Self-neglect: a good practice example - John's story

John’s story illustrates the effectiveness of multi-agency working and practice when working with adults who experience self-neglect and the impact of practitioner’s tenacity, professional curiosity and creativity ensuring making safeguarding personal with positive outcomes.  You can watch the recording of the lunch and learn session. 

Bias & Unconscious Bias: Malignant Alienation

Watch the recording of this lunch & learn session which provides an understanding of the term, malignant alienation and support participants to reflect and consider the impact on professional and client/patient relationship, that can lead to conscious and unconscious bias for practice. Please click here to access the recording which can be used in teams meetings or for continuing professional development purposes.

Commitment to Carers webinar

CSAB have launched a Commitment to Carers webinar based on a session originally delivered by NHS England. The webinar helps to raise awareness of the challenges faced by carers and how professionals can best support them. The accompanying links referenced in the webinar can be found here.

You can access additional resources by clicking on the link to the Learning Zone of the CSAB website where you will find some informative briefings, offering a range of information to carers and professionals who come into contact with unpaid carers.

Please also visit Carers UK who help make life better for the 5.7 million carers across the UK. 

CSAB recently published SAR Poppy. Poppy was a 65-year-old white British woman who died in December 2022.  Poppy had a history of poorly managed Diabetes resulting in frequent hospital admissions. Poppy was assessed as having mental capacity to make decisions about her physical health conditions and there were concerns about self-neglect in the context of failing to care for her health.

You can read the SAR Poppy report here and learning brief here ahead of the session. 

Please book your place to attend this essential lunch and learn session, details below.

When: Tuesday 25th March 2025, 12noon - 1pm.

Where: via Microsoft Teams.

Please click here to book your free place. 

This session will;

• Present an overview of modern slavery within our community
• Explain how modern slavery indicators can be hidden in plain sight
• Encourage thought around how the impact may affect mental and physical health
• Encourage appropriate professional curiosity when engaging with clients
• Provide information regarding the National Referral Mechanism (NRM), who should refer and when

To attend the event you need to register via Eventbrite.  You will then receive an outlook Microsoft Teams meeting invite containing a link to join the session in due course.

When: Monday 7th April 2025, 12noon - 1pm

Where: via Microsoft Teams.

Please click here to book your free place via EventBrite. 

Trauma, Exploitation and Offending Session

Join Cumbria Safeguarding Children Partnership on National Child Exploitation Day for an insightful Trauma, Exploitation and Offending session with Sosa Henkoma, in partnership with Dignifi. 

The session is open to anyone who is interested in finding out more about trauma, exploitation and offending. To find out more about this session please click here.

When: Tuesday 18^th March 2025, 10am – 12noon

Where: via Microsoft Teams

To book your place on what is expected to be a fantastic session, please email CSCP.

Responding Well to Domestic Abuse Training - appeal for additional trainers

Cumberland Council and Westmorland & Furness Council are running further 'Train the Trainer' events in Carlisle on Monday 31st March 2025 and Monday 7th April 2025. Prospective Trainers will need to attend both days.

Interested and prospective trainers should express an interest by email to Mary-Claire Telford and Alison Goodfellow confirming that they have the support of their line manager who should be copied in.

If you have any queries regarding the training or you are having issues with booking, please contact either: Mary-Claire or Alison.

Supporting the transition to adulthood - free online conference

The National Children's Bureau are holding an online conference for managers and leaders across the children’s and adult's sectors to share ideas and experiences of effective collaboration and innovation.

For more information and to register your free place, please click here.

When: Wednesday 26th March 2025, 1:30pm - 4:45pm

Where: via Microsoft teams. 

Economic Abuse of Older People: Coerced Debt and LPAs

For older victims and victim-survivors, economic abuse is the most prevalent form of abuse reported to Hourglass.  

In this webinar, Hour Glass will be speaking to leading figures from the charity sector, financial sector and more on the nature and prevalance of economic abuse, and how to prevent economic abuse and what legislative changes are needed to protect older people.

When: Thursday 27th March 2025, 10:30am - 12pm

Where: via Microsoft teams.

Please click here to book your free place.

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 2025

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day takes place every year on the 15th of June and Hour Glass are marking the occasion with a special webinar which will explore the issues and movements around the abuse of older people in 2025.

When: Thursday 12th June 2025, 10:30am - 12pm

Where: via Microsoft teams.

Please click here to book your free place. 

The Oliver McGowan mandatory training on Learning Disability and Autism is named after Oliver McGowan, whose tragic, avoidable death shone a light on the need for health and social care staff to receive better training.

In July 2022, the Health and Care Act set out a new requirement that CQC registered health and social care providers must ensure their staff receive learning disability and autism training appropriate to their role.

Oliver’s Training is the government’s preferred and recommended programme. Those working in the North East and North Cumbria can now access Tier 1 of this training, which consists of an eLearning course, plus a 1-hour interactive online session. The session is delivered by a trio of trainers, one a subject matter expert alongside two experts with lived experience.

For more information, please click here. 

NHS England have produced a short video on how Harshi and her mum talk about Harshi’s Annual Health Check and Health Action Plan and how they keep her healthy.

This video will be useful for families and practitioners working with adults who have a learning disability.

The Ann Craft Trust have announced that Safeguarding Adults Week will take place on the 17th – 21st of November 2025.

Ann Craft Trust have developed a short survey, please let them know what safeguarding topics you’d like them to cover this year. This will also inform the sessions and speakers they book for their conference. For more information, please click here.