Safeguarding in healthcare

On successful completion of the module, you will be able to:

• Demonstrate awareness of equality, diversity and inclusion with respect for the need for autonomy and control whilst simultaneously safeguarding the welfare of vulnerable people at all times.
• Analyse and apply practice evidence based knowledge from current literature and research.
• Analyse and debate historical and current drivers that influence practice, policy and legislation in relation to safeguarding.
• Identify and respond to signs of abuse and neglect across the life course.
• Evaluate the effects of trauma and intergenerational cycles of dependency on child and young people’s development and work in partnership with them to strengthen resilience.
• Analyse a variety of Assessment and Risk Assessment models and apply these to practice.
• Evaluate current leadership and safeguarding practice in relation to partnership working and student’s own professional accountability.
• Evaluate their own practice and service delivery in relation to safeguarding vulnerable people.

Indicative module content includes:

• Safeguarding in context; to include legislation and the historical and political drivers of current policy in order to share lessons learnt and drive and influence own field of practice.
• Recognising and responding to abuse across the life course using leadership skills and professional judgement.
• The importance of interdisciplinary and interagency communication and working in relation to safeguarding.
• Holistic assessments and the assessment of risk in relation to the area of practice.
• The impact of abuse on children and young people and their families, including adult survivors of abuse.
• Consideration of the impact of attitudes, values, beliefs, expectations, faiths and cultures on safeguarding practice.
• Legal and ethical issues including consent, confidentiality, information sharing and the voice of the child.
• Specific issues relating to practice, i.e. domestic abuse, fabricated or induced illness, adverse childhood experiences.
• Communicating with children, young people and vulnerable adults and their families and carers.
• Strategies for working with complex families.

Learning and teaching methods include:

• Lectures
• Online – learning materials/ discussion board
• Classroom discussions
• Student-led workshops
• Problem based learning
• Profession led case studies/ scenarios
• Group work to include scenario-based workshops.

Summative assessment

A digital, academic poster supported by a verbal presentation analysing an actual or potential safeguarding issue for a child, young person or vulnerable adult. 

Formative assessment:

Scenario based profession specific workshops will be used during the module to enable your to reflect on the evidence based knowledge you have gained and assist you in developing a clear rationale on how this may be applied in practice.

Take a look at the module reading list.