Safeguarding in Healthcare (Children and Families) University of Surrey

Overview

You will be empowered to play a pro-active role in the protection of vulnerable people. In addition to interprofessional learning, there will be opportunities for students from different professional disciplines to develop professional identity through facilitated sessions focusing on their professional background.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of the module, you will be able to:

• Demonstrate critical awareness of equality, diversity and inclusion with respect for the need for autonomy and control whilst simultaneously safeguarding the welfare of vulnerable people at all times.
• Critically analyse and apply to practice evidence-based knowledge from current literature and research.
• Critically analyse and debate historical and current drivers that influence practice, policy and legislation in relation to safeguarding.
• Identify and respond to signs of abuse and neglect across the life course.
• Evaluate the effects of trauma and intergenerational cycles of dependency on child and young people’s development and work in partnership with them to strengthen resilience.
• Analyse and critically evaluate a variety of Assessment and Risk Assessment models and apply these to practice.
• Critically evaluate current leadership and safeguarding practice in relation to partnership working and student’s own professional accountability.
• Critically appraise their own practice and service delivery in relation to safeguarding vulnerable people.