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This newsletter is for everyone working with children and adults in Waltham Forest.
Please share with your colleagues and encourage them to sign up to get it regularly.
 Waltham Forest's Safeguarding Adults Board is pleased to present this year's programme for Safeguarding Adults Week 2022!
The online training programme touches on safeguarding issues and present practitioners working across different services areas with the opportunity to learn more about how to support vulnerable residents in the borough.
 Monday 20 November, 10 to 11am: Team Around the Person in practice
This session will introduce you to the priorities of the Safeguarding Adults Board, particularly Team Around the Person. It will provide an overview of some of the tools and projects underway to support individuals who are seldom heard and/or for whom there are concerns around wellbeing and whose needs do not meet the threshold for statutory interventions.
Tuesday 21 November, 11 to 12am: Revisiting Making Safeguarding Personal
Explore the principles of Making Safeguarding Personal and what this means in practice.
Thursday 23 November (Carers’ Rights Day), 10 to 11am: Safeguarding unpaid carers
Unpaid carers are an extremely valuable part of our health and social care system. This session outlines our commitment to safeguarding unpaid carers, and the resources and tools available to support this.
24 November, 10 to 11am: Making a good safeguarding referral
This training session outlines the value of making thorough, timely and accurate safeguarding referrals, and will look at:
- Gathering good quality of data at first point of contact
- Principles of Making Safeguarding Personal
- Best practice in making referrals to the front door
- How data protection impacts safeguarding referrals and information sharing
Conversations about Drugs and Alcohol: Training for frontline staff and volunteers
Making Every Contact Count (MECC) is about using everyday conversations to engage and motivate people to consider making healthy behavioural changes and access further support.
This free two-hour course is for those that work or volunteer with people using drugs and/or alcohol, who can spend five to 10 minutes talking with them to help them begin to change their drinking and drug use habits.
The training session is being held online on Thursday 16 November from 1pm to 3pm.
Sign up here or email meccsupport@smgateway.co.uk to arrange bespoke sessions for your team.
The London Safeguarding Children Partnership (LSCP) has some new free safeguarding training opportunities available for the London public and voluntary sectors,including an additional session on 'Abuse Linked to Accusations of Witchcraft and Spiritual Possession'.
All training is delivered online, please book using the LSCP website link below.
Book home fire safety visit
Please call 24/7 phone number to refer residents in need of a home fire safety visit: 0800 028 4428.
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This newsletter is brought to you by the Strategic Partnership Boards, which is made up of Waltham Forest Safeguarding Children’s Board, Safeguarding Adults Board, Health & Wellbeing Board and SafetyNet (our Community Safety Partnership).
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