Safeguarding Adults Week Report
We had a great Safeguarding Adults Week in Newcastle, with so many people participating and promoting key messages. Whether you attended a webinar, shared content on social media, recorded a video or hosted a webinar, a big thank you to you from the Newcastle Safeguarding Adults Board.
Our week in numbers
- 439 people attended our 8 webinars delivered by 17 presenters.
- 300% increase in Twitter mentions, 30 more Twitter followers (taking us over 200) and a 200% increase in profile visits.
- 2349 hits on our newcastlesafeguarding.org.uk website, with 657 visits on Wednesday 17th November – our best day ever.
Webinar summary
The webinars received lots of positive feedback and interaction. Our hosts came from a variety of agencies: The Disclosure and Barring Service; Newcastle City Council; Search; The Department for Work and Pensions; The Illegal Money Lending Team England; Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust; Newcastle Gateshead CCG and Northumbria Police. A special thank you to them for taking the time to develop and deliver their webinars.
It was really well organised and really informative.
Newcastle City Council
Very informative and helped remind me to think of the wider picture re financial abuse and how many forms it can take.
Voluntary and Community Sector
Below is a summary of the resources and contacts that webinar hosts directed participants to:
Disclosure and Barring Service
Further information – Disclosure:
Customer Services: 03000 200 190
Email: customerservices@dbs.gov.uk
Website: www.gov.uk/dbs
Further information – Barring:
Helpline: 03000 200 190
Email: Contactus@dbs.gov.uk
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dbsgovuk/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DBSGovUK
Financial Abuse
Identifying, preventing and responding to financial abuse guidance: https://www.newcastlesafeguarding.org.uk/identifying-preventing-and-responding-to-financial-abuse-guidance/
Newcastle Treatment and Recovery Service
Identification and Brief Advice (drugs and alcohol)
The alcohol AUDIT Tool (a comprehensive 10 question alcohol harm screening tool. It was developed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and modified for use in the UK and has been used in a variety of health and social care settings): https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/684823/Alcohol_use_disorders_identification_test__AUDIT_.pdf
If you are interested in further training around drugs and alcohol, please contact Andy Hackett: andy.hackett@newcastle.gov.uk
Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS)
Social Care Institute of Excellence information: https://www.scie.org.uk/mca/lps
Social Care Institute of Excellence video on the implementation of LPS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtzUzKLMN-M
Cyber Protect
HMRC Phishing Scams: https://www.gov.uk/topic/dealing-with-hmrc/phishing-scams
Get Safe Online website: https://www.getsafeonline.org/
North East Regional Cyber Crime Unit website: https://nerccu.police.uk/
To get in touch with Northumbria Police’s Cyber Team: cyberadvice@northumbria.pnn.police.uk
Self-Neglect
Newcastle’s Self Neglect Guidance – https://www.newcastlesafeguarding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Self-Neglect-Guidance-Newcastle-FINAL.pdf
North Tyneside SAR (Leigh) – https://my.northtyneside.gov.uk/sites/default/files/web-page-related-files/NTSAB%20SAR-%20Leigh_0.pdf
Sunderland SARs (Alan and Eva) – http://www.sunderlandsab.org.uk/?page_id=163
MCA Code of Practice – https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mental-capacity-act-code-of-practice
MCA Training – https://www.newcastlesafeguarding.org.uk/training/mental-capacity-act-assessment-training/
Active Inclusion Partnership ( information for professionals and volunteers – financial inclusion) – https://www.newcastle.gov.uk/services/welfare-benefits/welfare-rights-and-money-advice/information-professionals-and-volunteers
Adult M Appreciative Inquiry 7 minute briefing – https://www.newcastlesafeguarding.org.uk/resources/adult-m-7-minute-briefing/
Criminal Exploitation
Criminal Exploitation flowchart – https://www.newcastlesafeguarding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Criminal-Exploitation-Flowchart-FINAL-October-2021-1.pdf
Safeguarding Transition Protocol – https://www.newcastlesafeguarding.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Safeguarding-Transition-Protocol-FINAL-April-2017.pdf
The National County Lines Coordination Centre have some films on County Lines and Modern Slavery – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3yY_GgyH6-cIM9DPY7JUpw
You can download the above as a handout:
We will continue to promote safeguarding adults messages throughout the year, ensuring that people know that safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility and that there is no excuse for adult abuse.