Swindon Safeguarding Partnership

5 February 2025 0915-1630

Training delivered in a virtual classroom on Zoom.

• Guidance for SBC staff on joining a Zoom meeting

This one-day virtual workshop draws on research evidence and evidence from safeguarding adult reviews (SARs) to explore how good outcomes can be achieved in work with people who self-neglect. It demonstrates how strong understanding of this evidence base can assist in addressing the key challenges of practice and help all agencies to work together in effective interventions.

Course content is delivered using powerpoint presentation, video input, large and small group discussion, work on case studies and other exercises. Participants receive a workbook containing background materials, further details of the research and SAR learning, and additional resources to support practice.

Target group

This specialist module is suitable for practitioners who need an in-depth understanding of self-neglect and hoarding behaviours.

It will be particularly relevant if you work in a role where you may be required to assess the needs of people who self-neglect and/or exhibit hoarding behaviours, to undertake risk assessments, to plan interventions using appropriate legal powers and duties (including safeguarding), to promote effective multiagency working and to provide long-term support.

This may include practitioners working directly with individuals, operational managers, supervisors or those with specialist roles (such as safeguarding lead) within their agency.

Please note: We offer both core and specialist modules on safeguarding and self-neglect/hoarding behaviours, targeting different audiences.

You do not need to complete the core module before completing the specialist module. The course content for each module draws on the same source material, but in the specialist module is covered in more depth, along with additional content and further discussion opportunities.

If you are unsure which module to attend, please review the course information below.

About this course

This training draws on research evidence and evidence from safeguarding adult reviews (SARs) to explore how good outcomes can be achieved in work with people who self-neglect. It demonstrates how strong understanding of this evidence base can assist in addressing the key challenges of practice and help all agencies to work together in effective interventions.

The course content is delivered using PowerPoint presentation, video input, large and small group discussion, work on case studies and other exercises. Participants receive a workbook containing background materials, further details of the research and SAR learning, and additional resources to support practice.

Aims and objectives

1. To explore the key challenges that face practitioners working with people who self-neglect:
   • To promote understanding of the signs, symptoms, causes and lived experience of self-neglect
   • To consider how to balance competing ethical principles: autonomy vs. protection
   • To recognise the significance of mental capacity and ensure robust assessment

2. To enable practitioners and managers to understand and manage the key challenges of the organisational and interagency context in which self-neglect work takes place:
   • To consider organisational features that can help or hinder the achievement of good outcomes
   • To set out and evaluate the markers of good multiagency collaboration
   • To understand and apply the legal powers and duties available to different agencies

£85

This charge will apply if your agency is required to pay.

More information about fees and whether your agency is required to pay: Training programme information and frequently asked questions

To book a place on this course, click on the link below:

• 5 February 2025

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