First Aid For Life recognises that we have a duty to protect & safeguard Individual vulnerable adults, especially those at greatest risk of social exclusion and that we may need coordinated help from health, education, and social care services.
First Aid For Life do not have any faculty trained to deliver courses to children and therefore we do not offer places on any of our courses to people less tan 18 years old.

First Aid For Life has a responsibility to protect and safeguard the welfare of young people, and vulnerable adults with which the organisation comes into contact. These guidelines and procedures are to facilitate understanding and clarity.

First Aid for Life will aim to protect and safeguard children, young people and vulnerable adults by:

• Ensuring that all faculty are carefully selected and made aware of their responsibilities in this matter.

• Ensuring that the Vulnerable Adults Protection Policy and Procedure remains consistent with good practice by regularly reviewing and updating policy and procedures in line with national and local developments.

• Ensuring that First Aid For Life faculty are familiar with the Vulnerable Adults Protection Policy by supplying information in the format of their choice faculty and asking them to sign to confirm they have read and understood the policy and will act in accordance with it.

• Ensuring that faculty attend appropriate local Safeguarding training as it becomes available.

• Assessing the risk that vulnerable adults may encounter and taking steps to minimise and

  manage this when planning activities, booking and planning use of premises.

• Ensuring that the First Aid For Life policy and procedures for protection of vulnerable adults are shared as applicable with vulnerable adults themselves, and with their carers. This will be done by making our revised policy and procedures available through our website and on request by email.

• Letting carers and vulnerable adults know how to report concerns and / or complain about anything else that they believe evidences risk or compromises protection. This will be done by making our policy and procedures available through our website and by ensuring that course participants have a lead contact with which they can raise concerns.

First Aid For Life policies and procedures are gradually being reviewed as part of broad and deep organisational review. The implications of the organisation’s Vulnerable Adults Policy and Procedures on other aspects of organisational policy and procedures will be considered as part of this review. This includes examination of:

• Health & Safety Policy, Risk Assessments

• Recruitment & Selection of Staff / Volunteers

• Complaints & Disciplinary Policy

• Diversity & Equality Policy

• Staff Induction / Development / Supervision Policy

• Confidentiality & Information Sharing

• Anti-bullying Policy