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Issue 52 - January 2025

As we enter the New Year we are excited by all of the learning and development opportunities on offer over the next 12 months! Our learning opportunities are always very popular with some operating a waiting list. With that in mind, we would ask that if you are no longer able to attend something that you have signed up for to please cancel your space through Eventbrite so someone else can benefit from it! Richard Pinner, Development Officer - Protecting People

Please sign up using the following links

Good Practice in Domestic Abuse and Safe & Together Principles
Multi-Agency Learning Session

Tuesday 21 January 2025 9.30am – 10.30am
Thursday 20 March 2025 4pm – 5pm
Wednesday 21 May 2025 12.30pm – 1.30pm
Wednesday 27 August 2025 9.30am – 10.30am
Tuesday 14 October 2025 4pm – 5pm
Thursday 11 December 2025 1pm – 2pm

All sessions take place via MS Teams

The Safe and Together model is based on three key principles: Keeping children Safe & Together with their non-abusive parent, ensuring safety, healing from trauma, stability, and nurturance. Partnering with the non-abusive parent as a default position ensuring efficient, effective, and child-centred practice. https://safeandtogetherinstitute.com/

This multi-agency learning session will be ideal for any worker/volunteer in Angus.

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Getting It Right For Every Child (GIRFEC) Multi-Agency Training

Thursday 30 January 2025 9am – 12.30pm, Bruce House, Arbroath
Tuesday 4 February 2025 9am – 12.30pm, Angus House, Forfar

Learning Outcomes:

- Gain an understanding of what has changed following the GIRFEC refresh.
- Clarify how GIRFEC can be delivered through the Continuum of Need process in Angus using practical scenarios.
- Explore relevant resources and tools.
- Provide insight on rights-based approaches to planning and information sharing.
- Provide practical advice on how to chair and record meetings effectively.

Open to professionals across agencies, working in Angus and Tayside, and delivering the Named Person and Lead Professional roles.

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Protecting People Awareness Raising Session

Thursday 30 January 2025 2pm – 4.30pm, Angus House, Forfar

Tuesday 25 March 2025 9.30am – 12 noon, Bruce House, Arbroath

Tuesday 24 June 2025 9.30am – 12 noon, Bruce House, Arbroath

Wednesday 24 September 2025 2pm – 4.30pm, Angus House, Forfar

Wednesday 19 November 2025 2.00pm - 4.30pm Angus House, Forfar

This level one training is aimed at all multi-agency professionals, carers or volunteers who have a role in supporting people at risk of harm.

This session will give an overview of Child Protection, Violence Against Women and Adult Protection, supporting you to understand/identify when someone maybe at risk of harm and what you need to do.

This training is open to anyone who has a role in supporting people, within the Angus and Tayside area.

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Domestic Abuse (Coercive Control) and the Law

Tuesday 11 February 2025 10am – 12 noon via MS Teams
Thursday 18 September 2025 10am – 12 noon via MS Teams

This session is being facilitated by Marianne Osborne who has worked with Renfrewshire Women’s Aid since 2002, and who has a wealth of experience and knowledge around the area of Domestic Abuse both at a local and national level.

This training is open to all multiagency staff that work in Angus and Tayside, who have a working understanding of Domestic Abuse.

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Best Practice in Domestic Abuse
Prompt / Domestic Abuse Typologies Card Tool

Wednesday 12 February 2025 12.30pm – 1.30pm via MS Teams

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LGBTQIA+ Multi-agency Awareness Raising Session

Thursday 27 February 2025 9.30am – 12.30pm, Bruce House, Arbroath

Wednesday 16 July 2025 9.30am – 12.30pm, Angus House, Forfar

Wednesday 22 October 2025 9.30am – 12.30pm, Bruce House, Arbroath

This face-to-face training session is being facilitated by Under One Rainbow, who are a local Angus organisation offering a range of services to LGBTQIA+ young people, family/friends, and the larger community generally.

Under One Rainbow was founded in 2022 following discussions about the extra difficulties that young LGBTQIA+ people and their families sometimes face and the lack of available highly confidential support.

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Good Practice in Domestic Abuse
Report Writing and Assessment Session

Tuesday 11 March 2025 12.30pm – 1.30pm via MS Teams

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Graded Care Profile (GCP2) Tool
Face to Face Training for Multi-Agency Staff

Thursday 27 March 2025 9.30am – 3.30pm, Bruce House, Arbroath
Tuesday 2 September 2025 9.30am – 3.30pm, Bruce House, Arbroath

What is the Graded Care Profile 2 (GCP2)?
The Graded Care Profile 2 (GCP2) is a tool designed to help practitioners take a strength-based approach to measure the quality of care a child is receiving, and support professionals to identify neglect, where this is an issue.
Neglect can have damaging effects on a child’s health, development, and education, and later in life can put them at risk of depression, substance abuse and even suicide attempts (Norman et al, 2012).

This training is open to all multi-agency staff working with children and families within the Angus area.

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Best Practice in Domestic Abuse
Domestic Abuse and the Role of Housing

Tuesday 15 April 2025 12.30pm – 1.30pm via MS Teams

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Good Practice in Domestic Abuse
Mapping Perpetrator Patterns of Behaviour

Thursday 15 May 2025 12.30pm – 1.30pm via MS Teams

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Roles and Responsibilities and Interagency Working in the Protection of Adults

Wednesday 26 February 2025
Thursday 3 April 2025
Monday 12 May 2025
Tuesday 15 July 2025
Friday 5 September 2025
Monday 10 November 2025

Sessions take place from 9.30am - 12 noon at Angus House, Forfar

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

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

Friday 11 July 2025
Monday 8 December 2025

Sessions take place from 9.30am – 3.30pm at Angus House, Forfar

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Breaking Free Online – Refresher Training

Monday 20 January 2025 10.00am - 10.30am Microsoft Teams

Wednesday 22 January 2025 1.00pm - 1.30pm Microsoft Teams

Tuesday 4 February 2025 10.00am - 10.30am Microsoft Teams

Friday 14 February 2025 1.00pm - 1.30pm Microsoft Teams

Book a place via Eventbrite by selecting a date above or email us at AngusADP@angus.gov.uk

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ADP Newsletter December 2024

National and local information that may be of interest to members and for staff to share across networks.

Angus ADP Online Multiple Risk
Wednesday 22 January 2025 9.15am – 1.30pm
via MS Teams

This online training aims to increase awareness, knowledge of multiple risk and young people.
Participants will have the opportunity to explore multiple risk and what that means in practice when working with young people.

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IRISS CHILD PROTECTION PLANNING MEETINGS

Child Protection Planning Meetings

A course supporting professionals to understand and improve practice in Child Protection Planning Meetings (CPPMs).

Report a child protection concern

If you believe a child is at immediate risk of harm contact the police on 999.  If you are worried about a child, and think they may be a victim of neglect or abuse, you can report it online.

Report an adult protection concern

If you, or an adult you know, are at immediate risk of harm contact the police on 999.  If you are worried about an adult, and believe they may be at risk of harm you can report it online.

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