ADULT SUPPORT AND PROTECTION

Target Audience

This course is mandatory for all members of staff, volunteers and subcontractors who work in customer-facing environments, in particular:

• Community Care Assistants.
• Newly qualified Social Workers and Occupational Therapists.
• Care Providers and Support Workers.
• NHS staff working with patients in Edinburgh (Doctors, Nurses and Allied Health Professionals) with line management responsibility, caseload responsibility for actual or potential adults at risk and/or have significant contact with adults at risk.

Aims:

• Understand the potential impact of harm and neglect on the adult at risk and how issues relating to capacity can affect the investigation.
• Gain confidence in identifying Adult Protection concerns.
• Gain knowledge of roles and responsibilities of agencies and professionals under Adult Protection.
• Understand your role in an Adult Protection Case Conference.