Vulnerable Persons

Help your employees to spot vulnerabilities, support customers effectively and in compliance with FCA regulations

Course Overview Course Contents Who Should Take This Course? The Assessment Importance of the Course FAQs

Key Learning Points:

  • What does 'vulnerability' look like
  • How can customer services staff spot vulnerabilities
  • What do staff need to know when a customer discloses a vulnerability
  • How to use information from third parties to help customers without breaking data protection law
  • How to spot the signs that suggest a customer may be vulnerable or have limited mental capacity
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Vulnerable Persons
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Course Overview

This online training course on Vulnerable Persons is set in an immersive format and looks at how firms can ensure that they are treating customers fairly by enabling customer services staff to confidently identify and support vulnerable customers.

This course will explore how employees can help safeguard vulnerable people, using some key communication techniques to develop your confidence in supporting vulnerable customers, while also meeting legal obligations.

Course Details

  • Course duration: 35 minutes
  • Immersive learning course
  • Certificate on completion
  • Course can be tailored using Adapt Authoring Tool
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Course Contents

This online training course on Vulnerable Persons is broken down into four main topics

Understanding Vulnerabilities
Understanding Vulnerabilities
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) defines three categories of vulnerability – particularly vulnerable, vulnerable and potentially vulnerable. This topic looks at the two categories in particular that the FCA requires firms to consider, what could cause people to become vulnerable, the potential impacts on a vulnerable person’s financial situation and decisions, and what can firms do to help.
Handling Customer Disclosures
Handling Customer Disclosures
Customers may worry about making disclosures about their circumstances for a number of reasons. It is vital that customer service staff recognise the trust that customers place in them when making a disclosure. This topic explains how staff must deal with disclosures and how to use the FCA endorsed TEXAS tool for handling customer disclosures effectively.
Handling 3rd Party Disclosures
Handling 3rd Party Disclosures
Disclosures from third parties are important. Friends, family and carers can supply valuable information but only if you handle them effectively. This topic demonstrates the use of CARERS communications guidance tool to ensure that you staff record helpful information from carers while meeting data protection requirements and supporting vulnerable customers effectively.
Identifying Undisclosed Vulnerabilities
Identifying Undisclosed Vulnerabilities
Vulnerable customers tend not to disclose their circumstances to financial service providers. All staff who deal directly with customers need to look out for possible barriers to disclosure. In this topic, learners will understand how to identify red flags that suggest that a customer is in a vulnerable situation and why it is important to identify and support them to safeguard their wellbeing and avoid FCA sanctions.
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Who Should Take This Course?

This eLearning course is recommended for all customer-facing employees of firms regulated by the FCA including:

  • Customers Services Representatives
  • Complaints Handlers
  • Support Team Members
  • Account Managers

The Assessment

Learners go behind the scenes at fictional bank TrustUs and explore what 'vulnerabilities' look like and the different scenarios they could face while dealing with vulnerable customers. Learners must make the right decisions to support vulnerable customers effectively and aim for a top Trustzar service rating for TrustUs bank or risk damaging its business.

On successful completion of the course, learners will be able to download a certificate of achievement. Learners can also take the assessment again to improve their score.

2 Ways of Purchasing

You can purchase our courses individually or for even better value you can purchase the complete range of Compliance, Health and Safety or Performance Management courses in one neat bundle.

1. Individual Licenses

If you buy courses on an individual bases you pay a price per learner, per course per year. You can run these courses on your own LMS if Xapi/SCORM compliant or you can take them.

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1. Individual Pricing

Number of Learners Cost (per year)
1 - 10 29 / per learner
11 - 20 25 / per learner
21 - 50 20 / per learner
51 - 100 15 / per learner
101 - 150 10 / per learner
150+ POA

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2. Complete Bundle Pricing

If you buy all the Compliance, Health & Safety or Performance Training in a complete bundle, all features come as standard, no matter the size of your organisation!

Number of Learners Cost (per year)
1 - 100 30 / per learner
101 - 200 25 / per learner
201 - 300 21 / per learner
301 - 400 18 / per learner
401 - 500 15 / per learner
501 - 750 12.50 / per learner
751 - 1000 10 / per learner
1001 - 2500 8 / per learner
2501 - 5000 6 / per learner
5000 - 10,000 5 / per learner
10,000 + POA
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FCA and Vulnerable Customers

The FCA are concerned for the welfare of vulnerable customers. The FCA defines a vulnerable customer 'as someone who, due to their personal circumstances, is especially susceptible to detriment, particularly when an organisation is not acting with appropriate levels of care'. The FCA requires organisations to consider taking key steps to safeguard vulnerable customers and enabling customers services staff to identify and support those in vulnerable situations.

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FAQ's

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Technical Requirements
What is a vulnerability?
A vulnerability can occur due to a range of reasons - from health problems to limited confidence in managing finances. Businesses and their staff must be aware of vulnerable persons to ensure that all consumers in the financial services industry are protected and treated fairly. Businesses must consider how their customers could be affected by the vulnerability.
What are the three classifications of vulnerability?
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has established three classifications of vulnerability - potentially vulnerable where a customer is not vulnerable at the time but they could become vulnerable in the future; vulnerable where a customer is in a position which places them at particular risk of harm; and particularly vulnerable where customers are at the greatest risk of harm, which could be imminent and have dangerous consequences.
Why is it important to treat vulnerable persons fairly?
Vulnerable persons are often under tremendous financial and emotional stress which can subsequently affect their financial situation and well-being. When businesses commit to safeguarding vulnerable persons, they are not only ensuring compliance with FCA regulation, but it also demonstrates responsibility and integrity which will subsequently attract customers to their services.

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