A warm hello to all of our subscribers, old and new!  We have now reached over 600 on the list for the newsletter, which is awesome, but we also know that’s just the tip of the multiagency workforce iceberg, so please keep sharing the link to the newsletter across your own networks and encourage colleagues to sign-up. 

November is a big month for us with the start of 16 Days of Action on 25 November – we shared a special edition of the newsletter on 22 October which gave an overview of the various events that we’ll be putting on in Angus across the 16 Day period and we hope to see you there!

I hope you enjoy this edition, which is again, packed with lots of great development information and opportunities.  If you have any feedback on the newsletter, please drop us a line at Protecting People Angus, we’d love to hear from you.

Fiona

My name is Heather MacMaster and I am the Citizen Advocacy Project Manager at Angus Independent Advocacy. I started out as a Development Worker in 2012, before taking on a management role  in 2017. As well as managing the Citizen Advocacy project and team, I have been involved in wider learning and development across the organisation. I completed a Post Graduate Degree in Community Learning & Development in 2017 and feel strongly that learning should be seen as a lifelong pursuit; both in our personal and professional lives.

I joined the group in June 2021 following my return from maternity leave, so I am still getting to grips with its work and priorities. I am looking forward to being able to contribute more with my CLD and Advocacy experience as we move forward.

I can be contacted on heather@angusindadvocacy.org

Tayside Wellbeing and Suicide Prevention

Learning and Development Event

Tuesday 23 November 2021 from 9am - 12.30pm 

via MS Teams

The Angus Mental Health and Wellbeing Network is the multiagency oversight group for suicide prevention in Angus. However, we are exploring opportunities to develop some of the work across Tayside. This is still at an early stage and to try and maximise involvement from a range of multiagency partners, Public Health are leading a half day event.

Please see the flyer for further details

If you have any ideas for future suicide prevention work either for Angus or Tayside or any suicide prevention training needs please contact me.

Susan Duncan, Development Officer: Suicide Prevention (part time) and Children and Young People Mental Health and Wellbeing Programme (part time) Protecting People Team, Angus Council. Email: duncans@angus.gov.uk 

National Missing Persons Framework -

Good Practice Conference (Online)

Thursday 2 December 2021 9.30am – 1.30pm

Please join Missing People, the only charity in the UK specialising in providing guidance and support to missing people and their families, for our online conference in Scotland, held in partnership with Police Scotland and Scottish Government.
Since July 2019, Missing People have been delivering a programme of consultancy, training and good practice sharing to support Scottish Government's work to ensure that The National Missing Persons Framework for Scotland is implemented effectively across local areas. We have been working with partners across Scotland to identify existing good practice of local professionals in the support of missing adults, children, and their families. This conference will showcase elements of this practice from local areas, in line with The Framework.

The aims of the conference are to:

• Increase understanding of good and innovative practice for reducing harm related to missing
• Provide an opportunity for professionals to discuss the benefits and challenges of multi-agency responses to missing people and their families
• Address current issues and trends relating to missing across Scotland.

This online conference will include speakers from across Scotland, and presentations from our divisional partners to discuss and exhibit a variety of good and innovative practice around missing. Speakers will also include: Ash Denham MSP - Scottish Government, Police Scotland’s National Missing Persons Unit, Missing People and Alzheimer Scotland.

This conference is free to attend and has been funded by the Scottish Government.

Please sign up for the conference using this link 

Over the last few months Protecting People Angus multi-agency staff have been working on some short videos that can support the learning of the wider workforce.

These will begin to be released by the end of the year through the Angus Council YouTube channel. Some of the topics include:

-The White Ribbon Scotland Status Campaign
-Corporate Parenting and #KeepingThePromise in Angus
-Hoarding and Self Neglect

Adult Protection Day 2022

Sunday 20 February 2022

The Angus Adult Protection Committee ran a series of learning events for multi-agency staff in in the week leading up to Adult Protection Day in 2021. This allowed participants to hear more about adult protection, learn new knowledge and make new connections.

We will once again be hosting informal sessions, starting on Monday 14 February 2022 and lasting until Adult Protection Day.

If you would like to deliver a session about your team or organisations involvement within Adult Protection in Angus please contact Laura ( FindletonL@angus.gov.uk ) before Tuesday 30 November 2021 to arrange.