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Event Type(s)

Course

Event Description

This half day course is aimed at transport staff working with children and vulnerable adults who have already completed the individual Safeguarding and Disability Awareness courses. This combined Refresher training should be completed every 3 years for staff working on WSCC transport contracts.

Training Objectives

The aim of this course is to increase awareness of safeguarding, identify whose responsibility it is, identify the different types of abuse and what to look out for, as well as how to raise a concern if you are worried about the safety of an adult or child.

The course is designed to improve service delivery and customer skills for drivers and passenger assistants transporting passengers focusing on a range of disabilities and epilepsy.

The course delivers participants information on legislation and good practice on the transporting of wheelchairs, plus direction on the procedures for responding to and reporting medical incidents.

Learning Outcomes

If you apply what you have learnt on this course, you will be able to:

Recognise what Safeguarding is

Identify whose responsibility safeguarding is

Raise a concern if you are worried about the safety of an adult or child

Recognise the Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH)

Identify expected behaviour when transporting vulnerable passengers.

Recognise and understand different types of disability

Recognise how to communicate with, respond to, and respect people with disabilities

Identify how an individual’s disability will affect their travel requirements

Recognise how an individual’s disability can impact on those around them

Identify types of epilepsy and how to respond to a seizure

Course Pre-Requisites

You must have completed the Safeguarding & Disability Awareness events prior to attending this event.

Subject Areas

Disability / Safeguarding

Target Audience

Trainers

Course Owner

Learning and Development TH (learninganddevelopment@westsussex.gov.uk)

Course Costs

Internal LA Cost: £0

PVI/Care Provider Cost: £40

Partnership Cost: £40

Early Years Subscriber Cost: £40

External Cost: £40