Safeguarding Training Standard of Training The detail below is an extract from a guidance document (Inspectors Handbook – Safeguarding) produced by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) who are responsible for the inspection and audit of carer providers: Safeguarding Children Training Roles and competencies for child safeguarding training are outlined in ‘Safeguarding children and young people: roles and competences for health care staff INTERCOLLEGIATE DOCUMENT Third edition: March 2014’. This guidance sets out training requirements’, emphasising the importance of maximising ‘minimum flexible learning opportunities to acquire and maintain knowledge and skills, drawing upon lessons from research, case studies, critical incident reviews and analysis, and serious case reviews. The intercollegiate document states that: To protect children and young people from harm, all healthcare staff must have the competences to recognise child maltreatment and to take effective action as appropriate to their role. It is the duty of employers to ensure that those working for them clearly understand their contractual obligations within the employing organisation, and it is the responsibility of employers to facilitate access to training and education which enable the organisation to fulfil its aims, objectives and statutory duties effectively and safely. The document describes 5 levels of competency: 1: All staff working in health care settings*. Level 2: All non-clinical and clinical staff who have any contact with children, young people and/or parents/carers. 3: All clinical staff working with children, young people and/or their parents/carers and who could potentially contribute to assessing, planning ,intervening and evaluating the needs of a child or young person and parenting capacity where there are safeguarding/child protection concerns. 4 specialist roles - named professionals. Level 5 Specialist roles - designated professionals. *This means all healthcare settings, including those that do not treat children Level 4 and 5 specialist roles refer to the statutory roles at level 4 i.e. Named Doctors, Nurses or Midwives for safeguarding children and young people or level 5 Designated doctors or nurses for safeguarding children and young people All providers of NHS funded health services including NHS trusts, NHS foundation trusts and public, voluntary sector, independent sector and social enterprises require level 4 and level 5 specialist roles and should identify a named doctor and a named NURSE (and a named midwife if the organisation provides maternity services) for safeguarding.
Safeguarding Training Standard of Training The detail below is an extract from a guidance document (Inspectors Handbook – Safeguarding) produced by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) who are responsible for the inspection and audit of carer providers: Safeguarding Children Training Roles and competencies for child safeguarding training are outlined in ‘Safeguarding children and young people: roles and competences for health care staff INTERCOLLEGIATE DOCUMENT Third edition: March 2014’. This guidance sets out ‘minimum training requirements’, emphasising the importance of maximising flexible learning opportunities to acquire and maintain knowledge and skills, drawing upon lessons from research, case studies, critical incident reviews and analysis, and serious case reviews. The intercollegiate document states that: To protect children and young people from harm, all healthcare staff must have the competences to recognise child maltreatment and to take effective action as appropriate to their role. It is the duty of employers to ensure that those working for them clearly understand their contractual obligations within the employing organisation, and it is the responsibility of employers to facilitate access to training and education which enable the organisation to fulfil its aims, objectives and statutory duties effectively and safely. The document describes 5 levels of competency: 1: All staff working in health care settings*. Level 2: All non-clinical and clinical staff who have any contact with children, young people and/or parents/carers. 3: All clinical staff working with children, young people and/or their parents/carers and who could potentially contribute to assessing, planning ,intervening and evaluating the needs of a child or young person and parenting capacity where there are safeguarding/child protection concerns. 4 specialist roles - named professionals. Level 5 Specialist roles - designated professionals. *This means all healthcare settings, including those that do not treat children Level 4 and 5 specialist roles refer to the statutory roles at level 4 i.e. Named Doctors, Nurses or Midwives for safeguarding children and young people or level 5 Designated doctors or nurses for safeguarding children and young people All providers of NHS funded health services including NHS trusts, NHS foundation trusts and public, voluntary sector, independent sector and social enterprises require level 4 and level 5 specialist roles and should identify a named doctor and a named NURSE (and a named midwife if the organisation provides maternity services) for safeguarding.
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