Welcome to the July edition of the PPA Learning and Development Newsletter.

I hope we will see some more seasonably warm weather soon!

We have a number of learning and development opportunities to tell you about coming up in the coming months so please read on.

The new Protecting People Angus Strategic Committee (PPASC) now incorporates the former Angus Adult Protection Committee, Angus Child Protection Committee and Angus Violence Against Women Partnership.  This past month has been a very busy time for PPASC partners as we have been working together to form five new Delivery Groups. These groups will be taking forward the work of PPASC, protecting people across Angus from harm.

The five delivery groups are:
• Prevention
• Self-Evaluation and Continuous Improvement
• Data
• Practice and Policy
• Workforce Learning and Development

Each Delivery Group has now met and are forming workplans for their area of responsibility.

If you would be interested in learning more about the Delivery Groups, the new PPASC structure or have any other questions or comments around the Protecting People agenda in Angus, then please get in touch. The Protecting People Team can be contacted at ProtectingPeopleAngus@angus.gov.uk .

Thanks
Emma Falconer, Development Officer - Protecting People

Please sign up using the following links.

Getting It Right For Every Child (GIRFEC) Multiagency Training

Thursday 5 September 2024 9am – 12.30pm, Brechin Community Campus 

Thursday 26 September 20249am - 12.30pm, Angus House, Forfar

This face-to-face event (please choose one date only) is open to professionals across agencies, working in Angus and delivering the Named Person and Lead Professional roles.

Professionals taking part in this session are required to have completed the GIRFEC module either on Always Learning or Turas.

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Roles and Responsibilities and Interagency Working in the Protection of Adults

Friday 9 August 2024
Friday 4 October 2024
Friday 8 November 2024

All sessions take place from 9.30am - 11.30am at Angus House, Forfar

To apply for this training event:

All Angus Council employees must register using ResourceLink.

All others please click here.

Places are limited to 20 per course so book early to avoid disappointment.

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Information Sharing and Communication Within and Across Agencies to Protect Adults
And Assessing Risk

Friday 2 August 2024 9.30am – 3.30pm, Angus House, Forfar

To apply for this training event:

All Angus Council employees must register using ResourceLink.

All others please click here.

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Health inequalities in Scotland – Meeting Our Shared Challenge

CHEX Briefing - February 2024

Community-led health is an approach which empowers people in a community to take joint action to improve health and wellbeing, which can be used to tackle Scotland’s persistent health inequalities - making a healthier future for everyone.

At CHEX (Community Health Exchange) we work with community-led health organisations, local authorities, the NHS and Scottish Government to promote and support community development approaches to addressing health inequalities. 

In this briefing, Meeting Our Shared Challenge, we set out actions we think can help eradicate health inequality in Scotland.  They are based on our learning from work in this area, including from the wider community-led sector.

CHEX is a national network, based at SCDC (Scottish Community Development Centre) and funded by Public Health Scotland. To find out more about our work, visit our website or contact our Head of Programme, Sarah Boath at sarah.boath@scdc.org.uk 

Level 2 Child Protection Training

Wednesday 4 September 2024 at 1pm
Thursday 31 October 2024 at 9am
Thursday 12 December 2024 at 9am
All sessions will be delivered via MS Teams

This half day workshop aims to build on the Level 1 LearnPro eLearning module. The training is underpinned by the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 and the Scottish Governments key policy of GIRFEC. The training aims to develop the skills and knowledge required to identify and respond to child protection concerns.

 To request a place on any of the above, please email: Tay.pptraining@nhs.scot

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