Table of Contents

1. Tutorial Video
2. Reading Materials
• ‘Prevention in adult safeguarding: a review of the literature’ by Alison Faulkner and Angela Sweeney, for the Social Care Institute for Excellence
• ‘No secrets: guidance on developing and implementing multi-agency policies and procedures to protect vulnerable adults from abuse’ from the Department of Health
• ‘The legislative role of the IndependentSafeguarding Authority’ from the ISA website
• ‘Your health, your care, your say’ research report by Opinion Leader research for the Department of Health
• Putting people first: a shared vision and commitment to the transformation of adult social care, produced by HM Government
• ‘Adult safeguarding scrutiny guide’, produced by the Improvement and Development Agency, and the Centre for Public Scrutiny
3. Presentation
• Click on the icon to the right to launch this lesson's PowerPoint slideshow entitled 'Policy developments in safeguarding'
• PowerPoint slideshow -Policy developments in safeguarding
4. Good Practice Example
• The first video is about safeguarding adults in care homes.
• The second shows good safeguarding practice in a care home for older people that specialises in dementia care.
5. Interactive Quiz
6. Evidence Opportunities
• Click on the icon to the right to open an activity sheet containing tasks for you to read and complete.If you have any questions you should contact your tutor who will be able to offer guidance.
• Activity sheet
7. Extended Learning
• Click on the link to the left to read the Social Care Institute for Excellence Report, ‘Safeguarding adults at risk of harm: A legal guide for practitioners’. Consider in particular the key questions on page 5
• Read the following policy, ‘Safeguarding vulnerable adults and children policy’ from information website IntroCare. Evaluate this policy, identifying 5 important points, considering whether it would be suitable for your setting, and considering where there are any key points missing
• ‘Channel Duty Guidance: Protecting vulnerable people from being drawn into terrorism’ from the UK Home Office. Channel is a program which focuses on providing support at the early stage to people who are identified as being vulnerable to being drawn into terrorism. Click on the link to read this guidance.
• This section of the Social Care Institute for Excellence looks at ‘Safeguarding adults’.
8. Think And Challenge