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Level 5 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management

Auditing Organisational Practice and Policy Compliance

HSC502 · Managing the Safeguarding and Protection of Vulnerable Individuals — Week 11 of 16

CourseHSC502
Week11 of 16
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This week’s topics

Auditing Organisational Practice and Policy Compliance

  1. Auditing safeguarding policies against updated statutory guidance
  2. Conducting internal compliance gap analyses
  3. Developing corrective action plans
  4. Leading continuous quality improvement
  5. Don Goldmann - 7 Rules for Engaging Clinicians in Quality Improvement
  6. 5 Ways to Influence Nursing Practice
  7. 5 Quality Improvement Basics - Use Plan-Do-Study-Act to Test Changes

What you will be able to do

  • 4.2 Review a work setting’s procedures and practice against current legislation and policy in relation to safeguarding and protecting vulnerable individuals.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: review a work setting’s procedures and practice against current legislation and policy in relation to safeguarding and protecting vulnerable individuals.

Study materials

Videos

  • Don Goldmann - 7 Rules for Engaging Clinicians in Quality Improvement · YouTube · IHI Open School · 7 min · for registered students
  • 5 Ways to Influence Nursing Practice · YouTube · Carol Forde-Johnston · 21 min · for registered students
  • 5 Quality Improvement Basics - Use Plan-Do-Study-Act to Test Changes · YouTube · Mountain Pacific · 3 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Care and support statutory guidance (Care Act 2014, DHSC) · Reading · GOV.UK, guidance · for registered students
  • Safeguarding adults in care homes (NICE guideline NG189, 2021) · Reading · Nice, guidance · for registered students
  • Working together to safeguard children 2023 (DfE) · Reading · GOV.UK, guidance · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Foundations of Safeguarding and Protection
  • Week 2: Legislative Frameworks in Safeguarding
  • Week 3: Learning from Inquiries and Serious Case Reviews
  • Week 4: Recognising Signs of Abuse and Educating Teams
  • Week 5: Procedures for Responding to Suspected or Actual Abuse
  • Week 6: Balancing Positive Risk-Taking and Person-Centred Choice
  • Week 7: Instilling Preventative Cultures and Safe Practice
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Multi-Agency Partnership Working and Information Governance
  • Week 10: Service User Voice in Safeguarding Governance
  • Week 11: Auditing Organisational Practice and Policy Compliance
  • Week 12: Applying Managing the Safeguarding and Protection of Vulner…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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