The training

Making adult safeguarding enquiries is a statutory duty under the Care Act 2014. However, it is not just the responsibility of social workers.

This level 2 course explores how legislation, policy, procedure and guidance should be implemented in practice in your work.

It will assist you to make, support and be involved in effective and proportionate adult safeguarding enquiries and interventions.

The course will include examples, case studies and lessons drawn from case law, Safeguarding Adults Reviews, and Domestic Homicide Reviews.

Who should attend

This course is aimed at all those involved in responding to safeguarding concerns and will develop both your confidence and competence in achieving proportionate and effective outcomes for adults at risk of abuse or neglect.

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Understand the purpose and foundations of adult safeguarding
• Understand how to Make Safeguarding Personal and to apply the 6 principles of adult safeguarding whilst demonstrating compliance with the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and vital and public interests.
• Understand the stages of an adult safeguarding enquiry and how to involve an adult at risk of abuse or an advocate in these. This includes enquiries that concern persons in positions of trust
• Analyse information, assess risk and the effectiveness of any protective factors and make informed decisions about appropriate and proportionate actions.
• Make reasoned judgements about the steps needed to safeguard adults at risk and to promote their welfare.
• Create and implement a SMART safeguarding plan.

The Trainer

Patrick Hopkinson is an experienced trainer, Safeguarding Adult Review writer, Domestic Homicide Review Chair and adult safeguarding consultant. Patrick has provided adult safeguarding training and consultancy to local authorities, Safeguarding Adults Boards and Integrated Care Boards, health trusts and private and voluntary sector organisations across England.

Patrick has worked as a manager and as a commissioner in health and social care services. He has commissioned and provided services for adults with learning disabilities and with mental health needs.

Patrick has been the head of occupational therapy services, a community learning disabilities health team, initial contact services and adult safeguarding.

Patrick is an associate of Partners in Care and Health, the Local Government Association and the Social Care Institute for Excellence. Patrick is a member of the UK Hoarding Partnership and the UK Hoarding Research Network. He is also a trustee and safeguarding advisor at Sutton Carers Centre.

Patrick is a guest lecturer at the Centre for Contemporary Coronial Law, Manchester and lectured and supervised research at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, London for 25 years.

Patrick is also the author of professional and academic research papers, book chapters and a book. He is the creator of an international research method that increases participation and collaboration by people with little previous academic experience in inter-and intra-personal research (https://www.foyles.co.uk/book/the-discovery-of-international-digital-collaborative-autoethnographical-psychobiography/patrick-hopkinson/9781837083817).

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