Safeguarding, Mental Health and Social Isolation - Webinar
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COURSE AIMS
This Virtual course is designed to support Social Work and Health Care professionals understand the safeguarding risks that have developed as a result of the Covid 19 outbreak. Living in isolation or being socially isolated because of age, disability, physical or mental impairment or illness has identified a number of factors where these groups may be targeted with an increased risk of abuse and/or exploitation. Using the existing legal and best practice frameworks embedded in the MCA 2005, The Care Act 2014, The Mental Health Act 1983 inc.2007 amendment and Pan London Safeguarding P&P’s this course will support learners to have a clearer understanding of how to identify and assess risks and apply safeguarding procedures as a priority.
COURSE CONTENT
- Identifying those at risk and how prolonged isolation can increase risk of abuse and/or exploitation
- How Covid 19 has increased risks as many service users formal and informal networks of support were disrupted initially and in some cases permanently.
- What the actual risks are or may be?
- Supporting service users to recognise these risks and better safeguard themselves
- Understanding the range and scope of potential abuse – bogus callers, phone, email, postal or doorstep scammers, helpful strangers, ‘fake friends’, family members, carers, domestic abuse etc
- Recognising inappropriate or dangerous decision making because of isolation.
- Assessing Capacity to make decisions - key components of the MCA 2005
- To reflect Equality, Diversity and Inclusion issues in the decision making process
- To recognise individual and organisational responsibilities to safeguard with timely and appropriate interventions
- To support service users to develop coping skills via risk assessment and risk management to help build resilience and reduce and redress those areas of risk and concern.
COURSE FACILITATOR
Lance Tilley – BA Hons, DiPSW, CQSW, Registered Social Worker (Social Work England), Cert Psychodynamic Counselling, PTTLS.
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