Learning and development

About NSAB Learning Opportunities

Each agency is responsible for ensuring that staff are appropriately trained to enable them to carry out their duties.

Single agency training is important in safeguarding adults and responding to instances of abuse and neglect, but no one agency can do this effectively without working in partnership with others.

Inter-agency training provided by the Nottinghamshire Safeguarding Adults Board (NSAB) is an excellent way to enable practitioners to safeguard and promote the welfare of adults at risk in their work.

We aim to deliver high quality, up-to-date safeguarding training, making NSAB courses and events accessible to all practitioners who work with adults at risk in Nottinghamshire.

All inter-agency programmes will consider the individual rights of both participants, and the adults served with regards to:

race
culture
gender
experience of disability
language, sexuality
sexual orientation.

Competency Framework and Learning Pathway

NSAB’s learning pathway incorporates national standards; supports local strategic aims and promotes the need for cultural change for agencies who support adults at risk. The learning opportunities outlined, are based upon minimum standards and what outcomes specific groups of staff should be capable of achieving. The levels of competence those groups of staff should hold remains the responsibility of each organisation to measure with their own performance management processes. The competency framework and learning pathway profiles four groups of staff which may have different levels of responsibility to safeguard people

Competency Framework and Learning Pathway [PDF].

You can use this document:

for staff, to provide clear, relevant and proportionate learning and development opportunities
for management and senior staff: to measure competencies and identify gaps in knowledge/ training
to provide assurance to your organisation and commissioners of your service that your staff have attained relevant competencies.

Local Safeguarding Adults Procedures and Guidance

These documents provide details about how to raise a concern if you're worried someone is a victim of abuse:

These documents provide details about what to expect after you have raised a concern:

Level 1 / Staff Group A

Members of this group have a responsibility to contribute to safeguarding adults, but do not have specific organisational responsibility or statutory authority to intervene.

See your own organisation/ agency for support/ awareness, or consult NSAB Competency Framework and Learning Pathway and Local Procedures and Guidance (links above).

Basic Safeguarding Adults Awareness Trainer's Pack

This level 1 Safeguarding Adults Awareness Trainers Pack has been developed to support you in delivering Safeguarding Adults awareness training to your staff team.

This pack contains all the information that we would expect staff to know at this level, as well as a couple of group exercises to promote discussion and thought about safeguarding adults.

The resource explores the following questions:

What does Safeguarding mean?
Who does Safeguarding apply to?
What is abuse?
What are my responsibilities?"

Download your Trainer's Pack

Level 2/ Staff Group B

This group have considerable professional and organisational responsibility for safeguarding adults. They have to be able to act on concerns and contribute appropriately to local and national policies, legislation and procedures. This group needs to work within inter or multi-agency contexts.

Referrer training

Learning Objectives:

explore your responsibilities as a referrer when a concern is raised with you or you have become aware that abuse or neglect of an adult at risk has occurred, or is suspected
explore potential decisions which may result from the work you undertake as nominated referrer
understanding consent, information sharing, capacity and person centred approaches in relation to adult safeguarding referrals
demonstrate the responsibilities and key components in making an effective adult safeguarding referral.

Certificates of attendance will be provided. Links to register via Eventbrite can be found below:

Upcoming dates


Date	Time	Location
2020
4^th November 2020	1.30pm – 3pm	Book online using Eventbrite
2^nd December 2020	1.30pm – 3pm	Book online using Eventbrite
6^th January 2020	1.30pm – 3pm	Book online using Eventbrite
3^rd February 2020	1.30pm – 3pm	Book online using Eventbrite
3^rd March 2020	1.30pm – 3pm	Book online using Eventbrite
7^th April 2020	1.30pm – 3pm	Book online using Eventbrite

Trainers' Forum

3 times per year

This forum is open to people responsible for delivering Safeguarding Adults training within their organisation.

Whilst not a training course, nor a train the trainer course itself, this open forum aims to provide attendees with relevant safeguarding adults information to be able to facilitate learning amongst the staff in their own organisation.

Subjects may include:

changes and updates to legislation affecting Safeguarding Guidance, including Care Act updates
providing learning from Safeguarding Adults Reviews
a chance to share Best Practice and network with colleagues from other Care Providers and organisations
discussions around any safeguarding issues you may have experienced
relevant topics related to safeguarding adults.

If you would like to be included on the email list for invites to this event, and you are the person responsible for delivering Safeguarding Adults training within your organisation, then please email safeguarding1.adults@nottscc.gov.uk.

Level 3 / Staff Group C and D

Staff group C This group is responsible for ensuring the management and delivery of safeguarding adult services is effective and efficient. In addition, they will have oversight of the development of systems, policies and procedures within their organisation to facilitate good working partnerships with allied agencies to ensure consistency in approach and quality of service.

Staff group D This group is responsible in ensuring their organisation is fully committed to safeguarding adults at all levels, and have in place appropriate systems and resources to support this work in an intra and inter agency context

All level 3 events will contribute to your Continuous Professional Development (CPD). Attendance certificates will be issued for your records.

Learning from Complex cases

Target Audience:

Level 3 / Staff Group C and D

Aims of event:

help participants to develop their understanding of the impact of multiple comorbidities/ complexities on the lived experience of the adult
consider strategies for working with individuals with complex needs; assessing risk and working towards effective intervention
develop skills in professional judgement relating to assessment of need and risk, and be able to support capacity for change
increase awareness of current tools and pathways for assessing and working with individuals who refuse to engage with services within the legal and procedural context
develop effective strategies for working with individuals within a multi-agency framework.

Upcoming dates


Date	Registration Link	Location
TBC 2020	TBC	TBC

Prevention – Social Isolation and Self-Neglect

identify behaviours and evidence for difficult to engage service users
strategies for encouraging engagement from service users
how to build relationships with difficult to engage service users
understand circumstances that may cause service users to disengage
support staff to work with difficult to engage service users

Upcoming dates


Date	Time	Registration Link	Location
2019
Monday 18 November	1.30pm to 4.30pm	Book online using Eventbrite	Richard Herrod

Learning from SARs events (TBC)

Aimed at level 3 staff (Groups C and D in Competency Framework)

Upcoming dates


Date	Registration Link	Location
TBC	TBC	TBC