Safeguarding Adults Week
Safeguarding Adults Week 2024 takes place from Monday 18 – Friday 22 November.
It is a time for organisations to come together to raise awareness of important safeguarding issues.
The core theme for the 2024 week is Working in Partnership ensuring organisations share their knowledge of safeguarding, learn from others and ultimately create safer cultures.
During Safeguarding Adults Week 2024, there are lots of online opportunities to find out more about Safeguarding.
BaNES, Swindon and Wiltshire Self Neglect Virtual Conference
Tuesday 26th November – 09:30am – 16:45pm
Safeguarding Adult Reviews (SARs), conducted across BSW, show what we have learnt and could be used to make a difference when working with people who self-neglect.
This is an opportunity to find out more about:
✓ Learning themes from local SARs.
✓ Practical skills to assist when working with people with hoarding behaviour.
✓ Promote the resources to assess and evidence self-neglect concerns when working with an individual and their support networks.
✓ Mental Capacity Act and Legal Literacy.
✓ Health Led Case Study.
✓ Voice of Experts by Experience.
This event is relevant for all frontline professionals and managers who work with adults including parents who may be experiencing self-neglect.
Any questions regarding this event please contact us via email:
SSP: safeguardingpartnership@swindon.gov.uk
Wiltshire: svpp@wiltshire.gov.uk
B&NES: banesbcssp@bathnes.gov.u
Wiltshire Safeguarding Vulnerable People Partnership Programme
Safeguarding Week will be packed full of a wide range of bite-sized virtual safeguarding webinars and workshops, covering both adult and children’s safeguarding topics.
All sessions will be offered free of charge, but you do need to register.
Ann Craft Trust Safeguarding Adults Week
Monday 18 November – 1.30 pm – 2.45 pm – Ann Craft Trust AGM & Safeguarding Seminar – Sense on Understanding Consent and Choice. As a supporter of The Ann Craft Trust, you are welcome to attend our AGM. After the AGM, we will be joined by Steve Kiekopf and Tracy Girling from Sense, who will lead a seminar on Understanding Consent and Choice.
Tuesday 19 November – 10.00 am – 11.00 am – Camphill Village Trust & The Voice of Lived Experience. In this free seminar for Safeguarding Adults Week, 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.
Tuesday 19 November – 1.30 pm – 2.30 pm – Understanding Professional Boundaries. In this session we will explore what professional boundaries are, and how you can implement them. We will also explore the benefits and challenges that professional boundaries can bring, along with the impact of not having clear boundaries in place.
Wednesday 20 November – 9.00 am – 4.30 pm – Working in Partnership – The Ann Craft Trust Safeguarding Adults Conference 2024. Our conference provides a selection of informative keynotes and workshops that enable you to learn about effective techniques for safeguarding the wellbeing of yourself, your staff and the people you support.
Thursday 21 November – 10.00 am – 11.00 am – Understanding County Lines. The seminar will explore signs and symptoms of County Lines activity, while providing an overview of the County Lines picture locally and nationally. We will also discuss how your organisation can help tackle exploitation in your community.
Thursday 21 November – 12.30 pm – 1.30 pm – Evidencing Links Between Cognitive Impairment & Exploitation. This free online Webinar will discuss the findings of a Nuffield Foundation Research Project focused on the links between cognitive impairment and exploitation.
Friday 22 November – 10.00 am – 11.00 am – Mental Health and Wellbeing in Sport With Sport Wales. We’ll discuss how we can create environments in our sport that will help participants avoid distress and poor mental health in the first place. We’ll 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.