Safeguarding Adults for Managers and Leads

What this course covers

• Lead safeguarding in a service: own the policy, the training and the decisions the Care Act 2014 sections 42–45 and CQC's Regulation 13 expect of a registered manager
• Apply the Section 42 three-part test to live concerns and make referrals the local authority can act on
• Manage allegations against staff lawfully — immediate safety, suspension decisions, PiPoT referrals and the statutory duty to refer to the DBS
• Embed Making Safeguarding Personal, lawful information sharing and recording that stands up in an enquiry or a Safeguarding Adults Review
• Build a reporting culture, meet CQC notification duties, read the metrics that matter, and apply the Scottish and Welsh frameworks where you work

What's in each section

Safeguarding Adults for Managers and Leads runs across 15 sections, each ending in a quick knowledge check:

1. The Lead's Job: Where the Chain Ends
2. The Architecture: Sections 42 to 45
3. Owning the Policy
4. The Section 42 Decision: Thresholds
5. Referrals the Local Authority Can Act On
6. Making Safeguarding Personal — and the Capacity Interface
7. An Allegation Against Your Staff: The First 24 Hours
8. People in Positions of Trust
9. The DBS Referral: A Duty, Not a Choice
10. Whistleblowing and the Reporting Culture
11. Safer Recruitment: Safeguarding Before Day One
12. Sharing, Recording and the Chronology
13. The Board and the Reviews: Learning from SARs
14. Notifications, Numbers and What They Tell You
15. Scotland and Wales: Same Job, Different Law

How much does Safeguarding Adults for Managers and Leads training cost?

£3.99 per person on Care2Learn, with no minimum order and no subscription. If your team needs a full training matrix rather than one course, a subscription from £1.99 per learner per month — one flat team rate, set by your team’s size — covers every course in the catalogue. See the 2026 price comparison.

Who needs it

Registered managers, deputies and designated safeguarding leads in adult social care. This is not awareness training — it assumes Safeguarding Adults and covers the decisions that land on the lead's desk: the Section 42 three‑part test, referrals the local authority can act on, allegations against staff including suspension decisions and people‑in‑positions‑of‑trust referrals, the legal duty to refer to the DBS, CQC notifications, Making Safeguarding Personal, and learning from Safeguarding Adults Reviews. A final section covers the Scottish and Welsh frameworks.

What the learner receives

A certificate in their own name carrying our CPD Member badge (The CPD Certification Service), showing the completion date and the renewal date, downloadable at any time. The record belongs to the learner, not just the employer — it travels with them rather than sitting in one provider's system.

Related courses

Safeguarding Adults is the prerequisite. The others cover adjoining lead responsibilities in more depth.

• Safeguarding Adults — 60 min online, £3.99 per person
• Managing Allegations Against Staff — 40 min online, £3.99 per person
• Whistleblowing in Care Settings — 35 min online, £3.99 per person
• Safer Recruitment — 45 min online, £3.99 per person

You can also browse the full catalogue of 81 courses, or read about the Care Certificate for staff new to care.

Frequently asked questions

How long does Safeguarding Adults for Managers and Leads training take?

About 60 min of e‑learning, across 15 sections with 10 assessment questions. Learners can stop and resume at any point, and it works on a phone.

Is Safeguarding Adults for Managers and Leads CPD Aligned, and how is it assessed?

Yes — it is CPD Aligned, and the certificate carries our CPD Member badge. The assessment is multiple choice with a pass mark of 70%; attempts are recorded and learners can retake it. Renewal defaults to 12 months from the completion date — your organisation can set 24 or 36 months per course — so it reappears on your training matrix when it is due.

How is this different from our safeguarding adults course?

Safeguarding Adults teaches every worker to recognise abuse and report it. This course teaches the person the report lands on: whether the three‑part Section 42 test is met, what a referral needs to contain, when to suspend, when the DBS referral duty is engaged, what to notify CQC, and how to evidence all of it. The two deliberately do not overlap.

Does it cover allegations against staff?

Yes, in depth: immediate safety, preserving evidence, the suspension decision (and the alternatives to suspension), referral to the local authority's people‑in‑positions‑of‑trust process, keeping the worker informed and supported, and the statutory duty to refer to the DBS when someone is dismissed or removed for harm — a legal duty, not a judgement call.

We have services in Scotland or Wales — does it apply?

The course teaches England's Care Act 2014 framework, and its final section sets out where Scotland and Wales differ: the Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007, Adult Protection Committees and the PVG scheme; and the Social Services and Well‑being (Wales) Act 2014 with the Wales Safeguarding Procedures. Learners in Scotland and Wales also see a notice saying which framework takes precedence.

What records does it say a lead should keep?

Decision-grade records: the concern as raised, the three‑part test reasoning, who was told and when, the adult's own wishes and outcomes (Making Safeguarding Personal), actions and their dates, and the learning afterwards — the trail a Safeguarding Adults Review or a CQC inspector would ask to follow.