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Language 7 minute briefing

Cuckooing briefing

Modern Day Slavery briefing

Northumbria Missing Adults protocol

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Self-neglect briefing

Self-neglect 7 minute briefing - Overview

Self-neglect 7 minute briefing – Alcohol and substance misuse

Self-neglect 7 minute briefing – Engagement

Self-neglect 7 minute briefing – Hoarding

Self-neglect 7 minute briefing – Self-care

Self-neglect 7 minute briefing – Homelessness

Self-neglect 7 minute briefing - Trauma

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKLzuQBvpFY

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Northumberland Safeguarding Transitions Protocol

Mate/Hate crime 7 minute briefing

Professional Curiosity 7 minute briefing

Tricky Friends animation

Caring about Adversity, Resilience and Empowerment (CARE) in Northumberland – 7 minute guide

CARE Northumberland animation

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Northumberland County Council - Northumberland Children and Adults Safeguarding Partnership

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The Northumberland Children and Adults Safeguarding Partnership (NCASP) oversees the work undertaken in Northumberland to safeguard and promote the welfare of adults, children, young people and their families.

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Safeguarding Adults Week 21 to 25 November 2022 Planner - N'land

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Today is day one of the @AnnCraftTrust #SafeguardingAdultsWeek and the focus is on exploitation and county lines.

County lines can refer to gangs and organised criminal networks involved in exporting illegal drugs into areas across the UK. They are likely to exploit children and adults at risk and will often use coercion, intimidation and violence.

Research indicates that lockdown has increased the number of people at risk of exploitation. This is largely due to economic concerns and increased isolation.

Learn how to spot the signs that someone is at risk of exploitation, and how to respond effectively.

#SafeguardingAdultsWeek

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21 – 27 November is national Safeguarding Adults Week where organisations across the country come together to raise awareness of important safeguarding adults issues.

Northumberland Children and Adults Safeguarding Adults Partnership (NCASP) is a group of agencies who work together to protect children and adults with care and support needs from abuse and neglect.

We hope the week will enable more organisations and individuals to feel confident in recognising signs of abuse and neglect and recording and reporting safeguarding concerns.

Each day of the week we will focus on a different safeguarding theme to explore how we can respond to contemporary safeguarding challenges.

Monday – Exploitation and County Lines

Tuesday – Self-neglect

Wednesday – Creating Safer Organisational Cultures

Thursday – Elder Abuse

Friday – Domestic Abuse in Tech-Society

Saturday & Sunday – Safeguarding in Everyday Life

For more information visit:
https://www.anncrafttrust.org/events/safeguarding-adults-week-2022/

#SafeguardingAdultsWeek #SAW2022

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Self-neglect is when a person neglects to care for their own personal health, hygiene, or surroundings. It
can involve a refusal to seek medical assistance.
Find out more about safeguarding in Northumberland here: https://nland.cc/B3Xg
#SafeguardingAdultsWeek

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If you are concerned about a vulnerable adult who is at risk of neglect or abuse in Northumberland please contact:

Onecall:  01670 536 400
Text phone: 01670 536 844
Email: safeguardingreferrals@northumberland.gov.uk

You should always call 999 in an emergency - for example when someone’s life is at risk or someone is seriously injured or critically ill.

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Safeguarding means protecting an adult's right to live in safety, free from abuse and neglect.

It is about people and organisations working together to prevent and stop both the risks and experience of abuse or neglect. At the same time it is essential that we make sure the person's views, wishes, feelings and beliefs are a key part of deciding on any action.

From 1 April 2015 Safeguarding Adults is underpinned by The Care Act 2014. This calls for effective multi agency working to ensure that adults at risk of harm are safeguarded within our communities.

An adult at risk is defined by The Care Act 2014 as a person who:

Has needs for care and support (whether or not the authority is meeting any of those needs)

Is experiencing, or at risk of, abuse or neglect

and as a result of those needs is unable to protect himself or herself against the abuse or neglect or the risk of it.

Abuse and Neglect

The Care Act 2014 identifies the following categories of abuse and neglect that should be included within Safeguarding Adult policy and procedures.

Abuse may be a single act or repeated acts of suspected, disclosed or witnessed abuse or neglect.

It may be:

Physical abuse, including hitting, slapping, pushing, kicking, misuse of medication, restraint, or inappropriate sanctions.

Sexual abuse, including rape and sexual assault or sexual exploitation or acts to which the vulnerable adult has not consented, or could not consent or was pressured into consenting.

Psychological abuse, including emotional abuse, threats of harm or abandonment, deprivation of contact, humiliation, blaming, controlling, intimidation, coercion, harassment, verbal abuse, isolation or withdrawal from services or supportive networks.

Financial or material abuse, including theft, fraud, exploitation, pressure in connection with wills, property or inheritance or financial transactions, or the misuse or misappropriation of property, possessions or benefit.

Neglect and acts of omission, including ignoring medical or physical care needs, failure to provide access to appropriate health, social care or educational services, the withholding of the necessities of life, such as medication, adequate nutrition and heating.

Discriminatory abuse, including forms of harassment, slurs or similar treatment because of race, gender and gender identity, age, disability, sexua orientation or religion.

Organisational abuse, including everything from individual acts of very poor professional practice to pervasive ill treatment, gross misconduct and systemic failure across a service.

Domestic abuse, including psychological, physical, sexual, financial, emotional abuse and "honour" based violence.

Modern day slavery, encompasses slavery, human trafficking, forced labour and domestic servitude.

Self-neglect, this covers a wide range of behaviours, including neglecting to care for one's personal hygiene, health or surroundings and includes behaviours such as hoarding.

Radicalisation, the abusive process whereby adults with care and support needs are radicalised.

Abuse can happen anywhere - in a person's own home, a public place, care homes, hospitals, day centres or in the community. Anyone can neglect or abuse - family members, friends, neighbours, social workers, health staff, carers, volunteers and strangers. Stopping abuse or neglect is everyone's responsibility and anyone can raise a concern.
If you or someone you know is being abused or neglected please report it.

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Northumberland County Council - Safeguarding adults

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Safeguarding means protecting an adult's right to live in safety, free from abuse and neglect. It is about people and organisations working together to prevent and stop both the risks and experience of abuse or neglect. At the same time it is essential that we make sure the person's views, wishes, feelings and beliefs are a key part of deciding on any action.

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Northumberland Children and Adults Safeguarding Partnership

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The Northumberland Children and Adults Safeguarding Partnership (NCASP) oversees the work undertaken in Northumberland to safeguard and promote the welfare of adults, children, young people and their families.

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Northumberland County Council - Northumberland Children and Adults Safeguarding Partnership

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The Northumberland Children and Adults Safeguarding Partnership (NCASP) oversees the work undertaken in Northumberland to safeguard and promote the welfare of adults, children, young people and their families.

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In order for safeguarding to work effectively we need people to understand what it is, why it's relevant to them and what they should do in the future should they suspect abuse is occurring.

We have been working in collaboration with a variety of professionals who are, in one way and another, involved or responsible for safeguarding. From charity organisations, local churches to professional magicians and voluntary organisations, we asked a handful of our peers to help us explain what Safeguarding is.

The Ann Craft Trust would like to thank the following people and organisations for their participation in this video.

If you would like to know more about Safeguarding click here

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What is abuse?

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Speaking up about abuse

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Safeguarding Adults Week 2022 takes place Monday 21- Sunday 27 November.

It's an opportunity for organisations to come together to raise awareness of important safeguarding issues. The aim is to start vital conversations and share best practice, so we can all be better together.

Each day we'll be focusing on a different safeguarding theme to explore how we respond to contemporary safeguarding challenges. Learn more about the themes for the week!

Below are some resources to help you raise awareness and start conversations online. We'll be updating this page in the months leading up to the week. So do check back periodically - or sign up to receive email updates here.

If you are based in Wales, Safeguarding Week is running from 16 - 20 November. The Ann Craft Trust are running a free event 'Safeguarding Adults in Sport in Wales - Putting Policies and Procedures Into Practice' as part of the week. The North Wales Safeguarding Board have a range of resources on their site available in English and Welsh.

Safeguarding Adults Week- Events

To raise awareness during the week, we have a range of training sessions taking place. Join us to develop your safeguarding practice!

Safeguarding Adults Week 2022 Posters

To give a short introduction to the various safeguarding themes, we've prepared posters for each day of the week:

Social Media - Tweet Templates and Ideas

We've created a list of ideas you might share on social media throughout the week, with some tweet templates to get you started.
Download our Sample Social Media Schedule for Safeguarding Adults Week 2022
We've also produced a range of graphics on this page that you can share on social media. Click on the images below for full-size versions.

Monday: Exploitation and County Lines

Tuesday: Self-Neglect

The term "self-neglect" covers a wide range of behaviour neglecting to care for one's personal hygiene, health or surroundings.

Wednesday: Creating Safer Organisational Cultures

Thursday: Elder Abuse

Friday: Domestic Abuse in Tech-Society

This day marks the start of 16 Days of Action for Violence Against Women and Girls. So to support this campaign, we are raising awareness of the role technology has in exacerbating instances of domestic abuse.

Refuge has published resources to support people at risk of tech-abuse.

UCL have illustrated how smart devices present new risks for victims of domestic violence & abuse.

SafeLives have produced a guide for practitioners to support them to have conversations with adults at risk about using technology safely.

Explore our introduction to digital safeguarding guide which explains what digital safeguarding is and provides tips and advice for staying safe online.

AVA, CAST and Comic Relief collaborated on a comprehensive Digital Safeguarding Resources Pack.

Saturday and Sunday: Safeguarding in Everyday Life

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Safeguarding Adults Week 2022 - Links, Resources and More - Ann Craft Trust

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Download your free Safeguarding Adults Week 2022 resources below. Safeguarding Adults Week 2022 takes place Monday 21- Sunday 27 November. It's an opportunity for organisations to come together to raise awareness of important safeguarding issues. The aim is to start vital conversations and share best practice, so we can all be better together.

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This ' Tricky Friends' animation, originally produced by Norfolk Safeguarding Adults Board, has been adapted for Northumberland and North Tyneside.

It has been developed with groups who support people with learning disabilities and autism, to help understand what good friendships are, when they might be harmful, and what they can do.

It can be used by carers, family, professionals and organisations.

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'Tricky Friends' - Northumberland Safeguarding Adults

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Safeguarding Matters: listen to our podcasts

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We've called it "Safeguarding Matters", for two reasons. First, we plan to discuss all things safeguarding. Second, safeguarding certainly does matter!

In each episode your host, Nicola Dean, will meet with a special guest to chat about some aspect of safeguarding.

Do you work in safeguarding? Whether with adults, children, or in sport, we'd like to hear from you! If you want to appear on our podcast to bring light to an issue close to you, get in touch.

Episode 25: Safeguarding in Premier League Football

Nicola chats to Sally Ann Bolton, Safeguarding Consultant at The Premier League, and Lisa Carter, Head of Safeguarding at Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club. They discuss how the six principles of safeguarding work at Premier League level. The Premier League is a regulating body, and their safeguarding team is there to ensure that anyone can enjoy football in a safe and healthy way.

Episode 24: Safeguarding in British Wrestling

Nicola talks to Lucy Cave, Head of Communications for Progress Wrestling and Nona Mirana, a Safeguarding Officer within British Professional Wrestling. They discuss the specific safeguarding concerns that exist within the world of professional wrestling. They also talk about the #SpeakingOut campaign, addressing allegations of sexual misconduct in British wrestling.

Episode 21: Safeguarding and the RYA

Katie and Andrea discuss the challenges of designing and implementing safeguarding policies and procedures. They also discuss some of their plans for making safeguarding more relatable for people involved in sailing sports and activities, including their "What To Do If You're Worried" resource.

Episode 19: The Warm and Welcoming Community of Flyerz Hockey

In this episode of Safeguarding Matters, Nicola talks to Francis Bridgeman, the head of Tunbridge Wells Flyerz.

This is a hockey club for people with physical or learning disabilities or difficulties. Francis first launched the club in 2017. Five or six people turned up to the first session. Now the club has around 25 members, and the whole thing feels like a close-knit family.

Nicola chats with Nick Slinn from the CPSU, and ACT CEO Deborah Kitson about a long and fruitful partnership. ACT and the CPSU have been working together for some years now to help spread awareness and best practice about safeguarding in sport. Here they talk about how the partnership came to be, before exploring why the work they're doing is so important. They also spend some time discussing what the future might hold for this partnership.

Episode 13: Safeguarding Elite Athletes In Sport

Nicola Dean talks to our new Safeguarding Adults in Sport Manager Kimberley Walsh - who's here to focus on safeguarding elite athletes in sport. Kimberley's a former elite athlete, so she's well-placed to lead this new project. In this podcast, she talks to Nicola about her background and her plans for her role. She also explains the difference between Sport England and UK Sport.

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2. Organisations, Professionals and Adult Social Care Staff

See: Disclosure and Raising a Concern Procedure.

This sets out how to recognise abuse, what to do if an adult discloses abuse, how to determine immediate action and preserve evidence, and how to raise a concern to the local authority.

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https://www.northumberland.gov.uk/Children/Safeguarding.aspx

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Northumberland County Council - Safeguarding children

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We all have a statutory responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people.

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‘It is our vision to work together and provide added value across the safeguarding system, to improve practice and outcomes, and safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people, adults and their families in our community.‘

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During National Safeguarding week, Caring about Adversity, Resilience and Empowerment in Northumberland (C.A.R.E Northumberland) is a key focus.

The aim is to raise awareness around the importance for healthy relationships within families to help Northumberland’s children, young people and adults build resilience; learning to communicate better with one another and their support networks and gain a wider understanding of how something that takes place during childhood can have a huge impact in adulthood.

C.A.R.E Northumberland seeks to bring together the work of the local authority, health, voluntary and partner organisations as well as local communities to help people at the earliest opportunity. It is about a life course approach – one which supports all no matter their experience.

We are committed to ensuring teams have access to training materials and support so that this can be embedded in everything we do, day in and out.

C.A.R.E Northumberland aspires to having a seamless and life course approach for residents from childhood through to adulthood. We all have a role to play.

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It’s day four of #SafeguardingAdultsWeek and @AnnCraftTrust are raising awareness of elder abuse.

Elder abuse is a single or repeated act, or lack of appropriate action, occurring within any relationship where there is an expectation of trust, which causes harm or distress to an older person.

Learn about how to spot the signs this #SafeguardingAdultsWeek through resources from @AnnCraftTrust

Find our more about safeguarding adults in Northumberland here: https://nland.cc/B3Xg

#SafeguardingAdultsWeek

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Promoting safer cultures is all about how organisations and individuals can take steps to minimise harm occurring in the first instance.

It’s also about embedding appropriate policies and procedures. In this way, people will know what to do if they have a concern to report. In addition, the organisation will have a plan in place for acting on concerns.

On this day we’ll focus on how to create open and safe cultures in organisations.

We’ll explore how to start difficult conversations about safeguarding adults. We will also explore how organisations and individuals can develop cultural competencies to respectfully respond to the needs of the diverse populations they are supporting.

For more information about safeguarding adults in Northumberland visit: https://nland.cc/B3Xg

#safeguardingadultsweek

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Technology can help to keep people safe. But abusers can also use technology to cause harm.

This day marks the start of 16 Days of Action for Violence Against Women and Girls. So to support this campaign, we are raising awareness of the role technology has in exacerbating instances of domestic abuse.

We will be exploring how you can spot the signs someone is at risk through technology. We’ll also explore how people can minimise the extent to which technology can be used against them in abuse cases.

Refuge has published resources to support people at risk of tech-abuse.

#domesticabuse #SAW2022 #SafeguardingAdultsWeek

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Saturday and Sunday: Safeguarding in Everyday Life

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Saturday and Sunday: Safeguarding in Everyday Life

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It’s day six of #SafeguardingAdultsWeek and the focus is on safeguarding in everyday life.

Safeguarding refers to measures designed to protect the health, wellbeing and human rights of individuals. These measures allow children, young people and adults at risk to live free from abuse, harm and neglect.

How can you make a difference?

Learn about the different types of harm and abuse

Discover how to spot the signs

Record any concerns you have

Report your concerns to your Local Authorities Safeguarding Board

Complete our Safeguarding Adults Checklist to develop your current understanding of safeguarding, and receive free bespoke resources to enhance your practice.

Check out @AnnCraftTrust to learn more. #SAW2022

Find out more about safeguarding adults in Northumberland
here: https://nland.cc/B3Xg

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Predatory Marriage poster

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Friday: Domestic Abuse in a Tech Society

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Child to Parent Violence and Abuse 7 minute briefing

Child to Parent Violence and Abuse pathway

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Northumberland Cost of Living Support Hub

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https://www.northumberland.gov.uk/Support.aspx

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Here's advice to help Northumberland families and individuals

Here you'll find information to support you, your family, friends, and neighbours, with the cost of living including payments that you may be eligible for and who to contact for support.

Northumberland Communities Together has a wide network of community spaces, places and people across our county that are here to support you.

If you would like to speak to someone, phone our Northumberland Communities Together response hub on 01670 620015 from 9am to 6pm 7 days a week or email NCT@northumberland.gov.uk.

If it is urgent

If you think someone may need immediate support, help or protection ring our emergency response line OneCall on 01670 536400 - 24/7, 365 days a year

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Here you'll find information to support you, your family, friends, and neighbours, with the cost of living including payments that you may be eligible for and who to contact for support. Northumberland Communities Together has a wide network of community spaces, places and people across our county that are here to support you.

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Safeguarding Adults Week Plan 2022 - Partner info and resources