Introduction
Welcome, for qualified healthcare professionals and those with safeguarding responsibilities
This course is written for TWO audiences:
• First-timers: Every concept is explained from scratch with plain language,
real examples, and step-by-step guides.
• Annual refreshers: Yellow Refresher Reminder boxes highlight where practice
drifts over time, updated guidance, and honest reflection questions.
Duration: approximately 1.5-2 hours | Pass mark: 70%
Read through each chapter as if your trainer is speaking directly to you
From Awareness to Practice Leadership
Level 2 Safeguarding builds on the foundations established in Level 1 to develop the skills and confidence needed for complex safeguarding situations. Where Level 1 focuses on recognition and basic reporting, Level 2 focuses on decision-making in ambiguous situations, understanding multi-agency processes, managing professional challenge, and leading a safeguarding culture in your team.
For first-timers at this level: you may be in a role that carries specific safeguarding responsibilities – as a team leader, nurse, registered professional, or named worker. This course prepares you for those responsibilities.
For refreshers: safeguarding law, guidance, and practice has changed significantly in recent years. The Domestic Abuse Act 2021, the movement from DoLS to Liberty Protection Safeguards, and the evolution of Safeguarding Adults Reviews all require updated knowledge.
Annual Refresher Reminder
Refresher: The Safeguarding Adults Review (SAR) process has changed.
NICE guidelines on safeguarding (NG76) were published in 2016 and updated.
The Liberty Protection Safeguards were passed in law in 2019 and implementation is ongoing.
When did you last review updated guidance with your safeguarding lead?
Objectives
By the end: apply safeguarding principles to complex and ambiguous situations; navigate the Section 42 enquiry process; manage professional challenge and whistleblowing; lead safeguarding culture; apply the Care Act's personalised approach; understand multi-agency working; and reflect critically on safeguarding practice.