Safeguarding Adults for Volunteers – Level 1 – Online CPDUK Accredited

Welcome to our online Safeguarding Adults for Volunteers training course. All our online training courses, programmes and qualifications are accredited by the CPD Certification Service (CPDUK).

Safeguarding measures can be offered in line with legislative expectations.

This Safeguarding Adults for Volunteers eLearning course focuses on raising public awareness so that communities as a whole, alongside professionals, play a part in preventing, identifying and responding to abuse and neglect.

Course content

This online Safeguarding Adults for Volunteers training course includes the following:

• Introduction
• Chapter 1 – Key definitions
• Chapter 2 – The aims of safeguarding
• Chapter 3 – Adults with care and support needs
• Chapter 4 – Terminology variations
• Chapter 5 – Making safeguarding personal
• Chapter 6 – Types of abuse
• Chapter 7 – Reporting a safeguarding concern
• Chapter 8 – Module summary.

Who is the course for?

This Safeguarding Adults for Volunteers e-learning course is suitable for all staff, including unpaid and voluntary staff.

Course aims

The aims of this online Safeguarding Adults for Volunteers training course are to: 

• Know the purposes of safeguarding adults.
• Master the critical safeguarding principles.
• Understand the types of abuse against adults.

Learning objectives

On completion of this online Safeguarding Adults for Volunteers training course, the learner will be able to:

• Outline the aims of safeguarding.
• Describe the safeguarding principles.
• Explain how to make safeguarding a personal experience.
• State the different types of abuse against adults.
• Outline the various considerations to be made before reporting abuse against adults.

Learning outcomes

On completion of this online Safeguarding Adults for Volunteers training course, the learner will be able to:

• Explain the term ‘adult with care and support needs’.
• State what to do when alerted to a concern that suggests an adult is experiencing abuse or neglect.
• Describe adults with care and support needs.
• Discuss the principles of safeguarding in line with one’s role.
• State the possible indicators of adult abuse and neglect.
• Identify why some adults are more at risk from abusive behaviour than others.
• Describe the role one must play in recognising and reporting a safeguarding concern.
• Suggest the reason for the need to make safeguarding personalised.
• Discuss the different types of abuse against adults.

Why is this online Safeguarding Adults for Volunteers training course essentials?

This online Safeguarding Adults for Volunteers training course covers the nature and extent of abuse among vulnerable adults, as well as the measures you can take to provide person-centred care in line with legislative standards.