Financial Abuse (1/2 day)

This course is intended for all those who work with service users and for senior staff who may be responsible for supervising workers and aspects of a service’s finances.
It is designed to ensure that delegates have lots of practical opportunities to consider financial abuse, how it can occur and prevention strategies.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this course learners should have understood:

• How our own view of finances may influence the care we take over others’ finances– how well do we monitor &
  maintain our personal finances?
• The importance of managing finances-our responsibilities
• The importance of having and complying with policies and procedures and what influences these
• What constitutes financial abuse and how it can occur
• How to hold service users’ money in accordance with the policy
• The implications of refusing to give people their money:
        -when can this be done?
        -how can this be done?
• The administration requirements of the organisation in relation to financial management and recording
• The importance of recording, monitoring and auditing
• How financial abuse can occur in terms of the services budgets
• Good finance practices in terms of the services funds e.g. budgets and budget tracking, petty cash etc.

Training methods:

• OHP/PowerPoint
• Tutor presentations
• Group Work
• Word shower method
• Practical Exercises
• Handouts

CP141/5.9