Placeholder image for What should a Safeguarding Policy include?
Health & Safety, HR and Compliance FAQs
Safeguarding Adults - Level 2 Training
This IIRSM approved Safeguarding Adults course - formerly known as Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults (SOVA) - covers levels 1 & 2 and is for anyone who works with, helps, or supports adults at risk. It covers the signs of abuse and explains what to do if you suspect something is happening to an adult at risk, or adults in a vulnerable situation. It's all about sensitive handling and timely intervention.
4.8/5 based on 3,527 course reviews
Learning outcomes
- Learn about what groups of adults might be at risk
- Understand and work towards compliance with The Mental Capacity Act and other legislations
- Learn about the different types of abuse that adults might experience and how to effectively deal with it should it occur
Covered in this course
Course contents
This training course is broken down into 3 sections
- 1 Safeguarding
- 2 What is abuse?
- 3 Dealing with Abuse
SECTION 1
Adult safeguarding is about maintaining or improving a person’s wellbeing, promoting their independence and protecting them from abuse, harm and neglect. In this section, we look at who might be at risk, what the law says and at the principles, policies and procedures for safeguarding.
SECTION 2
Abuse can happen anywhere and can be carried out by anyone – including family, friends, neighbours, carers and volunteers. It can be a single act or repeated acts of abuse. In this section, we will be looking at the different types of abuse and various ways of recognising that they may be happening.
SECTION 3
When dealing with abuse, harm or neglect and reporting it, it's important to act quickly. You need to know what to do. In this final section, users will learn about responding to a disclosure, recording, reporting, emergency situations and the importance of confidentiality.
About this course
Safeguarding Adults Training (Formerly known as Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults) is a training programme about protecting adults at risk and keeping them safe from harm. It's about recognising the signs of abuse and knowing what to do. This course covers both levels 1 & 2.
Safeguarding is not something that is done in seclusion, and this training highlights the importance of all the relevant services working together in a 'partnership of care'. It also highlights the importance of the individual - a 'person-centred' approach.
This training explains the seven major forms of abuse and gives step-by-step guidance to deal with abuse; including raising an alert, making a referral and what to include in a written report. It's essential to act quickly if you think abuse may be happening - the quicker it's spotted, the quicker something can be done about it.
Working with children? You may also be interested in our Safeguarding Children Training. We also offer a selection of online Safeguarding training courses.
You can access our free worksheet that has been designed to accompany our online Safeguarding Adults Training course. In each section, there is a box for you to
tick when you have watched the relevant slide in our course. You can also take notes that will help you during your practical assessment at work.
Are you an IIRSM member? Enjoy a 10% discount on all of our IIRSM Approved courses!
The importance of Safeguarding Adults - Level 2 Training
It’s important that you comply with the law and understand the positive impact this training course can have on your organisation and employees.
Find out moreAvailable in 40 languages
All inclusive
Machine translated* content is included for free with all our popular courses.
It covers LMS navigation, course transcripts and test questions. If you don't see a course listed in the language you require, just let us know.
*Content which is not English may be machine translated and is for assistive purposes only. We cannot guarantee the accuracy of translations.
Our most popular languages
- Italian
- German
- Romanian
- French
- Polish
- Lithuanian
Safeguarding Adults Training certificate
Download and print
Each of our courses ends with a multiple choice test to measure your knowledge of the material.
This Safeguarding Adults Training course concludes with a 20 question multiple choice test with a printable certificate. In addition, brief in-course questions guide the user through the sections of the training and are designed to reinforce learning and ensure maximum user engagement throughout.
As well as printable user certificates, training progress and results are all stored centrally in your LMS (Learning Management System) and can be accessed any time to reprint certificates, check and set pass marks and act as proof of a commitment to ongoing legal compliance.
What does my certificate include?
Your Safeguarding Adults - Level 2 Training Certificate includes your name, company name (if applicable), name of course taken, pass percentage, date of completion, expiry date and stamps of approval or accreditations by recognised authorities.
Please note if you are using our course content via SCORM in a third party LMS then we are unable to provide certificates and you will need to generate these in your host LMS yourself.
3,527 real user reviews
Informative
Well presented short videos, easily accessible. Presented in a clear straightforward way.
slow with video, also some ambiguities
I found some of the terminology off-putting. There is a tendency for institutional-speak, rather than plain English, which is also given in the course but as a 'translation'. So why use the opaque terms in the first place.
Good course
It was a fantastic but very informative course. I enjoy it.
Very clear and precise easy to absorb
I was pleased I was able to absorb the clear explanations I think personally one of the best online courses I’ve ever done. Congratulate all those involved
Very informative
Gained a lot of information
A good informative course
This user gave this course a rating of 5/5 stars
excellent useful information
This user gave this course a rating of 5/5 stars
Very good but......
Descriptions and names of departments and organisations do not stay on the screen long enough to make a note of
Why is this training important?
Compliance
It's important that you comply with the law and know the ways in which it affects you and the way you work.
When it comes to the law regarding Safeguarding Adults, there are a number of documents that set out legal obligations:
The Care Act 2014 means that local councils have to set up a Safeguarding Adults Board in their area. This must include the local council, the NHS and the Police as well as other local services. They must work together to make policies and plans to protect adults at risk in their area.
The Health and Social Care Act 2012: This Act establishes and makes various provisions, including:
[the need] to make provision about regulating health and adult social care services; [as well as a] scrutiny of health matters by local authorities and co-operation between local authorities and commissioners of health care services
The Mental Capacity Act 2005: The primary purpose of this Act is to provide a legal framework for acting and making decisions on behalf of adults who lack the capacity to make decisions for themselves.
The Equality Act 2010: This Act ensures equal treatment of everyone regardless of their protected characteristics, which include age and disability.
The Human Rights Act 1998: This Act contains a list of 16 rights which all people in the UK have. It places a legal duty on public authorities to respect and protect our human rights in everything they do.
Ready to get started?
We’ve helped over 10,000 organisations easily work towards legislative compliance. Let us help you too.
Related articles
Placeholder image for What is Safeguarding? Our guide to protecting vulnerable individuals
eLearning news & guides
What is Safeguarding? Our guide to protecting vulnerable individuals
Placeholder image for Who Do I Report Abuse To?... And What To Do If You’ve Been Accused Of Abuse
eLearning news & guides
Who Do I Report Abuse To?... And What To Do If You’ve Been Accused Of Abuse
Placeholder image for Why are DBS checks important?
Health & Safety, HR and Compliance FAQs