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Following the success of West Yorkshire Safeguarding Week in June, Leeds Safeguarding Adults Board, Leeds Safeguarding Children Partnership, and Safer Stronger Communities are pleased to host Leeds Safeguarding week.
It's a fantastic opportunity to celebrate safeguarding work in our city, with a week of free learning and training for people whose roles involve safeguarding in Leeds. There are several sessions each day, covering many topics.
Running alongside our week in Leeds is National Safeguarding Adults Week, hosted by Ann Craft Trust. So, we've included details of their events too.
With 31 opportunities, locally and nationally, make sure you scroll to the end of this programme. We're sure you will find something of interest.
Also, 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence starts November 25. It's an international campaign that calls for the prevention and elimination of violence against women and girls. We'll send out more details nearer the date but if you'd like information about the campaign please email: Safer Leeds Safeguarding & DV Team
Various dates available throughout the year
Leeds Safeguarding Adults Board provides free talks for members of the public about the different ways that adults can experience abuse and how to get help to be safe. We attend events like community groups, coffee mornings, lunch clubs, activity sessions and general meetings.
If you'd like to book a talk or find out more, please email LSAB using the link below.
Mon 18 Nov, 10 am to 12 pm
This free training by Voluntary Action Leeds is for people who work with children, but it also touches on adults at risk. It's an introduction to safeguarding before taking the Level 1 training.
If English if not your first language or if you need to understand more about what safeguarding means, this is the course for you.
Mon 18 Nov, 10 am to 12 pm
This online awareness session is for health, social care, police and voluntary practitioners only, who work with children and their families.
Mon 18 Nov, 12 pm to 1 pm
This webinar is a guide for practitioners. It explains the processes around children missing out on education, elective home education in Leeds, and how other services can support the safeguarding of EHE children.
Mon 18 Nov, 1 pm to 2 pm
This webinar is aimed at anyone working with families and children in the community. It will help you understand what a loan shark is and how they have been known to threaten and abuse borrowers, their children and wider family circle, identify the signs that someone may be involved with a loan shark, and confidently signpost for support.
Mon 18 Nov, 1.30 pm to 2.45 pm
Consent and choice are crucial to someone understanding their rights relating to safeguarding and keeping safe. Individuals with complex needs often do not have the opportunity to learn about how they can keep themselves safe.
This year Sense ran a pilot project with individuals attending their college and day service to better understand the concepts of consent and choice, helping participants recognise that their ‘No’ is as valuable as their ‘Yes’. They also explored various different ways of making choices, and how they might communicate these choices to others.
Mon 18 Nov, 2 pm to 3 pm
This webinar by Advonet covers
- the criteria for using Care Act advocacy through safeguarding processes
- what clients and professionals can expect of the advocate, and the role of the local authority in facilitating advocacy involvement
- what ‘substantial difficulty’ means under the Care Act
- who may be an ‘appropriate individual’ to facilitate a person’s involvement in safeguarding processes and the overlap between Care Act advocacy and other types of statutory and non-statutory advocacy
Mon 18 Nov, various times
Hosted by Sam Webb, Safeguarding Lead for Active Leeds, and Nicola Holmes, Senior Sport Welfare Officer from Yorkshire Sport Foundation.
This is an opportunity to hear about the free support available to clubs and activity providers within Leeds, and to learn more about safeguarding and welfare within sport. Various time slots are available:
- 2.30 pm to 3.15 pm: John Charles Stadium Grandstand
- 3.30 pm to 4.15 pm: online
- 4.30 pm to 6 pm: John Charles Stadium Grandstand
- 6.30 pm to 7.15 pm: John Charles Stadium Grandstand
Tues 19 Nov, 10 am to 11 am
In this online seminar from Ann Craft Trust, co-production team members from Camphill Village Trust will discuss how they draw from the lived experience of the people they support to develop safeguarding best practice.
UK learning disability charity Camphill Village Trust offers supported living and day opportunities for over 600 adults with learning disabilities, autism, mental ill-health, and complex needs.
Tues 19 Nov, 11 am to 12 pm
In 2022, a new offence of non-fatal strangulation and suffocation came into force in England and Wales. Strangulation is now widely recognised as a particularly high-risk element of domestic abuse, and victims are seven times more likely to be murdered by their partner if they have been strangled previously.
This free webinar will cover
- what non-fatal strangulation and suffocation is
- the prevalence of NFS.
- the potential impact of NFS (short and longer term)
- how to respond to a disclosure of NFS
Tues 19 Nov, 1.30 pm to 3 pm
Lasting power of attorneys (LPAs) and Deputyships from the Court of Protection both involve a nominated person or people making important decisions for others who cannot decide for themselves.
In this webinar by the Office of the Public Guardian you will hear about
- purpose of LPAs and Deputyships
- how LPAs and Deputyships might be misused
- what to do if you suspect misuse
- investigation and supervision by OPG
Tues 19 Nov, 1.30 pm to 2.30 pm
Understanding the importance of professional boundaries is vital when creating a safe culture in organisations for both users and staff.
This free online session by Ann Craft Trust explores what professional boundaries are, and how you can implement them. It will also explore the benefits and challenges that professional boundaries can bring, along with the impact of not having clear boundaries in place.
Tues 19 Nov, 2 pm to 4 pm
This online session will look at ideation vs intent, signs and behaviours, risk factors and how to support people (LEAN technique).
It will also cover separating our own feelings, barriers to getting support, self care / wellbeing, being trauma informed and higher risk groups.
Weds 20 Nov, 9 am to 10 am
This webinar provides advice for practitioners providing safeguarding services to children, young people, parents and carers.
The session is an introduction to the updated Information Sharing Guidance (2024), exploring how changes can inform and support practitioners to make appropriate and secure decisions when sharing information to keep children and young people safe. The focus will be on how the content of the document can be used to underpin effective practice.
If you can't make this session, it is running again on 21 Nov (listed further down this programme).
Weds 20 Nov, 10 am to 11.30 am
Cuckooing is when Organised Crime Groups or perpetrators take over properties through force, deceit or coercion.
This webinar by GIPSIL focuses on awareness and signs of young people having their properties cuckooed and how to safeguard them.
GIPSIL provides housing support to young people aged 16- 25 years old.
To book your place, use the link below to email GIPSIL.
Weds 20 Nov, 11 am to 12 pm
This training is based on research conducted by the Zero Suicide Alliance and has been developed by colleagues in the Further Education sector who specialise in Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Safeguarding. It draws on insights from leading suicide prevention organisations and has been co-produced with members of the autistic community.
While the session is primarily designed for those who support young people or adults in educational settings, the information and resources provided are applicable to a broader audience. It aims to deepen your understanding of autism and the associated suicide risks and addresses the challenges autistic individuals may encounter that could contribute to suicidal ideation.
This session will help you identify signs and indicators of suicide risk, suggest support strategies, explore factors that increase suicide risk, and provide resources for further assistance.
Weds 20 Nov, 12 pm to 1 pm
This online session is an honest, open and frank discussion about chemsex, suitable for anyone who supports, or comes into contact with, people involved in the chemsex scene, or anyone wanting to find out more about chemsex.
It explores what the term chemsex means, the substances used, the behaviours it encourages, risks, the apps that help facilitate chemsex, criminality attached, harm reduction, and support that can be offered.
The training is delivered by Darren Murphy from Forward Leeds. He has both Professional and lived experience with chemsex.
Weds 20 Nov: 1 pm to 2 pm
This webinar uses a case study to develop some understanding of how the Mental Capacity Act can be used to safeguard people presenting with self-neglect.
Weds 20 Nov, 2 pm to 3.30 pm
This online refresher session by Leeds Teaching Hospitals is about the health needs of looked after children and care leavers in Leeds, sharing information about services available and key contacts.
Book by email using the link below.
Thurs 21 Nov, 9:30 am to 11:30 am
This webinar aims to improve ways of working with people who have or are experiencing domestic abuse. The session involves sharing an overview of the reviews and exploring key themes that have emerged through a mixture of presentation and case studies. Participants will reflect on the cases and identify ways that their own practice can be improved in light of the learning.
Thursday 21 November, 10 am to 11 am
This online session delivered by Helen Lord (PSHE & Healthy Schools Consultant) aims to
- understand how high-quality PSHE lessons contribute to safeguarding children and young people
- identify key elements that make PSHE lessons effective in promoting pupil wellbeing and safety
- explore strategies for creating a safe and inclusive classroom environment
- discuss practical examples and case studies where PSHE has played a role in safeguarding
Thurs 21 Nov, 10 am to 11 am
In this online session by Ann Craft Trust, Detective Inspector Richard Weber will provide attendees with a baseline understanding of the County Lines threat.
The seminar will explore signs and symptoms of County Lines activity, while providing an overview of the County Lines picture locally and nationally. There will be a discussion about how your organisation can help tackle exploitation in your community.
Thurs 21 Nov, 11 am to 12 pm
In this webinar Dr Warren Larkin will provide a definition of terms and outline a case for change.
Meeting the increasing demand facing services with an increasingly depleted workforce (both in terms of numbers and resilience), while at the same time creating trauma informed services and investing in prevention is the huge challenge we are faced with.
This challenge may seem insurmountable, however, we know that by adopting a public health approach to trauma and adversity we can transform population health within a generation if we have a shared, long-term commitment to preventing childhood adversity, supporting child and family wellbeing, detecting and mitigating the impact of trauma more routinely and promoting resilience across the life course.
Dr Larkin will also talk about the nature of resilience, staying well at work and the power of relationships.
Thurs 21 Nov, 12 pm to 2 pm
In recent years the profile and referrals for CSE have fallen whilst the profile of issues of serious youth violence and criminal exploitation have grown.
This online session by Basis Yorkshire will seek to help professionals recognise and respond to CSE in its various forms, drawing on first hand experience from a team of specialist child sexual exploitation workers.
Thurs 21 Nov, 2 pm to 3 pm
This webinar provides advice for practitioners providing safeguarding services to children, young people, parents and carers.
The session is an introduction to the updated Information Sharing Guidance (2024), exploring how changes can inform and support practitioners to make appropriate and secure decisions when sharing information to keep children and young people safe. The focus will be on how the content of the document can be used to underpin effective practice.
Thurs 21 Nov, 3 pm to 4 pm
Modern slavery could be happening anywhere - your street, your workplace, your favourite hotel or nail bar, the hand car wash, building site or farm that you pass every day. Victims could be adults or children, of any gender or nationality. They may be trafficked from other countries or trafficked within the UK. They may be forced to work, have sex, get married or commit crime.
This online introductory session is delivered by the Safeguarding and Domestic Violence Team at Leeds City Council. Participants will gain an understanding of:
- what modern slavery is
- the different types of modern slavery
- the prevalence of modern slavery
- why and how victims are exploited
- potential signs that someone may be a victim
- the National Referral Mechanism (NRM)
- what can you do to help potential victims
- support services for victims of modern slavery
Fri 22 Nov, 9 am to 10.30 am
This online session will focus on extra familial harm in Leeds, considering sexual, criminal and financial exploitation for our children and young people.
The session aims to upskill workers with current knowledge about contextual themes and issues within Leeds that impact our children. It considers indicators of exploitation and barriers to disclosure as well as what professionals can do when they are concerned about a child being at risk of exploitation. This will cover the processes within Leeds including ROTH, Project Shield and MACE. We will also introduce the new Child Exploitation Practice Guidance for children and families staff.
Fri 22 Nov, 10 am to 11 am
The West Yorkshire Financial Exploitation and Abuse Team (WYFEAT) are based within West Yorkshire Trading Standards, the key objective of the team is to protect vulnerable people from financial abuse relating to goods, services and/or scams/fraud and to detect and investigate incidents of financial abuse of adults at risk including offences relating to adult social care funding, leading to successful prosecutions and convictions of offenders.
This 1 hour online training session provides an overview of WYFEAT and the type of work undertaken, how to spot the signs of financial abuse and how WYFEAT can help if you suspect an adult at risk has been targeted.
Fri 22 Nov, 10 am to 11 am
This online session by Ann Craft Trust will explore how we can think about mental health through a different lens. It will look at how we can create environments in sport that will help participants avoid distress and poor mental health in the first place. It will also look at how building better relationships can help us respond more effectively to incidents, so we can offer the support people need, when they need it.
The seminar will feature two facilitators from Sport Wales – Harriet Frampton (Clinical Psychologist) and Cath Shearer (Athlete Environment Lead).
Fri 22 November, 11 am to 11.30
Navigator programmes were established at hospitals across the UK due to an increase in admittances resulting from serious youth violence, such as knife crime and machete assaults.
Leeds Teaching Hospitals was the first NHS Trust in West Yorkshire to introduce an A&E Navigator service in early 2021 and worked with over eight hundred 11 – 25 year olds in the first two years.
In this short session you will hear how dedicated youth workers (Navigators) based within the emergency departments, build relationships with the young person, and develop tailored plans around the circumstances that led to their admittance. Book by email using the link below.
Fri 22 Nov, 11 am to 12 pm
This webinar by WY police is aimed at professionals that work with young people involved or at risk of serious youth violence.
It aims to increase your knowledge of existing urban streets gangs and emerging groups and give you a better understanding of the risks, threats and harms that are posed. Book by email using the link below.
Fri 22 Nov: 2 pm to 4 pm
This popular free online training by Leeds City Council is specifically aimed at volunteers in Leeds. It covers:
- what safeguarding adults is and why this is important
- the role and responsibility of the volunteer in safeguarding adults
- different types of abuse, and what signs to potentially look out for
- how to raise a concern and what happens next
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