If you are interested in booking a place for this course, please complete the online booking form. You will then be contacted to discuss availability.
Background Information
Safeguarding adults means protecting an individual’s right to live in safety, free from abuse and neglect. Safeguarding Adults is everyone’s responsibility. Timely, accurate and well-constructed referrals help agencies work together to keep adults with care and support needs safe.
Course Aims and Objectives
This course aims to equip practitioners with a knowledge and understanding of their role as a referrer within the Oldham Safeguarding Adults Board (OSAB) Multi-Agency Adult Safeguarding Policy & Procedures and to enable them to apply these to making a Safeguarding Adult Referral and completing the online referral form. This course is suitable for practitioners from statutory and non-statutory services supporting 'Adults at Risk of Harm' in a range of settings across Oldham. This session will:
- Outline the statutory safeguarding framework in the Care Act 2014 and the function of the OSAB Multi-Agency Adult Safeguarding Policy and Procedures
- Explain when a Safeguarding Adult Referral should be raised and how to make a Professional Safeguarding Adult Referral
- Provide an overview of potential questions a referrer may be asked
- Define the principles of information sharing
- Explain the processes that are followed after a Safeguarding Adult Referral has been received.
Time/Date/Venue
12:00-13:30, 4 March 2026, via Microsoft Teams.
Please note, this session will be recorded.