If you’d like training on adult safeguarding to help you identify and support people who may be at risk of abuse, we regularly run a range of courses. Most of our courses are free.

• Introduction to safeguarding - For all staff and volunteers who work with adults
• Refresher course - For anyone who's completed safeguarding adults awareness training in the last 2 years
• Assessing capacity and best interest decisions for assessors
• Undertaking section 42 enquiries - For Sheffield City Council and Health and Social Care staff
• Conducting effective enquiries - For agencies who've been asked to undertake a section 42 enquiry
• Self-neglect risk management - For anyone who works with adults at risk
• Safeguarding managers - For Safeguarding Managers in Adult Social Care, Health or Sheffield Health and Social Care
• Training for trainers (Accredited) - For workers with an interest in, or responsibility for training
• Working with difficult to engage families - For social workers, health professionals and Sheffield Health and Social Care staff

Workshops

We also run a series of free workshops for all staff and volunteers who work with vulnerable adults:

• Safeguarding Adults Processes prior to Case Conference
• Mental Capacity Act / Deprivation of Liberty
• Conducting Effective investigations
• Vulnerable Adults Risk Management Model (VARMM)
• Effective Report Writing
• Working with Difficult to Engage Families

Contact the Safeguarding Adults Office for dates of workshops.