CPD Statement as well as a ProTrainings Certificate and for online courses an Evidence Based Learning statement.