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Working with Vulnerable Adults

Vulnerable adults are those aged 18 years or more who are unable to take care of themselves or protect themselves from harm or exploitation. Adults may be vulnerable due to old age or frailty, mental health problems, learning or physical disabilities.This course will enable participants to explore the complex issues surrounding working with vulnerable adults who have substance misuse problems. These issues include assessing risk and harm and developing strategies to address them, along with ensuring appropriate communication between clients and service providers

Objectives

By the end of the course participants will be able to:

• Define the term vulnerable adult
• List the specific issues for services working with vulnerable adults around substance use
• Explain what constitutes harm and abuse for vulnerable adults
• Assess risks associated with substance use among vulnerable adults and develop plans to address them
• Identify potential issues regarding communication between vulnerable adults and services and develop plans to address them
  

Who will benefit from attending?

This course will be useful for anyone who has to design and deliver learning opportunities on sensitive subjects.

Length 1 day – 9:30 – 4:30 (or equivalent)

DANOS Units or other National Occupational Standards:

HSC335 Contribute to the protection of individuals from harm and abuse

This course is designed and delivered in association with DrugScope

DrugScope is the UK's leading independent centre of expertise on drugs and the national membership organisation for the drug field. Our aim is to inform policy development and reduce drug-related harms - to individuals, families and communities. We provide quality drug information, promote effective responses to drug taking, undertake research, advise on policy-making, encourage informed debate - particularly in the media - and speak for our member organisations working on the ground.


Please note
All our courses are commissioned for groups and organisations. If you have more than three people who would benefit from working together on this topic, use the link at the the bottom of the page to contact me, or click here to find out more about getting us to deliver a programme.

We regret that we do not have an open access programme