National Training Material - Scottish Government
As with other aspects of the Act, key stakeholders have been involved in the development and implementation of our training strategy. Recognising that staff in statutory, voluntary and private organisations have different roles and responsibilities in adult protection, a three-level model of training has been developed to address the training requirements for these different levels of knowledge and skills. This is represented in a diagram.
Staff at level 1 require to have a basic awareness, knowledge and understanding of adult support and protection, sufficient to enable them to properly carry out their governance functions. At level 2, a range of staff require to have good awareness of adult protection issues, and a sufficient level of knowledge and understanding to be able to respond appropriately to concerns they have whilst providing support or treatment. At level 3, specialist staff, trainers, Adult Protection Committee members and regulatory staff all need to have detailed knowledge of adult support and protection and certain highly developed skills.
Although national training materials have been developed, these may be customised to take into account local procedures and guidance.
Level 1 training slides; briefing notes
Level 2 training slides: briefing notes
Please note that the slides below include trainers notes. To view the notes, the slides should be saved to your computer.
Level 3 training slides and briefing notes: programme: case studies: evaluation form: risk assessment
One day training slides: programme
Half day awareness training slides
Training and Awareness materials - Voluntary Organisations
The Training and Awareness group are currently developing a set of core training material that can be used by key stakeholders to raise awareness amongst staff, client groups and families.
The group comprises representatives from Scottish Consortium for Learning Disability, Council of Ethnic Minority Voluntary Sector Organisations, Scottish Association for Mental Health, Age Concern Scotland, Alzheimers Scotland, DeafBlind Scotland, SENSE, Deaf Connections, Scottish Federation for the Blind, Momentum Care and the Private Care Sector Workforce Initiative (in co-operation with the independent sector). The materials they produce will be in a variety of formats for use by these and other stakeholder groups.
You should contact the appropriate organisation direct should you require further information.
Training and Awareness - Independent Advocacy
The Scottish Independent Advocacy Association will be running the following courses:
- Introduction to Independent Advocacy (targeted at professionals with duties under the Act)
- Introduction to the ASP (aimed at independent advocates)
Anyone expressing an interest in either of the courses should contact the Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance direct