Safeguarding
Safeguarding Adults and Children Training
Practical safeguarding awareness for staff who may identify concerns involving adults, children, families, carers or vulnerable people.
Discuss this course
At a glance
- Audience
- Frontline workers, support teams, care providers, charities, education settings, and community organisations.
- Typical duration
- Half day / full day
- Group size
- Training is delivered to groups of up to 15 delegates, allowing everyone to participate in discussions and practical exercises. For larger teams, we can arrange additional sessions to suit your staffing requirements.
Why the course matters
For staff who may encounter adult or child safeguarding concerns
This course helps staff in education, housing associations and charities recognise safeguarding concerns involving adults, children, families or carers, respond appropriately to disclosures, record relevant information and follow internal reporting routes with confidence. The Safety Hub guide Safeguarding: notice, record and refer sets out the same method.
Who it is for
Built for the staff who face the risk
Delivery can be adapted around role, sector, incident history, and the confidence your organisation needs delegates to build.
Course content
What delegates will work through
- Recognise signs of abuse, neglect, exploitation, and vulnerability
- Respond to disclosures with confidence and care
- Understand thresholds, recording, and referral routes
- Apply safeguarding responsibilities in real workplace situations
Scenarios and practical application
Practical application
The course is designed to help staff recognise risk early, apply clear procedures, and make calm choices they can stand behind under pressure.
Training Arrangements
In-house or live online
We deliver training at your premises or live through Microsoft Teams or Zoom. Sessions are led by experienced trainers and include discussion and practical exercises.
Planning your training
We agree dates with you and review your staff's roles, relevant policies and training requirements before delivery. Larger programmes can be arranged across several sessions.
Where we deliver
We provide in-house training throughout the UK and Republic of Ireland, alongside live online courses for organisations in different locations.
Course fees
We provide a quotation based on the training required, number of delegates, location and delivery arrangements.
Common questions about this course
Is safeguarding awareness suitable for non-care staff?
Yes. Many public-facing and support roles encounter safeguarding concerns without being formal care roles. Housing teams, charities, reception staff, community workers, security staff, education teams and contact centres may all receive disclosures, notice signs of neglect or exploitation, or speak with adults, children, families or carers who may be at risk.
What will delegates learn to do in practice?
Delegates learn how to recognise possible indicators of abuse, neglect, exploitation and vulnerability, how to respond calmly to a disclosure, what information to record, what not to promise and how to follow the correct internal reporting route. The focus is on confident first response, not turning frontline staff into investigators or safeguarding leads.
Can safeguarding examples be sector-specific?
Yes. Examples can be adapted for housing, community work, charities, care, education, reception, security or other public-facing settings. The session can reflect your service users, your policies, your referral routes and the types of adult or child safeguarding concerns your staff are most likely to encounter.
Does the course cover professional boundaries?
It can cover the overlap between safeguarding and boundaries, including over-familiarity, dependency, gifts, personal disclosures, social contact, pressure from service users and concerns about colleagues or carers. If boundaries are a major issue, the dedicated Professional Boundaries course may be more suitable.
What do delegates receive?
Every delegate receives a certificate of attendance, a PDF copy of the certificate and PDF course handouts.
Course guidance
Free, maintained guidance from our Safety Hub on the subjects this course covers.
- Safeguarding: Notice, Record and ReferA concise safeguarding guide for non-specialist staff and their managers.
- Recognising Boundary DriftPractical manager guidance for spotting, resetting and recording professional boundary drift.
- Workplace Violence and AggressionEvidence-led guidance on foreseeable violence, employer responsibilities, incident response and learning.
- Incident Evidence and ReportingCapturing, recording and acting on incidents so patterns change controls rather than going unreported.
- Digital Safety and Online HarassmentGuidance for employers whose staff are recorded, livestreamed, named online or targeted after an incident.
- Workplace Violence Risk Review ChecklistA structured review of violence and aggression exposure across roles, settings and reporting routes.
- Post-Incident SupportImmediate welfare, supportive conversations, debriefing, referral routes and organisational learning after an incident.
Discuss this course
Tell us what you need and we will quote for it.
Discuss this coursePlan training around your staff and risks
Tell us about your staff roles, working environment and the situations your staff face. We will recommend the right training approach for your organisation.
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