Keeping Adults Safe: Adult Safeguarding Champion and Appointed Person Refresher Training

Keeping Adults Safe: Adult Safeguarding Champion and Appointed Person Refresher Training: The Adult Safeguarding Champion role combines responsibility for strategy, operations and oversight for an organisation in relation to adults at risk of harm under “Adult Safeguarding: Prevention and Protection in Partnership” (2015) and the “Adult Safeguarding Operational Procedures” (2016).  Some organisations will also have Appointed Persons, with delegated responsibility for day to day adult safeguarding operations.

This online refresher training covers:

• The role and responsibilities of the Adult Safeguarding Champion/Appointed Person
• The safeguarding adults structure for Northern Ireland
• Determining the correct course of action in relation to safeguarding concerns
• Consent, capacity and coercion
• Organisational and Trust responsibilities
• Monitoring and reporting duties of the Adult Safeguarding Champion.

Places are allocated in a first come, first served basis.

Places are allocated on a first come, first served basis and are limited to a maximum of 3 per organisation.

Joining information will be sent out the day before the session.

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Participants must have previously completed an adult safeguarding awareness raising course prior to attending. Keeping Children and Adults Safe: Training for Staff and Volunteers is a suitable course. Please see our Training Schedule for dates.

Volunteer Now’s Safeguarding Publications are available HERE

Keeping Adults Safe: Adult Safeguarding Champion and Appointed Person Refresher Training