Look, Listen, Ask – Developing Professional Curiosity
Welcome to day one of National Safeguarding Adults Week 2024.
Today will focus on encouraging individuals and organisations from a diverse range of sectors to think about professional curiosity.
Professional curiosity is where a practitioner proactively recognises and asks questions to try to understand what is happening within a particular institution, family or for an individual, rather than making assumptions or taking a single source of information and accepting it at face value.
To achieve safer cultures and communities, practitioners and members of the community should be professionally curious. This involves looking, listening, asking direct questions and reflecting on allof the information received. Practitioners need to be recognising signs that harm could be occurring, asking questions to learn more about what is happening and talking to others within and outside of the organisational context, where necessary, to follow-up concerns.
Take a look at the poster of events which shows what CSAB have planned for the week of action:
Cumbria Safeguarding Adults Board (CSAB) are today launching a Professional Curiosity Webinar on Day one of the week of action. This short webinar is part of a series of guidance and resources developed to help support practitioners to explore and understand professional curiosity.
You can watch the webinar by clicking on the link here.
You can view more Professional Curiosity resources in the Learning Zone of the CSAB website by following the links:
Partners across Cumbria work together to safeguard adults at risk of abuse or neglect. You will find information, resources and policy & guidance to inform and support practice on the CSAB website.
Watch recorded lunch & learn sessions
There are also recordings from lunch and learn sessionswhich can be found on the 'learning zone' of the website, which can be used for professional development or in team meetings as learning.
Posters & leaflets
Support us to raise awareness and make safeguarding everybody's business by displaying and sharing CSAB posters and leaflets. You can print these from the websiteor request copies by emailing CSAB@cumberland.gov.uk
News, briefings & social media
You can sign up here to receive CSAB newsletters and briefings direct to your inbox or follow us on X @cumbriasab.
Concerned about an adult?
Are you are concerned that an adult may be at risk of abuse or neglect and cannot protect themselves? You can report your concerns to Adult Social Care;
If you have concerns about an adult in Allerdale, Carlisle or Copeland contact Cumberland Council on 0300 373 3732
If you have concerns about an adult in Barrow, Eden or South Lakeland contact Westmorland and Furness Council on 0300 373 3301
