Clinical Leadership in Safeguarding (L4-5)

Course Outline:

Designed for safeguarding leads, lead clinicians, named professionals, and heads of service with operational accountability for safeguarding children and adults

The course examines the safety and governance of an organisation, including culture, ethos and the principles underpinning safeguarding, to ensure it is core business. The focus is on making safeguarding personal and person-centred for all children, adults, and staff.

Consideration is given to the importance of legal literacy and accountability examining the statutory duties and responsibilities of the NHS as a public authority in public law, the importance of human and equality rights plus the duties and responsibilities for safeguarding both children and adults within the Care Act 2014, the Children Acts 1989 and 2004 and other relevant legislation.

Once legal literacy is understood the course examines the link to policies, procedures and then explores how to effectively translate clinical strategy into everyday operational practice through an interactive rolling case scenario.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• Explore the term clinical leadership in safeguarding and what that means to individual and organisational accountability for safeguarding children and adults
• Demonstrate enhanced legal literacy around relevant legal frameworks to support and drive safeguarding strategy
• Examine the importance of effective multi-agency working and relevant duties and responsibilities under legislation
• Identify ‘best practice’ in defendable decision making
• Examine the consequences of inadequate safeguarding children and adults especially in light of the recently published Thirlwell Inquiry Final Report
• Demonstrate the understanding of how to link safeguarding strategy through policy and procedures to everyday operational practice