Statutory & Mandatory Training: Safeguarding Adults Level 1

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Begin your journey in safeguarding and protecting adults from abuse with Level 1, where you'll learn to recognise potential indicators of abuse, harm, and neglect.
Course Level: Introductory Course
Duration: 45 Minutes - 1 Hour
Accreditation: CPD Certified
Certificate: Self-Printed Certificate
Description
Abuse can manifest in various forms and have devastating, long-lasting effects on the health and wellbeing of the individual. Begin your journey in safeguarding and protecting adults from abuse with Level 1, where you'll learn to recognise potential indicators of abuse, harm, and neglect.
Gain confidence in taking appropriate actions if abuse is suspected whilst understanding the legislative framework supporting safeguarding practices. This module will lay the foundation and equip you with essential knowledge and skills to act appropriately and protect adults from harm.
Statutory & Mandatory Training: Safeguarding Adults Level 1 Features
Our new Safeguarding Adults Level 1 has been designed to work on all devices including mobiles, laptops, tablets and desktops giving you the flexibility to complete the training at a time and in a location suitable for you. With healthcare staff often expected to complete training on an annual basis there will be topics you will be more familiar with than others.
Our self assessment tool, which is at the start of each course, will allow you to test your knowledge to see if you would like to complete the training or progress straight to the end of course test. At the end of this safeguarding adults training, you will need to complete a test that consists of multiple choice questions. Learners are required to achieve an 80% pass mark, and - if necessary - may attempt the test six times at no extra cost.
If learners do not achieve the pass mark, further attempts may be given by contacting our support team. The online safeguarding adults level 1 training is fully interactive and is packed with various multimedia forms including video, animation and custom graphics to give you the best learning experience. Each element of the training is WCAG 2.2 accessible and includes scenarios, contextualised activities, reflective activities, knowledge checks, bite sized lessons and so much more.
Accreditation
The content of this training course has been independently certified as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines.
Duration
This course will take up to 45 minutes to complete, depending on how quickly learners can study and absorb the material. Learners do not have to complete all the training in one session as progress is recorded throughout.
Entry requirements
There are no specific entry requirements for this course.
Framework
Our Statutory & Mandatory Training: Safeguarding Adults Level 1 online training course is mapped to the Skills for Health Core Skills Training Framework. Here we explain the framework and their importance.
Skills for Health Core Skills Training Framework:
The Core Skills Training Framework sets out minimum learning outcomes, frequency of refresher training and is linked to relevant legislation or expert guidance. It can be used by any healthcare employer in the UK including NHS, independent and voluntary providers.
We have mapped our eLearning courses to the learning objectives within the Core Skills Training Framework, to give organisations the confidence that they can use the eLearning as a foundation for their wider training programmes.
What you'll learn
- Recognise potential indicators of abuse, harm, and neglect
- Explain the actions to take if abuse is suspected
- Identify legislation and local or national policies that underpin safeguarding practice
Suitable for
- Anyone who works with vulnerable adults
- Care Workers
- Social Workers
- All staff working in healthcare settings
Certification

Self-Printed Certificate Option
Upon completion of the course, a digital certificate will be available to download instantly.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Once you have completed your purchase, you will be able to send the course(s) to other people using your system account with Enable by entering the learner’s email address so that they may access the training and set up their own system account with our Learning Management System.
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