If you are an individual looking to develop skills in safeguarding adults or an employer looking to upskill your staff, the level 2 safeguarding adults course will provide the training provisions you need. This will help to develop an understanding of the importance of dignity and safeguarding in adult health and social care roles.
European Social Fund
Certificate, Level 2
Dignity and Safeguarding in Adult Health and Social Care
Unit 1: Understanding safeguarding in adult health and social care
In this first unit, you will learn about the national and local responsibilities in safeguarding and protection from abuse. You will also study how to effectively recognise abuse and harm, as well as respond to possible cases of abuse or harm occurring within a health and social care environment.
Unit 2: Principles of dignity in adult health and social care practice
In this unit you will explore the principles of dignity, self-worth and well-being and how these can be promoted through health and social care practice. You will also consider how the individual patient is impacted by health and social care services and how principles of dignity can be applied. It will also further your understanding of how safeguarding can improve a person’s situation dramatically.
Unit 3: Understand duty of care in adult health and social care
N this unit you will explore the meaning of duty of care, along with how it influences health and social care practice, and develop knowledge of dilemmas and conflicts relating to duty of care and the wide range of support advice available for resolving such instances.
Unit 4: Understand dilemmas and public concerns in adult health and social care
This final unit will help you to develop an understanding of the various dilemmas that can occur in adult health and social care, including ways of recognising dilemmas, how best to resolve them and the support available in doing so.
This qualification can also support progression to employment.
There are no specific entry requirements however learners should have a minimum of level one in literacy and numeracy or equivalent.
Work is assessed by the tutor throughout the programme from induction to completion.
