Useful resources for the national safeguarding training, learning and development standards.
Legislative and Procedural Resources:
- Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014
- Wales Safeguarding Procedures
- Mental Capacity Act 2005
- Children and Young Persons Act 2008
- Violence Against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Act 2015
- Safeguarding Children: Working Together Under the Children Act 2004
- Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 RISCA
- Wellbeing of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015
- The Health and Social Care (Quality and Engagement) (Wales) Act 2020
- The Serious Crimes Act 2015
- European Convention on Human Rights
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Guidance:
- Part 7 Guidance Volumes 1-6 SSWB(Wales)Act 2014
- Keeping learners safe: The role of local authorities, governing bodies and proprietors of independent schools under the Education Act 2002
- Procedural Response to Unexpected Deaths in Childhood (PRUDiC)
Individual Agency Training Standards:
- NHS Intercollegiate Document (ICD) Wales
- Good Work: A Dementia Learning and Development Framework for Wales
- Safeguarding Awareness Training Pack - Social Care Wales
Learning and Development Resources:
- SCW learning and development resources
- Older People’s Commissioner for Wales Domestic Abuse research
- Children’s Social Care Research and Development Centre (CASCADE)
- NSPCC resources
- Police Safeguarding Notification Briefing (Police only)
First published: 20 October 2022
Last updated: 28 January 2025
Series last updated: 28 January 2025
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