Safeguarding for Community Spaces (November 2024)
This session looked at what procedures are needed to ensure that service-users, volunteers and staff are kept safe. It covered what abuse is and what safeguarding is in practical terms.
Course Content
The next training in the series was a longer session which covered the issues in more detail.
This session covered what policies and procedures are needed to ensure that service-users, volunteers and staff are kept safe. Specifically:
- What abuse is and who may be vulnerable to abuse.
- Reducing the risk of harm
- Spotting and reporting safeguarding concerns
- Having a system of taking further action
- Keeping safeguarding procedures effective and up-to-date.
This course comes with free templates and information sheets which you can download having signed up for the course.
This session covered what policies and procedures are needed to ensure that service-users, volunteers and staff are kept safe. Specifically:
- What abuse is and who may be vulnerable to abuse.
- Reducing the risk of harm
- Spotting and reporting safeguarding concerns
- Having a system of taking further action
- Keeping safeguarding procedures effective and up-to-date.
This course comes with free templates and information sheets which you can download having signed up for the course.
Learning journey
These courses follow on from this one:
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Policies & procedures for working with vulnerable people
CourseThis longer course goes through the whole process of creating a policy from identifying the risk to implementation, with particular reference to procedures you need to have when working with vulnerable people.
£32
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Doing a risk assessment with common risks
CourseThis taster-level course demonstrates how to assess risks.
£17
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Understanding the mandatory policies
CourseThe basics of the "must have" policies and procedures that address the main risks in your organisation. This course includes bonus material; two "top tips" and a template policy with notes.
£17
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