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We are pleased to announce National Safeguarding Adults Conference which will focus on Adult Safeguarding: delivering a strengths based approach beyond Covid-19. The conference aims to bring together adult safeguarding leads to understand current issues and the national context, and to debate and discuss key issues and areas you are facing in practice.
“Following the initial crisis, we are now moving to a different stage in dealing with Covid-19. Safeguarding adults with care and support needs from abuse and neglect remains a priority. People may be more vulnerable to abuse and neglect as others may seek to exploit disadvantages due to age, disability, mental or physical impairment or illness.”
“The COVID-19 pandemic precipitated an unprecedented crisis, which normal coping mechanisms were unable to manage….Safeguarding is, by definition, an emotionally complex and charged area of work as it is about abuse and neglect, pain and shame. Safeguarding adults during the COVID-19 pandemic added further dimensions of fear and anxiety. Everyone was working in unknown territory and uncertain about what the future would bring.”
“Continuous professional development in safeguarding practice is essential if we are to serve individuals, families, and communities well.”
This conference will enable you to:
- Network with colleagues who are working to improve adult safeguarding practice
- Understand the national context of your safeguarding practice during and beyond Covid-19
- Reflect on the lived experience
- Understand how you can develop and embed a strengths based approach to adult safeguarding
- Learning from National Analysis of Safeguarding Adult Reviews and ensure the learning from Safeguarding Adult Reviews (SARs) is used to identify systemic risk issues and improve practice, including the management of Covid-19 related Safeguarding Adults Review (SAR) referrals
- Learn from others to enable a user focused approach to adult safeguarding
- Understand the use of complex safeguarding in adult practice, working with the police and information sharing
- Learn from Adult Safeguarding and Domestic Violence
- Develop a strategic approach to ensuring learning leads to service improvement
- Ensure you deliver effective safeguarding practice in Self Neglect and Hoarding during Covid-19
- Understand the legal context including implications of recent developments such as the move from DoLS to Liberty Protection Safeguards
- Improve your skills in decision making in adult safeguarding
- Develop your skills in safeguarding investigation, undertaking a safeguarding enquiry and report writing
- Supports CPD professional development and acts as revalidation evidence. This course provides 5 Hrs training for CPD subject to peer group approval for revalidation purposes
“Practitioners and managers are reminded that making safeguarding personal (MSP) is “not optional”, that the person’s voice must be heard, and that support must be available to enable individuals to achieve their desired outcomes and to promote their wellbeing”
