SAFEGUARDING NEWS

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'Prevent' and WRAP (Working to Raise Awareness of Prevent)

'Prevent' is part of the government’s counter-terrorism strategy.  It aims to reduce the risk of vulnerable people being exploited by radicalisers and subsequently drawn into terrorist related activity.  Prevent is not about criminalising people – it is about reducing the risk of that happening by intervening early

From the 1st July 2015, 'Prevent' is now a statutory duty under Section 26 of the Counter Terrorism and Security Act 2015 for many agencies.  You can find out more here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prevent-duty-guidance

This means that we must have 'due regard to the need to prevent people being drawn into terrorism' in the exercise of our day to day functions. All frontline staff will need to have an awareness of 'Prevent' to comply with this new legislation

WRAP (Working to Raise Awareness of Prevent)

In conjunction with the Home Office, the Department of Health has developed a training package aimed at raising awareness of this challenge. This briefing will help you to understand what this new duty means for you  

 Why is Radicalisation an Adult Safeguarding concern?

Radicalisation of an adult with care and support needs is an adult safeguarding issue because subjecting a person with care and support needs to radicalisation is a form of emotional abuse. Just as with any other concern that an adult may be experiencing or at risk of abuse, where radicalisation is suspected, an Adult Safeguarding response needs to be considered.

New guidance is available as a download here:Radicalisation and adult safeguarding guidance

The full range of guidance is available here:Adult safeguarding

  

Safeguarding Programme Review

All programmes below have been revised to ensure they are aligned with Making Safeguarding Personal and the Care Act:

 

Safeguarding Adults: Basic Awareness (Level 1)

This course has been revised and currently has an online virtual version.

 

New Multi-agency policy & procedures for the protection of adults with care & support needs in the West Midlands

The Adult Safeguarding policy and procedures have been redrafted to comply with the Care Act.  Previous versions should be deleted

Some ancillary sections are still to be completed, so the policy and procedures have been published initially as a working draft, and can be accessed via the Birmingham Safeguarding AdultsBoard (BSAB) website at:  https://www.bsab.org/publications/policy-procedures-and-guidance/

In addition to this, BSAB have also put together a leaflet to ensure everyone in Birmingham is aware of how to spot adults at risk of of abuse or neglect so you can report it accordingly. Please clickHERE to access it. 

 

Review (0)

Duration – 09:30am to 4:30pm (and will include breaks)

Cost - £75 per person per day (for non BCC delegates)

This session will be delivered via Teams, hosted by St Thomas Training Limited.

Target Audience – To provide staff in health and social care settings with an understanding of how to lead and manage care practice that promotes the safeguarding of adults at risk of harm. 

 By the end of this session participants should:

• Be able to define the term “adult at risk” (formerly a “vulnerable adult”)

• Understand the importance of the Care Act 2014 Statutory Guidance for Safeguarding, as well as other relevant legislation such as the Mental Capacity Act 2005

• Be able to list and give examples of the ten main types of abuse

• Understand how adults may be exploited, in person or online, including issues such as “cuckooing”, “county lines” and “mate crime”

• Appreciate the importance of preventing abuse from happening, as well as dealing with it if it does happen

• Know where to find the policies and procedures that are relevant to their own workplaces in relation to Safeguarding

• Be confident in recognising some of the common symptoms which indicate that abuse might be occurring

• Be able to take actions in their own workplaces to reduce the risk of abuse occurring

• Understand the importance of recording: what, when and how

• Know how to respond if an adult at risk makes a disclosure of abuse, or if there is any suspicion that an adult may be being abused

• Know how to support the alleged victim, as well as how to deal with the alleged abuser

• Understand the importance of the concept of “Making Safeguarding Personal”


Session for staff that contribute to Safeguarding Adult Reviews and Individual Management Reports
Domestic Abuse Awareness - Adult Social Care
This training is for Safeguarding professionals (SP's and Managers) in BCC

This course is open to all who provide Social Care services and support

This course looks at the basic principles regarding safeguarding which provides a suitable platform for all of the advanced safeguarding courses

Target AudienceTo provide staff in health and social care settings with an understanding of how to lead and manage care practice that promotes the safeguarding of adults at risk of harm

This course is currently directed at Birmingham City Council staff ONLY: -

Social Work Team Manager Delivery/Workforce and Senior Practitioner Delivery/Workforce staff 

This training is for those Managers who need to have an understanding od Safeguarding within the context of an Adult Social Care Manager's role.

This is a level 2 course under the Birmingham Safeguarding Adults Board Competency Framework, intended for all staff who may be required to undertake a statutory adult safeguarding enquiry under section 42 of the Care Act 2014. This would include social workers and staff in other partner agencies who the local authority may cause to make an enquiry on its behalf, because they are best placed to do this. Please note that there are aspects of this program that will explore aspects of the topic specific to the local authority social work role. However the majority of this 2 day course will be applicable to all who undertake adult safeguarding enquiries.