Cumbria Safeguarding Adults Board Newsletter: April 2021
Can you identify coercive and controlling behaviour?
Coercive and controlling behaviour is a feature of domestic abuse and gender-based violence, issues that have risen to the top of the social work agenda during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Lockdowns and rising unemployment have forced more people indoors, with less access to support, creating situations where coercive and controlling behaviour is more likely to go unchecked.
In order to support practitioners working with people in these difficult situations Community Care have made resources available for practitioners. The Community Care Inform Guide helps practitioners to identify coercive and controlling behaviour and is free to download.
The guide will provide practitioners with an understanding of what coercive and controlling behaviour is, why perpetrators use it and the impact that coercive control has on people experiencing or witnessing it, particularly children and people in the LGBTQ+ community.
On another note, BASW England is pleased to announce the launch of new guidancefor child and family social workers supporting victim-survivors of domestic abuse.
Supporting personal relationships
Everyone has the right to have personal relationships including people who access care and support who might have a physical or learning disability. Skills for Care in partnership with the Care Quality Commission, have updated their workforce guidance on supporting personal relationships.
The guidancewill help employers think about what staff need to know and understand about personal relationships, and how they can create a workforce development programme for their organisation.
National County Lines Coordination Centre
The National County Lines Co-ordination Centre has produced a short 10 minute videomade in partnership with Sketchups discussing the County Lines methodology and how this impacts on children, adults at risk and wider society.
Watch the video hereto learn more about County Lines.
Delivering safe face to face adult day care - SCIE guidance
The Social Care Institute for Institure for Excellence (SCIE) has published a guide to support day care managers, social workers, commissioners and providers to restart or continue activities. The guide is focused on community-based day services, day centres (with and without personal care), including specialised day centre environments, and those with outdoor spaces.
Cumberland Football Association in conversation with...
As part of Cumberland Football Association's Return to Play campaign, and to support the mental health of the grassroots football community, CEO Ben Snowdon has chatted with people from various organisations to explore issues including mental health, suicide, domestic abuse and safeguarding. Click the links below to watch the video conversations.
Congratulations to Barrow and Millom Primary Care Network for being recognised as “one of the best performing COVID vaccination teams in the country” by the Secretary of State for Health, Matt Hancock, in a letter to MP Simon Fell.
A massive amount of time and effort has gone into the COVID-19 vaccination programme from many people working across Morecambe Bay, including our staff, vaccine centre co-ordinators and volunteers to ensure that those most at risk receive vaccinations.
Are you up to date with Safeguarding guidance ?
CSAB have recently published refreshed safeguarding adults policy and procedures. Please ensure that you familiarise yourself with the latest guidance documents on our website here
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