Protection of Vulnerable Adults (P.O.V.A.)

Protection of Vulnerable Adults (P.O.V.A.)

Course Duration : 4 hours

Maximum Trainees: 20 College / 15 Workplace

This course is designed to ensure that all care home staff have adequate knowledge of what abuse is, the different types of abuse and how to recognise the fact that abuse might be taking place.

Course Content includes:

• What the law says about abuse
• Different forms and types of abuse
• Challenging abuse
• Obscure abuse
• What is abuse?
• Recognition of abuse
• Protecting service users and staff from abuse
• Suspecting abuse