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Safeguarding Adults Week (21st – 27th November 2022)
Published: Wednesday, 7 September 2022
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Monday 21st NovemberExploitation and County Lines The presentation link below has been shared by the Metropolitan Police and partners in Camden & Islington and so references to specific job roles and contact points will not relate to Telford and Shropshire however the content highlights the following learning:
If you have concerns about someone being at risk of cuckooing or county lines please contact your local Safeguarding Team for advice: Telford and Wrekin 01952 385385 Shropshire 0345 678 9044 |
Tuesday 22nd NovemberSelf-Neglect seminar – delivered by Adult Safeguarding (Telford and Wrekin Council) Time: 1:00pm – 2:30pm Platform: Teams Book a place: Email partnerships@telford.gov.uk One of the key challenges in adult safeguarding is ensuring the wellbeing of adults where risk arises from self-neglect rather than from a third party. The seminar will cover relevant legislation, practice and approaches to self-neglect, ethical dilemmas, and key learning from Safeguarding Adult Reviews. Cygnet Health Care have a free conference covering the following topics:
This will be a free of charge, CPD accredited event. Cygnet Annual Safeguarding Conference 2022 - Cygnet Health Care |
Wednesday 23rd November*** All day drop in event at Telford Town Centre (9am – 5pm) *** Safeguarding experts on hand to answer questions and raise awareness around domestic abuse, hoarding, self-neglect along with many other concerns. Creating Safer Organisational Cultures Seminar – delivered by Karen Littleford (SPiC) Time: 10:00am – 11:30am Platform: Zoom Book a place: Shropshire Partners in Care members https://www.spic.co.uk/event-category/meetings-forums-events/ – Non-Members email dwarman@spic.co.uk Learning Objectives: Having accessed this webinar you will be able to:
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Thursday 24th NovemberAbuse of Older People Online Seminar - delivered by Caroline Cox, Chair of Hour Glass Time: 10:00am – 11:30am Platform: Zoom Book a place: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-issue-of-the-abuse-of-older-people-tickets-418044752107 Learning Objectives: To address the abuse of older people including self-neglect and older people, Domestic Abuse and older people, with some information about the types of issues coming into Hourglass Charity via the helplines etc. |
Friday 25th NovemberPredatory Marriage Seminar - delivered by Daphne Franks Time: 12:00pm – 2:00pm Platform: Teams Book a place: via emailing partnerships@telford.gov.uk to receive your Teams link Learning Objectives: During the seminar, Daphne will talk about her personal experience of working with agencies in order to understand how it was possible for her mum to marry in secret desperate having Power of Attorney for her, a mechanism to safeguard her. She describes the lack of ‘professional curiosity’ within the system which ultimately failed to protect her mum from being victim of a marriage she was unaware she was in. |
** Free Resources relating to the Safeguarding Adults Week 2022 **
Safeguarding Adults Week is a time for organisations to come together to raise awareness of important safeguarding issues. In partnership with Shropshire Safeguarding Community Partnership and Shropshire Partners in Care we have pulled together a variety of resources to help you in your role of safeguarding. During the week itself there will be a series of free live seminars and events which you are able to join (more details will coming soon) along with a drop in event being held in Telford Town Centre where questions can ba asked to a variety of safeguarding experts in self neglect, domestic abuse, financial abuse, physical abuse, county lines/cuckooing and hoarding.
Please keep checking this page as more resources and information will be added as the event approaches including live learning sessions each day!
Monday 21st November - Exploitation and County Lines
- CrimeStoppers is an independent UK charity that allows anyone to share information anonymously. They’ve been campaigning on county lines since 2018.
- Read the National Crime Agency’s detailed primer on County Lines.
- Learn about the Home Office’s County Lines Programme.
- National County Lines Coordination Centre - County Lines Awareness Video. A 10 minute video created in partnership with Sketchups discussing the County Lines methodology and how this is impacting Children and Vulnerable adults, Partners, Law Enforcement and society.
- National County Lines Coordination Centre - Cuckooing Masterclass. This NCLCC masterclass session delivered by Anne Rannard and John Aspinall looks to empower colleagues to understand what Cuckooing is, What you can do and how to collaborate and record information along with creating your own initiatives showing examples from current campaigns
Tuesday 22nd November - Self-Neglect
- Webinar Recording - Self-Neglect and MCA Webinar (Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin Councils)
- Webinar Recording - Self-neglect and mental capacity – March 2022 (Lorraine Currie, Professional Lead, Mental Capacity, Shropshire Council
- Live Event Recording - Learning from SARs for best mental capacity practice (Professor Michael Preston-Shoot, 2018)
- Live Event Recording - Working with adults who self-neglect: best practice evidence from research and reviews (Professor Michael Preston-Shoot, 2018)
Wednesday 23rd November - Creating Safer Organisational Cultures
- Listen to a podcast with the Rugby Football Union to learn about the role of safe recruitment in creating safer cultures.
- Join the #SaferCultureSaferSport campaign
- Learn more about creating safer cultures in the health and social care sector.
- Complete the free safeguarding checklist to assess your organisation’s safeguarding practices!
- Download training resources to support you with starting conversations about safeguarding best practice in your organisation
Thursday 24th November - Abuse of Older People
Friday 25th November - Domestic Abuse in Tech-Society
- Webinar Recording - What Can be Done to Prevent Predatory Marriage?
- Policy Brief Hourglass Predatory Marriage: What can we do to prevent it?
- Interview - Daphne Franks: the woman who lost her much-loved mother to a predatory marriage
- Webinar Recording - Shoosmiths ‘Til death do us part – Predatory Marriage and Probate
Additional resources from the Ann Craft Trust
- Read the short guide – What Is My Role in Safeguarding – to find out how you can make a difference.
- Watch the short video guide to what you should do if you have safeguarding concerns.
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