Safeguarding – Clinical Leadership

Overview

This two day course will consider both the culture of safeguarding in the organisation to explore what a “rights respecting culture” looks like, and the operational aspect of safeguarding to explore what “rights respecting care” looks like. Day 1 will focus on legal literacy around the relevant legal frameworks for child and adult safeguarding with the aim to support both the organisational culture and strategy as well as the operational day to day delivery of safeguarding. Day 2 will focus on good practice around record keeping and reporting. It will include a session on lessons to be learnt from audits, ombudsmen cases, reviews, complaints and serious incidents. It will end with a session around the role of the professional witness in court, giving evidence and top tips for preparation.

Who is Safeguarding – Clinical Leadership aimed at?

All safeguarding leads with operational accountability for safeguarding children and adults and those who undertake strategic safeguarding roles

Course Length

2 days (virtual)

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course delegates will be able to:- 

• Understand and explain individual and organisational accountability for safeguarding children and adults
• Evaluate the importance of multi-agency collaboration by understanding the key duties contained in both child and adult safeguarding
• Apply their enhanced level of legal literacy to complex safeguarding scenarios 
• Examine and evaluate the consequences of poor practice in record keeping and report in relation to child and adult safeguarding
• Understand and be able to apply the Jesip Joint Decision Model to aid informed defendable decision making
• Describe the role of a witness in Court, the process of giving evidence and some top tips for preparation 

"Fantastic trainer who was very knowledgable and made the training very enjoyable" - NHS Devon

 

What our learners say...

The trainer was very knowledgeable and had excellent skills in brining clinical relevance to the subject. This sparked really lively debate and discussion which has supported and affirmed local relationships and networks.

Fantastic trainer who was very knowledgable and made the training very enjoyable

The training was well thought out and tailored to the target audience. The presenter was approachable, knowledgeable and had relatable experience which enhanced the course topic.