CSAB are introducing the first of regular Practitioner Forums for staff working with adults at risk in Cumbria. The Practitioner Forum forms part of the CSAB Learning & Development Strategy 2024/26  and will be hosted on a quarterly basis facilitated by colleagues from across the partnership. Each Forum will take a themed approach with facilitated discussions providing the opportunity to explore practice in a safe space.   

CSAB invite professionals across the system to attend our first forum which will take place on MS Teams, Wednesday 16th of July 2025 1.30pm to 3pm.  Please attend ready and willing to take-part in discussions.

The first forum will include opportunity for reflection and discussion in relation to self-neglect and mental capacity - areas identified in recent Safeguarding Adult Reviews both locally and nationally. In a safe space, practitioners will explore the challenges and barriers to this complex area of practice through the use of case studies, good practice examples and scenarios. 

CSAB supported the campaign to raise awareness about Learning Disability Week and this years theme was "Do you see me?"  The theme aimed to ensure people with a learning disability are seen, heard, included and valued in all aspects of life.

'Tricky Friends' is a short animation which was developed by Norfolk Safeguarding Adults Board. Cumbria Safeguarding Adults Board have 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 and cuckooing.

You can find a range of information connected to Learning Disability Week 2025 and other information and resources on the Mencap website here.

CSAB took part in a national campaign to raise awareness about Carers Week 2025, which ran from 9th-15th June.

This year’s theme was ‘Caring about Equality,’ and the focus was on highlighting the challenges and inequalities faced by unpaid carers across the UK, calling for a fairer society where they have access to greater support. 

Carers Week is led by Carers UK with the support of a number of other charities. 

Commitment to Carers webinar

CSAB recorded this webinar, based on a learning session delivered by NHS England for Cumbria & Lancashire Safeguarding Adult Boards. The webinar was developed in response to learning from Safeguarding Adult Review’s, to help raise awareness of how carers can be best supported and to highlight the challenges they face. Click here to watch the webinar.

You can find further information and resources about unpaid carers, by visiting the CSAB website.

CSAB have recently published a refreshed Quick Guide to Recording for Practitioners

Colleagues in Adult Social Care have also recently updated case recording guidance and standards based on their practice framework and using a co-production approach. The case recording guidance and standards have used the PARTNERSHIP approach developed by the Social Care Institute of Excellence which aligns with CSAB guidance for recording, ensuring a consistent and transparent approach to recording.  

CSAB commissioned the local adaption of an animation about Home Takeover, also known as Cuckooing. Cuckooing is a form of exploitation where criminals take over the home of a vulnerable person, often through manipulation or coercion. This illegal takeover is typically used for various criminal activities.  

The animation aims to raise awareness of the exploitation, signs and how to recognise where this may be happening.

Cumbria Police are continuing their appeal for people in the Carlisle area to join a personal safety app Walksafe.

The app. helps those who live, work or visit the city plan their journeys home and nights out in the safest way, while letting their friends and family know where they are on an online map and will notify when they get home safe. Visit the Walksafe website     

Download on the Apple Store here  Get it on Google Play 

This Here to Help toolkit is for all NHS, local authority and voluntary organisation communications leads, GP practices and local community pharmacies.

Working together across the region key messages and visuals will support communications to promote a new mental health crisis text service with the public.

The toolkit builds on the region's wider Here to Help campaign which signposts people to the most appropriate NHS service for their needs.  

A new scoping study, published by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation, explores Transitional Safeguarding in youth justice and probation services. 

The School of Social Work at the University of East Anglia and Research in Practice have spent the past year investigating how youth justice services and probation services work together in their transitions and safeguarding work with young people aged from mid-teens to mid-twenties.  

National Co-production Week 2025 is hosted by the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE).  This will include a thought-provoking session from Christopher Murray who works nationally as part of Making Every Adult Matter’s (MEAM’s) Expert by Experience Panel.  His focus is on developing person-centred, trauma-informed responses to rough sleeping and multiple disadvantage, using his lived experience to influence service design and change systemic barriers.  

The online session will take place on Thursday 3^rd July | 12:00–1pm | MS Teams

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