Guidance and briefing notes
There are a number of briefing notes that have been developed or shared by TWSP, all of which can be found below:
Adults
- Lasting Power of Attorney: explaining what a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) is, what it can be used for and how to seek advice if your attorney is not acting in the person's best interests,
- Next of Kin: a briefing note developed to explain the legal context of a next of kin, including their legal rights, and how to links to a Lasting Power of Attorney.
- Power of Attorney: highlighting what a Power of Attorney can be used for, why you might need to appoint an attorney and their responsibilities.
- Principles of Consent: providing an overview of what constitutes consent, the various forms and how this links with mental capacity.
- Self Neglect: explaining the signs of self neglect, risk factors and how to seek advice and support.
- The Herbert Protocol: information about the national tool used by the Police when a person with dementia goes missing.
- Safeguarding and Wellbeing: information about what safeguarding is and the different types of wellbeing.
- Adult Grooming: explaining the signs of adult grooming, how to report it and how to seek advice and suppiort.
- Understanding Legislation: the legislation that underpins adult safeguarding in the UK.
- Creating Safer Places: Ensuring safeguarding is happening on a grass roots level.
- Organisational Abuse: Information about what organisational abuse is within a care setting, and how to report it.
- Sport and Activity: Advise and support regarding adult safeguarding in sport and activity settings.
Children
Download the briefing notes developed following a Learning Review.
- A Parent's Guide to Internet Controls: a guide developed by National Online Safety, to explain to parents and carers how to protect children and young people from harmful internet content.
- Are you professionally curious?: following the discretionary MAPPA case review into the murder of Georgia Williams, this poster highlights the areas that could be improved upon, and serves as a reminder for all of our responsibility to safeguarding.
- Bruising in children: 'Those who don't cruise, rarely bruise' poster, to highlight patterns of bruises which may be suggestive of abuse.
- Core Groups: briefing note outlining what Core Groups are, their purpose, the roles of agencies and expectations for the meetings.
- Keeping children safe in sport: posters released by the National Working Group (NWG) to share awareness of how to keep children safe in sport.
- Online gaming: a variety of briefing notes designed to raise awarenss of potential safeguarding issues within online games.
- Respect Yourself: everything young people need to know about sex, contraception and staying safe in Telford and Wrekin.
- Safe Places: 'I am me, and I deserve to be safe' contains information for children and parents about the Safe Places programme, including people to go to if a child feels unsafe.
- What's the bigger picture?: a reminder to all that when dealing with incidents where both the victim and offender are children, it is important to look at the bigger picture.
Joint thematic areas of work
- Club Safeguarding Consideration List and briefing note: information and points for parents and carers to consider when choosing a club.
- County Lines: posters released by GOV.UK to support the Government's work to tackle County Lines drug dealing.
- Faith Group Safeguarding Consideration List and briefing note: information and points for parents and carers to consider when choosing a faith group.
- Modern Slavery: posters designed by West Mercia Police to raise awareness of exploitation, victims, offenders and types of modern slavery.