Learning and development

The Safeguarding Adults Board aims to ensure the quality of Safeguarding training across the borough of Cheshire East is of a high standard and consistant. This page offers resources that can be useful in many different situations and can be used by different organisations to engage with local safeguarding updates.

Visit the Social care insitute for excellence website if you're interested in learning

Check out our  "Cheshire East Service Users: The Spoken Word" video.

Safeguarding

https://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/Topics/Safeguarding/Safeguarding.aspx

This includes

• Our Guide to adult safeguarding covers the key aspects of safeguarding in your workplace. The guide features ten key points of adult safeguarding and provides details of where to find further information
• Reference to induction and our CQC recommendations guide that has a dedicated section on induction suggesting what should be covered and links to further resources.
• Our What do I need to know about safeguarding adults key cards and support document to help people reflect on their answers which I have mentioned previously at the meetings
• There is also a dedicated section on pressure ulcers here: https://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/Topics/Safeguarding/Pressure-ulcers.aspx

Mental Health and MCA

https://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/Topics/Mental-Health/Mental-health.aspx

These pages discuss not only induction, and supporting others but also consideration of our own resilience. It also has references to our MCA resources, - the pocket cards and learning resources. If you’d like to train your staff in this area (MCA), take a look at Learn from Others to see what others have done.  Under learning materials there is a training session plan and other useful free resources.

Restrictive Practice/Positive behaviour support

We’ve developed guidance on workforce development for commissioners and employers who want to minimise the use of restrictive practices.

Our guide can be found here:

https://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/Topics/Restrictive-practices/Restrictive-practices.aspx

Our learning from Positive Behaviour Support is here:

https://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/Topics/Learning-disability/Positive-behavioural-support/Positive-behaviour-support.aspx

From any of these pages you will also see the range of resources under various topic headings: https://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/Topics/Topics.aspx

Please find below some known reputable materials to assist your work place or own professional develoment:

E-learning Courses