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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.
Training events - Late cancellation and non attendance charging policy
Demand for TWSP training courses is high and places are limited, meaning that not everyone will be able to attend a course on their preferred date. If you have booked a place on one of the TWSP training courses and are subsequently unable to attend, we require a minimum of five working days notice of any cancellation, so that the place can be offered to someone on our waiting list. Where a cancellation is not received within this five day period or there is no attendance at the training course without prior notification, the employing agency will be invoiced for the full training fee. This cancellation fee applies to all organisations, including contributing partners.
Further information can be found in our charging and cancellation policy.
TWSP Raising Awareness of Exploitation and Vulnerability.
Safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults is everybody’s responsibility. This Raising Awareness of Exploitation and Vulnerability course aims to increase the delegate’s knowledge of the vulnerability factors and the varying areas of exploitation. The course focuses on county lines, human trafficking, sexual exploitation and modern slavery and aims to upskill professionals to feel confident in recognising the signs and symptoms of exploitation and to know how to report concerns, ensuring best practice is embraced.
The course objectives are to:
- highlight personal and situational factors of vulnerability and the impact these have on risk and harm
- understand the definitions covering vulnerability, exploitation and sexual exploitation, modern day slavery and human trafficking.
- develop an understanding of indicators that may show within various forms of exploitation
- identify the key considerations necessary when receiving a disclosure and the impact of trauma on any disclosure
- understand the individuals professional accountability and responsibility for sharing under GDPR
- recognise the importance of documentation and record keeping in the effective protection of those identified as vulnerable, ensuring non-victim blaming language is used
- understand the process to get the right help, at the right time, for the identified vulnerable person(s)
On completion of the course delegates will be able to:
- identify the vulnerability factors
- explain the various forms of exploitation
- recognise the signs, symptoms and indicators of the various forms of exploitation
- understand exploitation and vulnerability and how it impacts on a young person in respect of trauma
- know how to respond, record and report concerns and how to signpost
Available dates - 10th June 2025 9-11am via Teams. 24th September 2025 9-11am via teams. 22nd January 2026 9-11am via Teams. Book your place.
Preventing Forced Marriage:
Evaluating UK efforts to tackle forced marriage domestically and internationally and assessing avenues for improvement.
Thursday, April 10th 2025 - Webinar
Programme -
- Understand current trends in forced marriage in the UK and its drivers and evaluate existing police and judicial efforts to tackle it and key challenges in this regard
- Review existing UK legislation and policies relating to forced marriage and child marriage and consider avenues for improvement
- Learn about and assess what the new Labour government is doing to tackle forced marriage in the UK and internationally
- Devise mechanisms to better report incidents of child marriage in the UK
- Develop a comprehensive plan to eliminate forced marriage in the UK
- Assess the role that the Forced Marriage in Domestic Legislation Database
- Exchange views on how the UK can learn from and engage with international partners and institutions to improve domestic efforts and strengthen and better coordinate the global fight to tackle forced marriage
- Examine examples of good practice and different approaches to tackling forced marriage internationally
Event Details Website Register to Attend
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Interactive webinars - Learning from Case Reviews in Shropshire – Free to attend
There are three different one hour webinars which will be repeated between January and March 2025, which are intended to increase your knowledge, understanding and how you can make a difference in your everyday practice.
Understanding Intrafamilial Domestic Abuse.
Domestic Abuse Related Death: Homicide & Suicide.
Domestic Abuse - Why to Men not come forward?
For information of dates for the above webinars please register using this link.
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7 Minute Briefings |
7 Minute Briefing - Hoarding
The TWSP have created a 7 minute briefing on Hoarding. Please see the briefing note.
Safeguarding Adults Board - approval of a new resource on Professional Curiosity.
Please see the SAB Manager Network resource for Professional Curiosity
This document can also be found on the TWSP Website.
POhWER advocacy provide the statutory advocacy provision in Walsall, Sandwell, Telford & Wrekin and Birmingham as well as many other local authority areas across the country.
We hope you can join us for a free 1 hour presentation style session covering:
What is statutory advocacy?
What do advocates do and what do we need from professionals?
Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy including Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
Care Act Advocacy
Independent Mental Health Advocacy
NHS complaints Advocacy
The statutory duty to refer to advocacy and when and how to refer.
We will also be available to answer any questions at the end of the session. Make a referral. Electronic Leaflets
Following sessions will held at 12pm on: 29.04.25, 27.05.25, 24.06.25, 29.07.25, 26.08.25, 30.09.25, 28.10.25, 25.11.25 -
Use this Teams link to join.
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Make a Change competition 2025.
The competition is open for young people aged 11-16 and will be open to Friday May 2nd.
This will be the third year that we will be running this fantastic competition. Make a Change has so far enabled ten community projects, led and facilitated by young people, to have and continue to have a big impact on not only themselves but on many others across Telford & Wrekin. Previous projects have included a Community Day in Woodside, Youth Club Mental Health Group, Young Peoples Gardening Projects (one at a school, one at a youth club and one at a local community hub) Projects performing and delivering art & crafts at older people’s homes and community centres, Cooking Project enabling young people to learn about and cook different cultures food, Workshops to help and Support Young People with Autism.
Please find out more information about Make a Change, our launch video and how to enter using this link. You will also be able to see a video from last year’s presentation event.
If you would like any more information about the competition, would like us to come along and speak to a group of interested young people, we will be happy to do so. Please contact either Simon or Sarah. Please feel feel free to share with anyone who you think might also be interested.
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NSPCC learning |
The NSPCC Library hosts the National Collection of Case Reviews. This update highlights case reviews recently added to the collection and features one of our Learning from case reviews briefings.
Eight case reviews have been added to collection this month featuring issues including child sexual exploitation, child criminal exploitation, childhood illness, and foster care. Please see the reviews.
Parental Mental health. Highlights learning from a sample of case reviews published between 2016 and 2022, where the mental health problems of parents were a key factor. Read our briefing.
West Mercia Police - Community Awareness Day
Hadley & Leegomery safer neighbourhood team are hosting a community awareness day to highlight the different services, community groups, local resources & information accessible for the residents of Hadley & Leegomery Telford.
Saturday the 5th of April 2025 between 11.00 and 15.00 hours at Hadley Parish community centre Hadley TF1 5NL.
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