Level 3 Award in Safeguarding Adults at Risk

14 September 2026 · admin · 1 min read

Every member of your team should know how to notice a concern and pass it on. A registered manager needs to know what happens next: how a Section 42 enquiry actually works, how to conduct or oversee one well, how mental capacity and best interests decisions intersect with a safeguarding response, how to manage an allegation against your own staff, and how to represent your organisation properly within your local Safeguarding Adults Board. That is genuinely different work, and it deserves its own dedicated, leadership-level training.

Written for registered managers and those preparing for that role, this course covers the Care Act 2014’s six safeguarding principles, the Section 42 duty to make enquiries, conducting and overseeing an enquiry well, mental capacity and best interests in safeguarding decisions, the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, Making Safeguarding Personal in practice, managing allegations against staff, Safeguarding Adults Boards and Reviews, self-neglect, modern slavery, multi-agency working, and leading safeguarding practice across Supported Living, Domiciliary Care and Ambulance Services.

Course Content

  1. Welcome: From Awareness to Leadership in Adult Safeguarding
  2. The Six Safeguarding Principles of the Care Act 2014
  3. Section 42: The Duty to Make Enquiries
  4. Conducting and Overseeing a Safeguarding Enquiry
  5. Mental Capacity, Best Interests and Safeguarding Decisions
  6. Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards and the Future Liberty Protection Safeguards
  7. Making Safeguarding Personal in Practice
  8. Managing Allegations Against Staff in Adult Social Care
  9. Safeguarding Adults Boards: Structure and the Registered Manager’s Role
  10. Safeguarding Adults Reviews (SARs): Learning from Serious Cases
  11. Domestic Abuse, Coercive Control and Adult Safeguarding
  12. Self-Neglect and Hoarding: A Distinct Safeguarding Challenge
  13. Modern Slavery and Exploitation of Adults at Risk
  14. Multi-Agency Working and Information Sharing at Leadership Level
  15. Leading Safeguarding in Supported Living
  16. Leading Safeguarding in Domiciliary Care
  17. Leading Safeguarding in Ambulance Services
  18. Course Summary: Building an Organisation That Safeguards Well

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