Cumbria Safeguarding Adults Board: October 2023 Newsletter

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27th October 2023

Forced Marriage Awareness session: 20th November 2023

Safeguarding Adults Board's across Lancashire are extending an invite to practitioners in Cumbria to attend a 'Forced Marriage Awareness' session. The session will be delivered by colleagues from the Home Office Forced Marriage Unit. Places are still available on Monday 20^th November 2023 10:00-11:15am. This will be a virtual event via MS Teams.

The session is aimed at front line practitioners and managers from both adults and children's services and will cover;

The work of the Forced Marriage Unit
The legal definition of forced marriage
How to support victims – "One Chance" Rule/ Multi-Agency Response
Forced Marriage Protection Orders (FMPOs)
Where to get more support

Objectives:

By the end of the session, the participants will:

Understand the role of the FMU and other key agencies.
Identify the drivers or forced marriage.
Identify the indicators that someone is at risk.
Learn how to make a referral for a person at risk of forced marriage.
FMPOs and how they can help you.

If you would like to attend you can book your place here. Registration is via a system called Aspire. If you have not booked on training before using the Lancashire Aspire system you will need to register. You will be asked for a billing address however, please note there are no current plans to charge.

CSAB Learning Zone

Cumbria Safeguarding Adults Board (CSAB) is committed to a culture of learning and improvement. Central to effective adult safeguarding is a competent workforce and we recognise that learning can take many forms. The Learning Zone is a dedicated area for organisations and practitioners designed to enhance best practice for training and ensure staff access training relevant to their role in safeguarding adults at risk of abuse or neglect.

We also deliver short 'lunch and learn' style sessions aimed at all practitioners across the system following publication of a Safeguarding Adults Review (SAR). These sessions are recorded for wider access and dissemination and can be used as a learning resource for continuting professional development or in team meetings to promote discussion and reflective learning.

Watch the Jessica SAR lunch & learn session

Watch the Sarah SAR lunch & learn session

Tricky Friends animation - updated

"Tricky Friends" is a short animation which was developed by Norfolk Safeguarding Adults Board. Cumbria Safeguarding Adults Board obtained their permission to adapt this for use locally in Cumbria. It is aimed at all individuals, groups and organisations who support people with learning disabilities and autism, to raise awareness of issues like exploitation, county lines, cuckooing.

The animation will help people to understand what good friendships are, when they might be harmful, and what they can do. It is important that people with learning disabilities and autism, those who have cognitive difficulties, and also children and young adults, have positive opportunities to make and maintain friendships. We want to help them do this, to reduce the risk of harm and exploitation in groups who may be less able to recognise the intentions of others.

The animation has been updated recently to reflect the new arrangements for reporting concerns about an adult who may be at risk of abuse or neglect. The animation is only 3 minutes long, and can be used with or by anyone - carers, family, organisations, individuals and groups.

National Safeguarding Adults Week 20-24th November 2023

Cumbria Safeguarding Adults Board will once again be supporting National Safeguarding Adults Week. The week of action is an opportunity for organisations to come together to raise awareness of important safeguarding issues. The aim is to highlight key safeguarding key issues, start conversations and raise awareness of safeguarding best practice.

The themes for the week this year include;

What’s My Role in Safeguarding Adults?
Let’s Start Talking – Taking The Lead on Safeguarding in Your Organisation
Who Cares For The Carers? Secondary and Vicarious Trauma
Adopting a Trauma Informed approach to Safeguarding Adults
Listen, Learn, Lead – Co-Production With Experts by Experience

You can find out more about the themes by visiting the Ann Craft Trust website.

Throughout the week CSAB will be disseminating daily briefings and information with opportunities to attend lunch and learn sessions. Watch this space, further information to follow!

Have you booked your place? - Commitment to Carers session

A reminder that Cumbria Safeguarding Adults Board in collaboration with Pan Lancashire Safeguarding Adults Boards are delighted to collaborate and welcome colleagues from NHS England to deliver this lunch and learn session for all front line practitioners working across all service areas in Cumbria, Lancashire, Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen.

The session will take place on Wednesday 1st November 2023, 1 - 2pm via MS Teams.

To book a place and receive the link to join the session please email csab@cumberland.gov.uk including your full name, job title and employing organisation.

You will receive an invitation and link to join the session on MS Teams shortly after receipt of your email request.

If you are unable to attend the session a recording will be available to view on our website in due course

Lads Like Us

Lads Like Us have been on a mission delivering thier Million Pieces training sessions across the UK encouraging practitioners to be professionally curious and trauma informed.

CSAB and practitioners in Cumbria welcomed Mike and Danny at a Conference earlier this year where they shared thier personal experiences encouraging professionals to #AskWhy.

They have now devloped thier first newsletter which is out now called "Seat at the table". Thier key message is 'trauma informed practice and professional curiosity saves lives'.

Professional Curiosity

You can also access a range of resources designed to support practitioners to be more professionally curious on our website. This includes, A Quick Guide to Professional Curiosity, Practitioner Guidance and a recording of a Professional Curiosity lunch and learn session.

Find out more here.

Transitional Safeguarding: Briefing for Health Professionals

This briefing is aimed at health professionals involved in safeguarding children and young adults accessing healthcare – from practitioners and managers through to commissioners, strategic leaders, and others with accountability for safeguarding in health services. It will also be useful for those who don’t usually work with young people and/or young adults directly but provide care or support to their family members or carers.

Transitional Safeguarding & role of Social Work: Bridging the Gap

This Transitional Safeguarding knowledge briefing was co-produced and is aimed at all those committed to ensuring high quality social work with young adults, from practitioners and people receiving support through to strategic leaders across local safeguarding partnerships.

Whilst Transitional Safeguarding is about a wide range of issues that affect a young person’s safety and wellbeing, this briefing particularly focuses on sexual and criminal exploitation. This is in recognition of the significant harmful impact these have on young people’s lives and the need to share effective and promising practice in this area across the country.

Domestic Abuse, Stalking, Harassment and Honour-based abuse (DASH): Risk Assessment

This training session co-delivered by colleagues from Victim Support and Cumbria Police is available to watch again. You can watch the training session again which will cover the DASH risk assessment model and process to be applied if you are working with adults who are a victim of domestic abuse.

The session is 3.5 hours but could be useful for continuing professional development.

Get in touch!

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Email: csab@cumberland.gov.uk
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