3. Strategic Theme: Safe Work Force Supports the following Key Principles: Prevention, Proportionality, and Protection. Aim: To ensure that the workforce working with adults with care and support needs are competent to carry out their roles. Outcomes Measures of success 3.1. Staff (including volunteers) will be Staff will have access to training (various formats) to ensure that they are competent to competent to effectively safeguard work with adults through the safeguarding process in accordance with the Competency adults with care and support needs in Framework. Buckinghamshire. Staff, at all levels including volunteers, have their training refreshed at suitable intervals. at all levels including volunteers, competencies are assessed routinely to ensure they meet the required criteria. Senior leaders in agencies can evidence that their staff, at all levels, including volunteers, have been trained to appropriate standards. 3.2. To ensure that staff remain up to Issues identified in Safeguarding Adult Review (SAR) Action Plans and other ways are date with new and emerging practices relayed to staff and inform training plans for staff. and issues in relation to safeguarding. 3.3. To enable people who come into The safeguarding measure forms part of training and education of a range of other contact with adults with care and professions including taxi drivers, refuse collectors, library staff, food bank staff etc. support needs, for who safeguarding is not part of their normal role, to be aware of the basics around safeguarding and how to report abuse. 3.4. To ensure that learning from other That learning around safeguarding from other boards/agencies becomes part of the boards/agencies are implemented and training/learning implemented in BSAB. inform Safeguarding practice in Buckinghamshire. 3.5. To ensure that safe employment Those agencies/organisations are using the safer recruitment tool when employing staff practices are embedded within working with adults with care and support needs. agencies/organisations in Buckinghamshire. 4. Strategic Theme: Embrace a culture of learning Safeguarding Adult Reviews
3. Strategic Theme: Safe Work Force Supports the following Key Principles: Prevention, Proportionality, and Protection. Aim: To ensure that the workforce working with adults with care and support needs are competent to carry out their roles. Outcomes Measures of success 3.1. Staff (including volunteers) will be competent to effectively safeguard adults with care and support needs in Buckinghamshire. Staff will have access to training (various formats) to ensure that they are competent to work with adults through the safeguarding process in accordance with the Competency Framework. Staff, at all levels including volunteers, have their training refreshed at suitable intervals. at all levels including volunteers, competencies are assessed routinely to ensure they meet the required criteria. Senior leaders in agencies can evidence that their staff, at all levels, including volunteers, have been trained to appropriate standards. 3.2. To ensure that staff remain up to date with new and emerging practices and issues in relation to safeguarding. Issues identified in Safeguarding Adult Review (SAR) Action Plans and other ways are relayed to staff and inform training plans for staff. 3.3. To enable people who come into contact with adults with care and support needs, for who safeguarding is not part of their normal role, to be aware of the basics around safeguarding and how to report abuse. The safeguarding measure forms part of training and education of a range of other professions including taxi drivers, refuse collectors, library staff, food bank staff etc. 3.4. To ensure that learning from other boards/agencies are implemented and inform Safeguarding practice in Buckinghamshire. That learning around safeguarding from other boards/agencies becomes part of the training/learning implemented in BSAB. 3.5. To ensure that safe employment practices are embedded within agencies/organisations in Buckinghamshire. Those agencies/organisations are using the safer recruitment tool when employing staff working with adults with care and support needs. 4. Strategic Theme: Embrace a culture of learning Safeguarding Adult Reviews
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