Safeguarding Adults Training
Safeguarding adults training courses aim to prevent vulnerable adult abuse. They should be attended by anyone who is in contact with, or who works with, vulnerable adults in Southwark, including
- Social service employees
- Carers
- Care workers and day centre staff, both paid and voluntary
- Hospital employees
If you are employed, or if you are a volunteer, in one of the groups listed above, you need to be aware of your responsibilities. You should know how to respond to cases of vulnerable adult abuse, and should take at least the first safeguarding adults training course described below.
Alerters training
Staff with regular vulnerable adult contact should undertake alerters training. This course covers a number of important topics
New members of staff
All new staff should undertake alerters training within the first three months of employment, and alerters training should be refreshed every three years. Alerters training can be accessed online. Contact the safeguarding adults team for online access details.
Alternatively, there are classroom based alerters courses. Please email Yvette Evans or Beverley Croasdale for enrolment details.
Investigator training
Investigator training is a two day classroom based course.
- It should be mandatory for all social workers, senior practitioners, team managers and service managers.
- It describes the detailed process of making and investigating referrals of vulnerable adult abuse
Investigators training should be undertaken within three months of the worker taking up post and 'refresher training' should be undertaken every three years.
Email Yvette Evans or Beverley Croasdale for enrolment details
Achieving Best Evidence
- Achieving Best Evidence is an innovative, one week course.
- It was jointly commissioned by the Metropolitan Police and Southwark's Safeguarding Adults Team
- It enables police officers and social workers to examine the leagl and procedural framework surrounding complex cases
- Attendance is limited to to appropriate police officers and social workers.
- View the Achieving Best Evidence flyer (pdf 20kb)
Coming soon!
The following Safeguarding courses will be available soon
- Investigators and investigatory process
- Chairing meetings
- Minute-taking at confidential meetings
Contact us
Safeguarding Adults Team
Tel: 020 7525 1754
Fax: 020 7525 1711
safeguardingadultscoordinator@southwark.gov.uk
Mabel Goldwin House
49 Grange Walk
London
SE1 3DY |