Module details for "Adults Support, Protection and Safeguarding"

At Postgraduate Certificate level there are six modules as described below; each module is rated at ten postgraduate credits.

Module 1: The Evidence on the Harm of Adults

• People at risk of harm
• Issues of definition: contested terminology
• The nature of harm
• The prevalence of harm

Module 2: The Ecological Model of Adult Protection

• The individual at risk
• The setting
• The community
• The service agency
• Regulatory framework

Module 3: The Individual at Risk and Significant Others

• Identification of harm
• Capacity and consent
• Training, support & advocacy
• Investigating allegations
• Consequences of harm
• Perpetrators

Module 4: Protective Service Designs: The Setting and Service Agency

• Service design
• The role of care standards
• Legislation and policy in the UK
• Consequences of disciplinary action
• Human Rights and the ethics of adult protection
• Training staff

Module 5: Legislation, Policy, Culture and International Influences

• Attitudes and service culture
• Identifying and recording harm
• Auditing adult protection cases
• Assessing risks
• The wider international picture

Module 6: Case Study Analysis and Assessment

• Service design
• Adult protection cases
• Perspective of the ecological model of harm to adults
• Characteristics of the individual, perpetrator & environment
• Service context
• Investigation and interagency working