Target Audience
Designated Safeguarding Leads and/or senior managers responsible for receiving/resonding to/managing allegations
Pre Requisites
Applicants must:
- have completed a minimum of Introduction to Safeguarding course within their own agency
- undertake the role of managing any allegation made within their organisation
Course Aims and objectives
To raise awareness of:
- what constitutes an allegation against staff, carers and volunteers
- how allegations should be managed, and the procedures that should be followed.
- The role of the ‘Local Authority Designated Officer' role and the support this can provide
- Roles and responsibilities of the key indivuduals within the reporting organisation, local authority and the police.
To increase participants confidence in:
- responding, recording and reporting allegations
- overcoming barriers to responding appropriately to allegations
- seeking support from the LADO, where appropriate
- reviewing their allegation management processes