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Principles of Safeguarding
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This classroom-based qualification equips you and your team with the knowledge and skills to recognise and address safeguarding concerns that can impact employees, such as workplace bullying, domestic abuse, coercive control, mental health challenges, substance abuse, elder care responsibilities, physical disabilities, social isolation, financial exploitation, and discrimination.
Safeguarding is not just for health and social care—it plays a crucial role in creating a safe, supportive environment for all employees across any workplace. Everyone has a responsibility to contribute to this.
- Duration: This is a one-day interactive and engaging course, during which you’ll participate in a group setting and complete your assessment at the end of the day.
- Assessment: You will complete a 40-minute written assessment to demonstrate your understanding and earn certification. Detailed information about the assessment is available in the ‘Assessment Details‘ tab.
- Certification: Upon successful completion, you’ll receive a recognised qualification at RQF Level 3.
This course will help you:
- Identify key elements of the law on safeguarding
- Describe how safeguarding leads can take steps to protect themselves from allegations and complaints within their everyday practice in a work setting
- Describe ways in which concerns can be reported
- Describe the characteristics of different types of abuse
- Explain actions to take in response to evidence of abuse according to agreed ways of working
- Describe how to respond to disclosures of abuse according to agreed ways of working
- Identify those people with whom the information of abuse or suspected abuse may be shared.
To earn this qualification, you must pass a 40-minute written assessment. The assessment includes multiple-choice and open questions.
Minimum age: 18 years.
It is recommended that learners hold a minimum of level 1 in literacy or equivalent to undertake this qualification.
You will receive:
- FAA Level 3 Award in Principles of Safeguarding and Protecting Children, Young People or Vulnerable Adults (RQF)
The qualification does not have an expiry date, but keeping up to date with changes to policies, procedures and new legislation through ongoing CPD is vital.
It is strongly recommended that the learner attend annual refresher training.
Company Bookings
Individual Booking (One-to-One)
£360 (VAT-inc) per person
A one-to-one online version of this course will be available at the beginning of 2025.