Safeguarding Adults Level 2 Course

Safeguarding Adults Level 2 – Online Course

Course overview
This online course develops the knowledge and practical skills needed to recognise, respond to and report concerns about adults at risk of abuse or neglect. It builds on safeguarding awareness by exploring safeguarding principles, mental capacity, advocacy, risk assessment, decision-making, referrals and safeguarding enquiries. Learners also look at how to balance protection with an individual’s rights, independence and choice. The course takes approximately two hours and is CPD accredited.

Please note: The course builds on introductory safeguarding awareness and provides knowledge-based training. It does not replace any role-specific, local or higher-level safeguarding training that an employer or regulated service may require.

What the course covers
• Aims of safeguarding adults and the six principles
• Mental capacity and deprivation of liberty, including assessing capacity, restraints and restrictions
• Advocates, including the Independent Mental Capacity Advocate
• Stages of the safeguarding adults enquiry process and your role within it
• Decision making, positive risk taking and risk enablement, and defensible decisions
• Significant harm, and the difference between poor practice and possible abuse
• Record keeping and body maps
• Making a referral, including when consent is not given
• Strategy meetings, investigations, case conferences and review meetings
• Safeguarding Adults Reviews (SARs) and the criteria for them

Who is it for?
The course is suitable for anyone whose role involves regular contact with adults who may be at risk of abuse or neglect. This includes:
• Healthcare assistants, nurses, allied health professionals, NHS staff and GP practice staff
• Support workers, domiciliary care staff, residential care workers and social care practitioners
• Housing support teams and community workers
• Volunteers and charity staff
• Managers responsible for safeguarding

Organisations providing health, social care or community support services can also use it to help staff understand their safeguarding responsibilities, recognise concerns promptly and follow appropriate reporting procedures.

Practical benefits
• Recognise signs and indicators of adult abuse and neglect
• Apply the six safeguarding principles in everyday practice
• Understand mental capacity, advocacy and decision-making responsibilities
• Respond appropriately to safeguarding concerns and referrals
• Improve record keeping and multi-agency working
• Support safer, person-centred care while promoting compliance with safeguarding legislation
• Gain a CPD-accredited certificate for professional development

What learners will be able to do
• Explain the purpose and principles of safeguarding
• Recognise common signs, indicators and patterns of abuse or neglect
• Identify factors that may increase vulnerability or risk
• Respond appropriately when a concern or disclosure arises
• Record safeguarding information clearly, accurately and objectively
• Follow local reporting, referral and escalation procedures
• Understand confidentiality and information-sharing considerations
• Apply person-centred safeguarding principles in day-to-day practice

Is this training a legal requirement?
Safeguarding Adults Level 2 training is not specifically required by law. However, employers have legal responsibilities to protect adults from abuse and neglect and to ensure staff are competent to carry out their safeguarding duties. The Care Act 2014 places safeguarding duties on local authorities and emphasises preventing abuse and neglect through effective partnership working, while the Mental Capacity Act 2005 provides the legal framework for making decisions on behalf of adults who lack capacity. Many NHS