How little do we, as Therapists, understand the extent of the changes in Law affecting our client/business responsibilities?
Safeguarding is now firmly in our purview whether we work with children, teenagers, or adults. A legal requirement.
As with any responsibility, we have a defined scope for your involvement.
A serving Police Officer who consulted on the course said:
"Imagine if something went badly wrong for a client and we knew it was happening, but didn't safeguard. We'd all be hung out to dry.
It's easier to understand and implement today than face scrutiny tomorrow."
Our Duty Of Care is brought into acute focus.
In other professions, such as policing, social work, and child protection, such training is already a day-to-day matter of fact.
We need to catch up.
The case studies are real. DA can happen to anyone regardless of gender or relationship type.
Did you know that entirely new offences have been created that you won't be aware of but highly likely will encounter?
In my Practice, the Domestic Abuse Act 2021, Clare's Law, and Sarah's Law have been used, with grim returns.
If we do not know how to act accordingly, we are breaching our obligations under Safeguarding and/or Duty Of Care.
Nobody wants to discover that their insurance is void.
