Adult Support in Scotland (a new legal framework)

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Understanding Recovery Mental Capacity Act Managing Deliberate Self Harm Service-users Earned Depression Anxiety management Anger management Psychosis Borderline Personality Disorder Therapeutic risk-taking Stress & Vulnerability Restraint for routine tasks Understanding the duty of care and the right to liberty in residential care settings part 1 Understanding the duty of care and the right to liberty in residential care settings part 2 Understanding the duty of care and the right to liberty in residential care settings part 3 Understanding the duty of care and the right to liberty in residential care settings part 4 Competent care or 'too posh to wash'?

List of training courses The secrets of non verbal communication Mental Capacity Act 2005 training Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) training Risk appreciation in health and social care Responding to violence and aggression Responding to challenging behaviour Protection of Vulnerable Adults (POVA/SOVA) Adult Support in Scotland (a new legal framework) Introduction to Person Centred Planning Maintaining professional boundaries Getting people to talk Goal setting and problem-solving Working with withdrawn people Residential care training offer

Introduction to mental health and disorder Personality Disorder Relapse prevention in mental disorder Deliberate Self Harm Introduction to substance misuse in social care Working with withdrawn service-users Introduction to psychosis (including schizophrenia) Understanding anxiety Understanding obsessions, compulsions and phobias Understanding depression The experience and assessment of voice-hearing Working with delusions

Effective communication for managers Effective time management Helping staff to understand the duty of care

"I found this course really interesting, the way the info was put across kept you alert and keen to go do more with the info. Really good trainer, clearly knew his stuff and kept checking and ensuring we knew what he was explaining. I really enjoyed it all."

More and more, social care organisations are finding themselves in the front line when it comes to protecting vulnerable people from abuse and harm. Minimum care standards throughout UK include competence in Adult Protection protocols and there are very real legal responsibilities for care providers. In Scotland the Adult Support & Protection (Scotland) Act 2007 and the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 combine to provide a comprehensive framework for all care workers to follow.

Fortunately the rules and responsibilities for front line workers are relatively straightforward and all staff should be more than able to comply provided that they understand what is required of them.

This course equips workers to make sense of the legislation in practice and to fulfil their duty of care regarding vulnerable people. The course covers:

Who is a vulnerable adult?
What is abuse?
Two main roles: Alerter and Investigator
How to spot abuse and harm
Recording concerns
Reporting and the truth about confidentiality
Boundaries for alerters and other staff
The investigation process
What happens next?
Guilty, Not Guilty and Not Proven
Disclosure Scotland, 'the list' and 'the scheme'?
Staying safe

No previous knowledge or experience is necessary for the basic course.

More advanced training is also available for more experienced workers.

Both versions can be tailored to your particular requirements and delivered at the venue of your choice.

Contact AMJ on 07872 102626 for further information or Email Stuart direct on stuartsorensen@msn.com

News

Making things simple

29-01-2010

Many care providers are uncertain about the new Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards and the implications for their service. In particular they're unsure how to stay legal.

Residential care training offer

05-01-2010

This offer will be available until March 31st 2010

The last few years have brought sweeping changes to the way that care providers are regulated and new increased expectations have changed the duty of care for everyone involved in the care industry. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the residential care sector where increased demands and a brand new legal framework seems to create more and more ways for staff to get it wrong.

Philip Laing sentenced today

26-11-2009

A little while ago we commented on the case of Philip Laing, the Sheffield student who urinated on a war memorial after a session of heavy drinking.

Should Philip Laing go to prison?

05-11-2009

Philip Laing is 19 years old. Like many 19 year old students he sometimes drinks too much – a lot too much. Like many drunken teenagers he sometimes acts inappropriately when he’s ‘in his cups’. One night last October, following a night of drinking with his fellow sfgudents a very drunk Mr. Laing urinated on a war memorial in Sheffield's city centre.