Safeguarding Adults for Trustees of Charities

Aims to provide an:

• Introduction to issues regarding safeguarding adults from a Trustees perspective
• Overview of the Care Act safeguarding provisions and Safeguarding adults: multi-agency policy and procedures for the West Midlands

Learning Objectives:

• Identify relevant legislation
• Explain the safeguarding statutory principles and the Making Safeguarding
• Personal Agenda
• Identify relevant safeguarding adults process and systems
• Describe how Trustees are accountable for Safeguarding
• Explain how Trustees assure themselves that the Senior Management Team is
  accountable
• Define how to embed good safeguarding practice across the organisation
• Identify Charity Commission requirements
• Summarise local safeguarding adults procedures