FOI Request
- Disclosure ID
- FOI/02532
- Request Date
- June 29, 2018
- Subject
- Safeguarding Training
- Description
- Have you had a reported incident regarding staff not following your safeguarding guidance in the last three years?
- If so, how many?
- How many legal actions have been taken against you due to staff not following safeguarding guidance?
- Has anyone been disciplined or fired due to staff not following safeguarding guidance in the last three years?
- How often do you undertake any education or training around safeguarding guidance?
- How often are safeguarding guidance standards updated?
- When was the last complete review of your safeguarding guidance?
- In what format and programme do you hold your safeguarding guidance?
- In what format and programme do staff access this guidance?
- Can you access safeguarding guidance on mobile devices?
- If so, can this guidance be accessed while offline?
- Can your workforce audit their compliance to central standards regarding safeguarding guidelines and so identify any shortfalls?
- Do you have the capability to audit delivery standards against current safeguarding guidance?
- How many pages of safeguarding guidance does your organisation have?
- Response
- Yes
- 73
- None
- 2015 – 1 x dismissal
1 x Final Written Warning - Internal training is held monthly and planned 12 months in advance.
- Two or Three yearly (highlighted below) but if any significant changes in national guidance/law, policies will be reviewed prior to review due date
- • The Management of Allegations of Abuse Made Against Staff – 24/10/16
• The Management in Hospital of known or Suspected Individuals who may pose a Risk to Children and Adults – 15/11/16
• Safeguarding Children Guidance and Procedures (Includes Child Protection Supervision procedures) – 12/10/17
• Safeguarding Adults Guidance and Procedures (Including Adults who find themselves in situations that make them vulnerable and in need of safeguarding and protection)- 12/10/17
• Procedure for Health Staff regarding the Health Assessment of Children and Young People Looked After – 30/01/17
• Implementing the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and Apply the Supporting Code of Practice – 12/10/17
• Domestic Violence and Abuse Guidance and Procedures (Incorporating: Forced Marriage, Honour Based Violence, Female Genital Mutilation and Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC) 16/06/17
• Applying for a Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) Authorisation and the Trusts Responsibilities as a Managing Authority – 12/10/17
• Advance Decisions to Refuse Treatment – 09/010/15
• A Policy for the Implementation of the PREVENT Strategy – 12/10/17 - Policies are in word format and available on Sharepoint, further guidance is accessible on the internet through LSCB website.
- Through the staff intranet for BTHNHSFT policies, internet for LSCB websites and intercollegiate guidance is also available on the internet.
- Yes
- Can only be accessed through intranet or LSCB website. Guidance can be printed to access offline but then guidance is not a controlled document and may not be up to date so this is not recommended.
- Yes
- Yes
- • The Management of Allegations of Abuse Made Against Staff – 14 pages
• The Management in Hospital of known or Suspected Individuals who may pose a Risk to Children and Adults – 13 pages
• Safeguarding Children Guidance and Procedures (Includes Child Protection Supervision procedures) – 164 pages
• Safeguarding Adults Guidance and Procedures (Including Adults who find themselves in situations that make them vulnerable and in need of safeguarding and protection)- 48 pages
• Procedure for Health Staff regarding the Health Assessment of Children and Young People Looked After – 28 pages
• Implementing the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and Apply the Supporting Code of Practice – 27 pages
• Domestic Violence and Abuse Guidance and Procedures (Incorporating: Forced Marriage, Honour Based Violence, Female Genital Mutilation and Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC) – 91 pages
• Applying for a Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) Authorisation and the Trusts Responsibilities as a Managing Authority – 24 pages
• Advance Decisions to Refuse Treatment – 13 pages
• A Policy for the Implementation of the PREVENT Strategy – 22 pages