Training

It is important to ensure you have a skilled and competent workforce who are able to take on the roles and responsibilities required to protect adults at risk.

Training and e-Learning

It is the responsibility of all organisations to ensure they have a skilled and competent workforce who are able to take on the roles and responsibilities required to protect adults at risk and ensure an appropriate response when adult abuse or neglect does occur.

At this current time, the Somerset Safeguarding Adults Board does not provide single or multi-agency safeguarding training.

Training from the Social Care Institute for Excellence

Adult Safeguarding e-Learning

The resource is for everyone. If you are a personal assistant, a care worker, social worker or manager, you will learn more about dealing with the often complex issues surrounding suspected abuse. If you are a member of the public, you will find out what professionals do when abuse is suspected and what you can do to ensure that you, and the people around you, are protected from harm.

Mental Capacity Act e-Learning

This e-learning resource is targeted at all staff working with people who lack or may lack capacity in the health and social care sectors. This includes paid and unpaid carers as well as families. Trainers and students will also find these resources useful.

Training Themes

Self-Neglect and Mental Capacity

Put descriptions for each one so that people know what these webinars are, who are they for and what do they address.

Safeguarding Practice Updates

Professional Curiosity Webinar - 17 March 2022

A lack of professional curiosity can lead to incorrect dismissal of concerns. Learn more about using curiosity as a safeguarding tool.

Stop Adult Abuse Week 2023

A series of online learning events about safeguarding yourself and others.

Self-Neglect and Mental Capacity - Session One

 

Self-Neglect and Mental Capacity - Session Two

Self-Neglect

 

Multi Agency Risk Management Guidance and Finding Resolution

 

Information Sharing with Safeguarding Adults and Risk Decision Making

 

Cuckooing and County Lines

 

Substance Use

 

Mental Capacity and Safeguarding

About Professional Curiosity

Professional curiosity is an essential part of safeguarding and a fundamental aspect of working together to keep adults and children safe. Professionals need to have an awareness of their own personal bias and how it affects how they see those they are working with, and they are encouraged to use reflective supervision to support their practice.

Stop Adult Abuse Week 2023 took place between 20 – 24 November. The five areas hosted a series of online learning events, these were free to access for any practitioner working with adults and families across Bristol, Somerset, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire and BANES during the week-long campaign. The theme of conference was ‘Safeguarding Yourself and Others’.

 

Webinar 1 - What is my role in Safeguarding adults

 

Webinar 2 - Taking the lead on Safeguarding in your organisation

 

Webinar 3 - Who cares for the carers

 

Webinar 5 - Listen, learn, lead

SSAB Annual Conferences

SSAB Annual Conference 2023

SSAB Annual Conference 2019

SSAB Annual Conference 2018

The 2023 SSAB Annual Conference took place on 2 March 2023. The agenda and copies of the presentations can be downloaded below:

SSAB Annual conference 2023 – Agenda (Word document)

 

Michael Preston-Shoot - Self-neglect presentation

Michael Preston-Shoot – Self-Neglect presentation (PowerPoint)

 

PowerPoint presentations

The 2019 SSAB Annual Conference took place on 1 May 2019. PDF copies of the presentations can be downloaded below:

The 2018 SSAB Annual Conference took place on 9 March 2018. PDF copies of the presentations can be downloaded below:

Prevent duty training - GOV.UK

Prevent sits alongside long-established safeguarding duties on professionals to protect people from a range of other harms such as substance abuse, involvement in gangs and physical and sexual exploitation. Prevent is one part of the government’s overall counter-terrorism strategy, CONTEST.

In these training courses, you will learn about:

  • the Prevent duty
  • different extremist ideologies that can lead to terrorism
  • the risk around radicalisation and your supportive role
  • making a Prevent referral that is both informed and made with good intention
  • the interventions and support available
GOV.UK Prevent Duty Training