Oldham Safeguarding Adults Board (OSAB) training
Working in partnership with other agencies, staff are trained to enable them to carry out their duties.
Our overall aim is to make the OSAB courses and events accessible to all practitioners who work with adults at risk in Oldham.
Training mission statement
We deliver high quality, up-to-date safeguarding training that enables participants to keep safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults at the centre of their work.
All inter-agency programmes take into account the individual rights of both participants, and the adults served with regards to race, culture, gender, experience of disability, language, sexuality and sexual orientation.
Competency Framework and Learning and Development Framework
We incorporate national standards, support local strategic aims and promote the need for cultural change for agencies who support adults at risk. The learning opportunities are based upon minimum standards and what outcomes specific groups of staff should be capable of achieving.
The levels of competence those groups of staff should hold remains the responsibility of each organisation to measure with their own performance management processes.
You can use this document:
- for staff, to provide clear, relevant and proportionate learning and development opportunities
- for management and senior staff: to measure competencies and identify gaps in knowledge/ training
- to provide assurance to your organisation and commissioners of your service that your staff have attained relevant competencies.
Local Safeguarding Adults Procedures and Guidance
How to raise a concern if you're worried someone is a victim of abuse:
- Oldham Multi-agency Safeguarding Adults Policy [PDF]
- Oldham Multi-Agency Risk Management Protocol [PDF]
- Competency Framework and Learning and Development Framework [PDF]
The competency framework and Learning and Development Framework profiles four groups of individuals who may have different levels of responsibility to safeguard people i.e. Alerter, Referrer, Enquiry Officer and Safeguarding Adults Manager (SAM)
- Alerter: the person themselves, friends, family, carer, or any other member of the public who alerts a professional to a potential adult safeguarding situation or incident. May need to continue to support and engage with the enquiry as it progresses
- Referrer: a person working in any sector who, through their professional capacity, comes into contact with vulnerable adults. Responsibilities include being aware of adult safeguarding and adult safeguarding processes and responsibilities, including identifying, responding to and reporting suspected adult abuse, neglect or self-neglect, and requirements for consent. May need to continue to support and engage with the enquiry as it progresses
- Enquiry Officer: An appropriate professional (possibly already working with the adult involved – though sometimes more impartial) with a clear understanding of adult safeguarding principles and local processes. Responsibilities may include acting as the designated lead for a safeguarding enquiry, delivering an enquiry that follows the local policy and adheres to the safeguarding principles. Can also be a support or delivery officer, undertaking specific activities under the direction of the Lead and/or SAM
- Safeguarding Adults Manager: An experienced professional with strong, detailed knowledge of adult safeguarding who will own and drive safeguarding enquiries, assign the Enquiry Officer, oversee enquiry delivery, ensuring adherence to local policies and the safeguarding principles, and make relevant decisions. To champion adult safeguarding in all relevant circumstances
Available via the Social Care Institute for Excellence website.
The resource explores the following questions:
- What is adult safeguarding and how does it affect each and every one of us?
- How do I recognise the types and indicators of abuse?
- What can I do if I suspect that someone is being harmed?
- >What should I do if I believe someone is being harmed but the person asks me to keep the information confidential and take no action?
- What can I do to make it much less likely that a person might be harmed?
- How do I ensure that adult safeguarding is managed correctly in the context of the Mental Capacity Act 2005