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TWSP face-to-face training – either virtually or in-person – is available to all TWSP partner agencies. If you already have an Ollie account, please log in to Ollie and book your place, unless otherwise instructed. If you do not have an existing Ollie account, please email partnerships@telford.gov.uk and they will be able to assist.
If you have any problems using your Ollie account, please email ollie@telford.gov.uk
TWSP training is free for all professionals and practitioners but please ensure that when you complete your Ollie account form that you complete the billing details section. This is needed in the event of non-attendance or late cancellation, or where a course is chargeable. You will be notified if there is a charge for the course for non-attendance.
TWSP Threshold Guidance Training
The TWSP Threshold Guidance training covers:
- an increased awareness, confidence and skills in using the Partnership Threshold of Need as a tool to provide the right help at the right time.
- Enhanced knowledge and information around support available to children, young people and families within Telford and Wrekin.
- Increased confidence around information sharing to improve outcomes for children by providing the right support for families at the right time.
We still have places available for the workshops, it is very important that we have good representation from all partners at this session and strongly encourage attendance to ensure an equal spread of knowledge relating to the use of the threshold guidance which impacts on daily operational roles. You can sign up to the workshops here.
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Organisational Abuse: What are the challenges and what helps in this area of safeguarding practice?
Tuesday 15 October 2024, 2.00pm - 4.00pm (online) Free to attend
This event aims to disseminate learning from the National Safeguarding Adult Review Analysis; provide updates on positive initiatives in this area of care and support; share insights from research and work with people who use these services; provide inspiration to improve what is done locally; and publicise the work of the Organisational Abuse Expert Reference Group.
Presentations include:
Learning from the 2nd National Safeguarding Adult Review Analysis –Professor Michael Preston-Shoot, National SAB Chairs Network Lead, Independent Chair
Sharing insights from people who use these services – Sarah Carr and Tina Coldham, Mental Health User Consultant
Learning from Whorlton Hall Safeguarding Adult Review and progress responses to the findings – Lesley Jeavons, Independent Chair - Durham SAB, Whorlton Hall Chair
The Importance/role of independent advocacy in the context of organisational abuse - Gail Petty, Advocacy Programme Lead, NDTi
Safeguarding concerns and enquiries: Section 42 Care Act responsibilities - Jane Lawson and Jane Hughes, Making Connections
Good preventative practices – Emily Russell, Housing 21
Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) role and approach – Hayley Moore, Deputy Director Safeguarding Closed Cultures CQC
The Expert Reference Group and resources list – Dr Adi Cooper, Care & Health Improvement Adviser, PCH Safeguarding Lead
This is a virtual Zoom webinar. Please book your place here.
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Professionals Event: Abuse of Parents by Adult Children: 17th Oct 12.00-2pm
Capa First Response hosts biannual Community Connections events, which are FREE to attend, and open to all professionals working with families affected by Child or Adolescent to Parent Violence & Abuse (CAPVA). Please book your place here.
Safeguarding Adults Week Timetable
Safeguarding Adults Week is a time for organisations to come together to raise awareness of important safeguarding issues. The Ann Craft Trust have themed the week around ‘Safeguarding Yourself and Others’ and the following free live events hope to raise awareness of these themes.
Please find the full timetable here.
Telford & Wrekin White Ribbon Day 2024
Together we can prevent violence against women and girls. It starts with me. It starts with men.
This year's White Ribbon Day event will be taking place on Monday 25th November 2024 at 10.00am to 1.00pm and will be held at Telford Minster, Meeting Point House, Southwater Square, Telford, TF3 4HS. This will be accompanied by 16 Days of Action following the event to raise awareness of male abuse against women and encourage men to stand up against this.
Please book your place here.
Case Reviews Update from NSPCC Learning for September 2024
Eight case reviews have been added to the collection this month featuring issues including eating disorders, child sexual abuse, child neglect, and domestic abuse. Please read the reviews here.
Suicide: learning from case reviews
Highlights learning from a sample of case reviews published between 2021 and 2023 where suicide was a key factor. Please read the briefing here.
CQC Update for Adult Social Care Providers on Window Safety
Falls from windows often result in serious or fatal injuries, but this harm is avoidable.
We want to ensure that providers are keeping people under their care safe. CQC have been alerted to an incident where a care home resident deliberately attempted to bypass a window restrictor on their first-floor bedroom window and, following a fall, sustained injuries that led to their death.
In 2022 we published a ‘learning from safety incidents’ issue on falls from windows. This publication has been updated on the CQC website to reflect a Health Building Note published by NHS England, which highlights that the British Standard for window restrictors does not factor in deliberate attempts to defeat the restrictor using impact forces. CQC expect providers and registered managers to be aware of and follow best practice guidance. Providers should also be proactive when carrying out person-centred risk assessment that is reflective of a person's individual circumstances and needs, as set out in Regulation 9 and Regulation 12 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008.
To manage the risk of falls to residents, registered persons need to ensure the assessment of the risks:
- arising from the premises, and
- for individual residents. Where specific residents are at risk, you may need to take further action to prevent them falling from a height.
The full ‘learning from safety incident’ with relevant best practice guidance can be accessed here on the CQC website.
Home Office Adult Safeguarding Update
The Home Office have issued an update on adult safeguarding activity in relation to migration, borders, and citizenship. Please see the update here.
If you would like to learn more about the information included in this update please email Mark Walsh.
NHS Digital Safeguarding Adults Data Release
The official safeguarding adults statistics were published on 29 August 2024.
Headlines:
Safeguarding concerns
There were an estimated 615,530 concerns of abuse raised during 2023-24, an increase of 5% on the previous year. This was a lower annual growth rate compared to 2022-23 (9%).
Section 42 enquiries
The number of enquiries that commenced under Section 42 of the Care Act 2014 during the year increased by 2% to an estimated 176,560, and involved 141,080 individuals (an increase of 3% from 2022-23).
Other safeguarding enquiries
The number of Other safeguarding enquiries, where there may not be reasonable cause to suspect the statutory Section 42 criteria are met but where local authorities use other powers to make enquiries, is reported to be 15,530 in 2023-24.
Type and location of risk
The most common type of risk in Section 42 enquiries that concluded in the year was Neglect and Acts of Omission, which accounted for 32% of risks, and the most common location of the risk was the person’s own home at 46%.
Outcomes
In 91% of concluded Section 42 enquiries where a risk was identified, the reported outcome was that the risk was reduced or removed.
Please find the full report here.
Alcohol Change UK - Blue Light Bulletin 95
Accommodation project – a system not just a service
Over the last eight months, we have been moving forward with our multi-partner project to improve accommodation for dependent drinkers with complex needs. This project now has 31 local authority partners around England and Wales – i.e. about a fifth of local authorities in England are involved. Our main focus so far has been the survey and consultation workshops. The survey, which was highlighted in previous bulletins, has received over 450 responses. We are also undertaking a series of expert interviews. In future bulletins, we will highlight findings from both the survey and the workshops. However, the central part of the project is drafting the guidance and that is now becoming our main focus. The research suggests that the headline message is likely to be that this client group need a system of accommodation options and support rather than just one specific service. That system will require access to key service units e.g. support for those with cognitive impairment. Nonetheless, the main thing is to provide access to care in a systemic way which does not set people up to fail. We must be able to match the inevitably static nature of accommodation to the dynamic presentations of people with complex alcohol use disorders. Comments on this systems approach would be welcome, especially examples of local or regional systems that meet these needs. We will provide further snippets from the developing guidance over the coming months.
Alcohol statistics: England In July, the House of Commons Library published a useful summary of the statistics on alcohol in England. This covers:
- Alcohol consumption: adults
- Alcohol consumption: children
- Alcohol-related hospital activity and treatment
- Alcohol-specific deaths
This will be a useful and accessible data summary for anyone working in the field. Please see the statistics here.
Alcohol and suicide Alcohol use has been established as a risk factor for suicide. Alcohol consumption is, therefore, a promising and modifiable target in suicide prevention efforts. Sadly that opportunity is often missed. However, a recent study has shown the relationship between the two factors and how alcohol use has both a precipitating and predisposing effect. It shows that as consumption increases, the risk of suicide increases proportionally. The relationship between alcohol use and suicide has also been shown to differ by sex. Please read the study here.
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