The Safeguarding Adults Board meet on a quarterly basis to gain assurance from partner agencies that local safeguarding issues are addressed in an effective and appropriate manner.

The Board is supported by a number of sub-groups. The work of the SAB and its sub-groups is facilitated by a small support team and can be contacted on 01482 392092 or sab@eastriding.gov.uk

A quarterly Board meeting took place on Thursday, 15 July 2021

Key messages from the meeting were:-

• agreeing a way forward to ensure the Voluntary CoCS  continue to receive a safeguarding support service post April 2022.
• progress update on safeguarding re-design and related policies and procedures.
• Forensic Service in Safeguarding Adults at Risk of Harm.

Safeguarding Adults Board Strategy 2022- 2025

ERSAB currently have a three year strategy (click the link here to see the current strategy 2019-22) which has helped us to focus on achieving a number of objectives since 2019.

Seeking your Views

Over the next few months’, we will be working to put a new three-year safeguarding strategy in place which covers the whole of the East Riding of Yorkshire.

To help us do this, we want to hear your views and comments on the actions you think we should take in the next three years to help people stay safe in the East Riding. This will help us to make sure that we’re focusing on the right things and the issues that matter most to you.

Please click the link to access the survey and help shape the future of our Strategy for the next three years. 

https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/ASS2022-25

The deadline for responses is Sunday, 31 October 2021.

Safeguarding Week June 2021

Safeguarding Week 2021 in June this year was a real success across East Riding, North Yorkshire and York with excellent training and information events being delivered to a wide range of audiences.

The level of engagement from right across the safeguarding network in North Yorkshire, City of York and East Riding was fantastic to see and it was greatly appreciated by those who were able to take part in the diverse and interesting programme that was put together for the week.

Here are some of the headline from the week:

• We had 2450 registrations to attend the 34 sessions during the week.
• Attendance numbers have not been confirmed for every session but average % attendance for the 23 sessions, for which numbers were confirmed, was 66%.
• The VIP videos that introduced and closed each day of Safeguarding Week had a total of 257 views – an average of 32 views per video.
• We had 128 views of the three marketplace videos – an average of 42 views/ video.
• 357 of the registered attendees took part in the evaluation survey.
• 13 % attended for personal reasons, 49% in a professional capacity, 38% for both personal and professional reasons.
• 97% said they found the arrangement for registration and attendance easy to follow.
• Overall, 98% said that they found the session they attended informative.
• 94% said that they found the session they attended to be engaging.
• 97% said that they found the programme for Safeguarding Week 2021 provided a good learning opportunity.
• 20% registered for two sessions, 45% registered for more than two sessions.
• Many attendees heard about the sessions via their workplace.

Thank you to all those who participated in delivering, supporting, and attending the engaging programme for Safeguarding Week 2021. We hope to see you again for next year’s safeguarding week.

National Safeguarding Adult’s Week Safeguarding Adults Week 15-21 November 2021

East Riding will be taking part in National Safeguarding Adult’s Week 15-21 November 2021 in partnership with Hull Safeguarding Adult’s Board.

The themes for the week will be:-

Monday- Emotional Abuse and Safeguarding Mental Health

Tuesday- The Power of Language

Wednesday- Digital Safeguarding

Thursday- Adult Grooming and the Ann Craft Trust Safeguarding Conference

Friday- Creating Safer Organisational Cultures

Saturday & Sunday- Safeguarding and You

Look out for more information regarding this on the ERSAB Website.