E110. Applying the Care Act and Six Principles

Embedding the Care Act principles ensures a person-centred approach that promotes dignity, autonomy, and safety. This webinar unpacks the Care Act 2014 and the six principles that underpin effective safeguarding practice. Understand how these principles apply in education settings, and take away actionable strategies to strengthen safeguarding governance and embed across your organisation.

What You’ll Learn:

• The key provisions of the Care Act 2014 and its impact on safeguarding.


• The role of Safeguarding Adults Boards and Safeguarding Adults Reviews.


• The Wellbeing Principles and their practical application.


• The six safeguarding principles: Empowerment, Prevention, Proportionality, Protection, Partnership, and Accountability.


• How the Care Act applies to Further Education and transition planning for young people.

Designed for safeguarding leads, senior leaders, pastoral staff and anyone responsible for adult welfare and compliance with statutory safeguarding duties.

Led by Rachael Bishop

Rachael has over 18 years of experience within the safeguarding people field including child and adult Social Care, Statutory Education, Apprenticeships and Employability, Human Resources, Safeguarding and Employee Wellbeing Management, NHS, Mental Health Services, HM Prison Service, Police, Youth Offending and Substance Misuse Services and is the MD, Safeguarding Consultant & accredited trainer at RLB Safeguarding Ltd. Rachael also partners with organisations to provide a series of informative webinars and blogs including safer recruitment checking and vetting, Single Central Record services, Mental Health Culture Change programmes and leadership consultancy, acts on the advisory board for the National Association of Designated Safeguarding Leads and is a Board Governor for Fuel Learning Limited.