Current issue
Newsletter March 2024 Issue 22
Contents
- News from the SSAB
- Strategic Plan 2024-2027
- Connect Somerset Success Story
- SSAB Effectiveness Survey
- Safeguarding Adults Practise Updates
- Knife Angel arrives in Taunton
- Hoarding and fire risk
- LeDer Annual Report
- Social Work Sessions
- Somerset Lifeline
- Becoming a micro-provider
- SCAM
- Self-Neglect
- Mind in Somerset mental health courses
- Somerset carers
- Resources
Past issues
Issue 21: December 2023
Contents
- News from the SSAB
- SSAB New Website
- Safeguarding is everyone’s business
- My Life, My Future
- Sextortion Campaign to empower people
- Stop Adult Abuse Week 2023
- Social Work Sessions
- Let’s make Christmas a bad one for scammers
- Domestic Abuse Support
- Recovery Programme for survivors of Domestic Abuse
- Right Care Right Person
- Somerset Carers
- Resources
Issue 20: September 2023
Contents
- News from the SSAB
- Community Engagement
- Social Work Podcasts
- SSAB Annual Report 2022-2023
- Stop Adult Abuse Week: save the date!
- Safeguards for highly vulnerable dependent drinkers
- Support to stay in your own Home
- Take 5 to Stop Fraud
- Protect yourself from Phishing
- Recovery Programme for Male Survivors of Domestic Abuse
- Somerset Carers
- Anti-Slavery Day
- Training and development / Useful links
Issue 19: June 2023
Contents
- News from the SSAB
- SSAB Annual Conference 2023: Making Safeguarding Personal
- Liberty Protection Safeguards
- New CQC approach to assessing Local Authorities
- Stronger support for domestic abuse victims
- Stop Adult Abuse Week: save the date!
- ‘We See You, We Hear You’ SAB Excellence Awards 2023
- Dementia Safeguarding Scheme (Herbert Protocol)
- Learning Lessons: Local and National
- Training and development / Useful links
Issue 18: December 2022
Contents
- News from the SSAB
- Save the date: SSAB Conference 2023
- We see You; We Hear You Excellence Awards
- Tricky Friends Animation (Mate Crime)
- What to do if it’s not safeguarding
- SSAB Business Manager Blog
- Orange Button Initiative – Suicide Awareness
- Learning Lessons (National SARs)
- Learning Lessons (Somerset)
- Learning from Somerset Safeguarding Children’s Partnership
- Local/National News and Information Links
- Your Adult Safeguarding Experience – Feedback Forms
- Training and Development
- Useful Safeguarding Adults Link
Issue 17: June 2022
Contents
- News from the SSAB
- Guidance and leaflets
- Professional Curiosity Webinar
- Every Life Matters
- Violence Against Women and Girls
- National Safeguarding Adults Awards 2022
- Choking Awareness
- Money Mules
- RESTORE 2: Recognises early soft signs, Take observations, Respond, Escalate
- New NHS Rapid Read Documents
- New online course for victim-survivors
- Somerset Open Mental Health Website Launched
- Business Manager Blog
- Learning Lessons
- Local: ‘Kathleen’ Joint Death Review
- Local: ‘Diane’ Domestic Homicide Review
- Local: ‘Penny’ Domestic Homicide Review
- National: Manchester Carers Thematic Review
- Learning from the Somerset Safeguarding Children Partnership
- Local & National News and Information
- Your Adult Safeguarding Experience Feedback Form
- Training and Development
- SSAB Board Meetings
- Useful Safeguarding Adults Links
Issue 16: Jan 2022
Contents
- News from the SSAB
- Guidance and leaflets
- SSAB Self-Audit 2021
- Stop Adult Abuse Week Regional Webinar Series
- Spot the Signs of Domestic Abuse and Modern Slavery
- Older and Safer, Without Abuse
- CQC: Restraint, segregation and seclusion review
- COVID-19 Adult Safeguarding Insight Project – Third Report
- Ann Craft Trust: Why Have Different Policies and Procedures for Safeguarding Children and Adults?
- Department of Health and Social Care: Adult Social Care Workforce Survey
- Business Manager Blog
- Learning Lessons
- Local: ‘Matthew’ SAR (Somerset)
- Local: Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHR’s)
- ‘David’ (Somerset)
- ‘William’ DHR (Somerset and Dorset)
- National: ‘Katherine’ SAR (Dorset)
- Learning from the Somerset Safeguarding Children Partnership
- Local & National News and Headlines
- Training and Development
- Useful Safeguarding Adults Links
Issue 15: October 2021
Contents
News from the SSAB
Annual Report for 2020-21 Published
SSAB Self-Audit 2021
Guidance and leaflets
Reminder: Your Adult Safeguarding Experience Feedback Form
Save the Date: Stop Adult Abuse Week and Joint Online Conference Workshops
Save the Date: Reprovide in Somerset – working with Perpetrators of Domestic Violence
Review into Resident-to-Resident Harm
New Safeguarding Guidance from Alcohol Change UK
Business Manager Blog
Learning Lessons
National: National Analysis of Safeguarding Adult Reviews: April 2017 – March 2019
National: Joanna, Jon and Ben (Norfolk)
National: Maria (Suffolk)
Local: Domestic Homicide Reviews
Learning from Children’s Services
Local & National News and Headlines
Training and Development
Useful Safeguarding Adults Links
Issue 14: August 2021
Contents
News from the SSAB
SSAB Self-Audit 2021
Guidance and leaflets
Your Adult Safeguarding Experience: Feedback Form
Save the Date: Stop Adult Abuse Week and Joint Online Conference Workshops
NICE guideline on Safeguarding Adults in Care Homes
Dementia Safeguarding Scheme (Herbert Protocol)
Business Manager Blog
Learning Lessons:
National: Analysis of Safeguarding Adult Reviews: April 2017 – March 2019
Local: ‘Luke’
Local: Damien
Local: Domestic Homicide Reviews
Learning from Children’s Services
Local & National News and Headlines
Training and Development
Useful Safeguarding Adults Links
Issue 13: June 2020
News from the SSAB
Safeguarding and Coronavirus
SSAB Audit and Members Survey
Coronavirus Scams
#NoClosedDoors2020
Self-neglect
Business Manager Blog
Learning Lessons
National: Robyn (Cumbria)
National: Ms F and Mr G (Norfolk)
Learning from Children’s Services
Local & National News and Headlines
Training and Development
Useful Safeguarding Adults Links
Issue 12: December 2019
Contents
News from the SSAB
Introducing our new Independent Chair
Somerset Adult Safeguarding Learning Framework Launched
Let’s make this Christmas a bad one for scammers
Employers across Somerset urged to support campaign to provide support for victims of domestic abuse
Identifying the signs of modern slavery
Business Manager Blog
Learning Lessons
Local: Kevin
Regional: Atlas Care Homes
National: Large-Scale Modern Slavery
Learning from Children’s Services
Local & National News and Headlines
Training and Development
Useful Safeguarding Adults Links
Issue 11: September 2019
Contents
News from the SSAB
We’re recruiting for a new Independent Chair
Stop Adult Abuse Week 2019
SSAB Annual Self-Audit Launched
Somerset Violence Reduction Unit
Annual Conference 2019
Mental Capacity Act e-learning programme launched
County Lines
Business Manager Blog
Learning Lessons
Local: Mr D – Domestic Homicide Review
Regional: SAR Z
National: Jo-Jo
Learning from Children’s Services
Local & National News and Headlines
Training and Development
Useful Safeguarding Adults Links
Issue 10: April 2019
Contents
News from the SSAB
SSAB Annual Conference
New Strategic Plan for 2019-2022
Mendip House Safeguarding Adult Review in the news
Changes to MARAC
Get the SSAB Website on your phone or tablet
Business Manager Blog
Learning Lessons
National: ‘Colin’
Regional: Analysis of Safeguarding Adult Reviews in the South West
Local: Sharing systems and best practices in relation to Never Events
Care about recruitment
Learning from Children’s Services
National News and Headlines
Training and Development
Useful Safeguarding Adults Links
Issue 9: December 2018
Contents
News from the SSAB
The Survivor Pathway
Does your organisation have a domestic abuse workplace policy?
New Strategic Plan for 2019-2022
Business Manager Blog
Let’s Make it a Bad Christmas for Scammers
Learning Lessons
National: Norfolk Safeguarding Adults Board, Case E
Local: Somerset Safeguarding Children’s Board, ‘Family A’
Local: Progress of work following the SSAB Mendip House Safeguarding Adults Review
Every day is different: recruitment campaign
Learning from Children’s Services
National News and Headlines
Training and Development
Useful Safeguarding Adults Links
Issue 8: August 2018
Contents
News from the SSAB
SSAB Annual Self-Audit Launched
New Somerset Adult Safeguarding Guidance Launched
Somerset Think Family Strategy 2018-2019
Business Manager Blog
Stop Adult Abuse Week 2018
Learning Lessons
National: National Safeguarding Adult Review Library Launched
Regional: ‘Kamil and Mr X’ SAR published by Bristol Safeguarding Adults Board
Local: Jointly commissioned Safer Somerset Partnership / Safer Communities Torbay Domestic Homicide Review
Learning from Children’s Services
National News and headlines
Training and Development
Issue 7: March 2018
Contents
News from the SSAB
Prevent
Male Sexual Abuse
Pressure Ulcers and the interface with a Safeguarding Enquiry
Domestic Abuse
Business Manager Blog
Financial Scamming
Learning Lessons
National: Newcastle Joint Serious Case Review of sexual exploitation
Regional: Review of SARs and Adult SCRs in the South West by Professor Michael Preston-Shoot
Local: Mendip House Safeguarding Adults Review
Online Hate Crime
Think Family – learning from Children’s Services
National News and headlines
Training and Development
Issue 6: October 2017
Contents
Chairman’s blog
News from the SSAB
Hate crimes and hate incidents
Anti-Slavery Day
The LeDeR Programme
Ten Years of the Mental Capacity Act
Introducing our new Business Manager
Financial Abuse and Scams
Learning Lessons
National: Learning from SARs undertaken by London SABs
National: Bristol Safeguarding Adults Board SAR
Local: The Fenestra Serious Case Review
Local: Self-neglect in care homes and the community
Mate Crime
National news and headlines
Training and development
Issue 5: June 2017
Contents
Somerset Case Review published
News from the SSAB
Operation Signature
An Introduction to County lines
Stop Adult Abuse Week, June 2017
Nominated Neighbour Scheme launched
Scams – are you talking about them enough?
Self-neglect
Spotlight on: Coercive or Controlling Behaviour
Learning Lessons
National News and Headlines
Training and Development
Issue 4: March 2017
Contents
Chairman’s blog
News from the Board
‘Think Family’
Spotlight on: Advocacy
Signposting
Learning lessons
National news & headlines
Training & development
Issue 3: July 2016
Contents
News from the SSAB
Thinking it? Report it
Public Pledge
Infomercial
Learning Event
Think Family workshops
Safeguarding Children Board
Spotlight on Self-neglect & Hoarding
Somerset Integrated Domestic Abuse Service
Learning lessons
Brain Injury Practice Guidance
Scam Awareness Month
Training & Development
National Headlines
Issue 2: April 2016
Contents
SSAB Website launched
News from the SSAB
Revised Care Act Statutory Guidance
Spotlight on Female Genital Mutilation
Learning Lessons
National News (Jan-Mar 2016)
Issue 1: January 2016
Who we are and what we do
News from the Board
Thinking it? Report it Campaign
Spotlight on Modern Slavery
National Safeguarding News
Learning Lessons
Training and Development
Useful links