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Learning from case reviews and audits - Vulnerability of under 1s

Provides an opportunity to consider the learning themes identified in reviews and audits and to reflect on how this impacts on your practice.

The themes identified include:

  • Suspected injuries to mobile and non-mobile babies
  • Brief Unresolved Events
  • ICON (a programme that provides information about infant crying and how to cope)
  • Working with Fathers
  • Impact of COVID-19

Video length: 1 hour 34 mins

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Domestic abuse in tech-society

Please note: When viewing the opening screen, it may show Managing Allegations. Disregard this as it is the recording for the DA in Tech-Society webinar. 

The themes identified incude:

  • Raising awareness of the role technology has in exacerbating instances of domestic abuse
  • What is tech abuse?
  • Spot the signs/indicators someone is at risk through technology
  • Minimise the extent to which technology can be used against victims to cause harm
  • Role of professionals to support survivors of tech-abuse

Video length: 1 hour 35 minutes

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Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)

The themes identified incude:

  • Improve understanding and knowledge of female genital mutilation, including the prevalence of FGM and barriers to reporting.
  • Examine professional roles and responsibilities for mandatory reporting of FGM.
  • Demonstrate knowledge regarding the use of Female Genital Mutilation Protection Orders (FGMPO’s)
  • To explain the local SSP procedure for resolving professional disagreements (Escalation Policy).

Video length: 1 hour

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SSP Conference

The theme of this event is exploitation of children and adults. The topics covered will be: 

  • the lived experience of those who have been exploited/carers of those who have been exploited
  • child exploitation/risk outside the home – Swindon approach
  • use of language and its impact on the professional response
  • learning from a local exploitation related safeguarding adult review 

Video length: Part 1 (before break) - 1 hour 37 minutes and Part 2 (after the break) - 1 hour 21 minutes

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Serious and organised crime

Serious and organised crime can happen anywhere and in all parts of society.

Wiltshire Police are fully committed to tackling serious and organised crime however, they cannot do it alone. It is all our responsibility to identify it and report it.

This video will take you through 7 scenarios which shows various types of serious and organised criminality which you could come across in your roles. Hopefully this video will provide you with a greater understanding of the indicators and what action you can take.

If you believe you have any information in relation to serious and organised criminality, you can report it online to Wiltshire Police.

If the person is in immediate danger or if a crime has been committed, contact Wiltshire Police on 101. In an emergency, call 999.

Video length: Approximately 14 minutes.

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If safeguarding concerns are identified please refer to the following local guidance:

Once you have watched this video, please complete this short survey – it will take about a minute to complete. 

Remembering Arthur and Star - recorded presentation

Health warning!

You may find some of the content of this session difficult due to the subject matter.

Please be aware that during this presentation we will be discussing issues which may have an impact on you. The presentation will feature real-life events where children were abused and subsequently died. 

If any of these issues upset you, or you have lived through an experience of abuse, you may not want to view all or parts of the session.   

Look after yourself and seek support available in your organisation. You can contact either your Line Manager, Human Resources, Care First or your Union.

About this webinar

This recording provides an opportunity for professionals to reflect on the learning themes from the national reviews into the deaths of Arthur and Star.

The overlapping learning themes from our local reviews will also be considered. 

Throughout this session there will be an opportunity to reflect on how this learning will impact on your practice.  

This recording will cover the following:

  • Summaries of the findings of the national review
  • How to apply the learning to local practice and key messages for Swindon
  • Consideration of whether this could happen in Swindon
  • Identifying how we apply changes to our own practice based on the learning from today, to improve outcomes for children in Swindon

It may be beneficial to discuss this as a team and complete some of the learning activities used in previous sessions.

Copies of the presentation, and relevant resources to assist you, are available below.

Evaluation:

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Video length: 1 hour 52 minutes

Swindon Domestic Abuse Forum - March 2024

This session on 1 March 2024 provided an opportunity for practitioners to receive updates on the following the work happening in Swindon regarding domestic abuse.

The themes identified include:

  • NSPCC ‘Speak Out Stay Safe Programme – Sarah Smith  NSPCC Schools Coordinator
  • Lived Experience Survey Preliminary Findings – Jo-Ann Smith  
  • Family Safeguarding Model Update 
  • Courts Process for Domestic Abuse Victims (Report findings) – Soroptimists 
  • Therapeutic Services for Victims of Sexual Violence and Assault - FearFree  
  • Update on Sixteen Days of Action – Lin Williams 

Video length:

  • Part 1 -  1 hour and 40 minutes
  • Part 2 -  30 minutes

Part 1

Part 2

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Spotlight on child neglect - March 2024

This spotlight event held on 12 March 2024 focused on child neglect. This is a learning theme frequently identified in both national and local child reviews.
The themes covered were relevant to professionals from across the safeguarding partnership, working with children and families.

The format of the session included:

  • learning from reviews
  • Swindon Safeguarding Partnership response to child neglect 
  • childrens services update
  • experts by experience
  • the relationship between poverty and neglect

Workshops

  • Professional curiosity
  • Having difficult conversations
  • Education – links to neglect

Below are the recordings for each session. They are separate recordings to allow you to review them individually or as a whole, which is recommended.

Welcome and learning from reviews – Part 1. Duration 33 minutes  

Swindon Safeguarding Partnership Response to Child Neglect - Part 2. Duration 17 minutes

Childrens Services update - Part 3. Duration 12 minutes

Experts by Experience and the Relationship between Poverty and Neglect - Part 4. Duration 48 minutes

Additional resources

Workshop recordings and presentations

Professional curiosity  

Video duration 28 minutes

Having difficult conversations

Video duration 28 minutes

Education – Links to neglect

Video duration 30 minutes

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Spotlight on self- neglect: Policy into practice – July 2024

This Spotlight event held on 9 July 2024 focused on the theme of self-neglect.

"Don’t judge me by the chapter you have walked in on. I have a past and a future and not defined by my current situation”.  Quote from Experts by Experience.

Safeguarding Adult Reviews (SARs) conducted in Swindon have highlighted that professionals face a big challenge in identifying and taking timely action on self-neglect.

This event is an opportunity to find out more about:

  • learning from Safeguarding Adult Reviews into practice
  • welfare and Safety Planning (identifying and assessing risk)
  • Swindon Safeguarding Partnership Multi-Agency Policy and Guidance on Responding to Self-Neglect
  • the voice of experts by experience
  • resources to support identification of self-neglect and reflection on key learning themes

This event is relevant for all frontline professionals and managers who work with adults.

Below are the recordings for each session. They are separate recordings to allow you to review them individually or as a whole, which is recommended.

Welcome, Learning from Reviews and remembering those from SAR’s – Part 1. Duration 40 minutes. 

Myth busting and self-neglect policy overview - Part 2. Duration 29 minutes

Introduction to Welfare and Safety Plan and Top Tips from Experts by Experience - Part 3. Duration 29 minutes.

Resources

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Children looked after and care experienced young people webinar

This webinar, held on 17 September 2024, focused on Children looked after and care experienced young people: who are they and what are their needs, and how best to support them. This is an awareness session and will be relevant to any professionals working with children looked after. For example, Police, CAMHS, GWH, Youth Services, Early Years settings, Youth Services, Youth Justice.

Aims and objectives:

  • To understand how children and young people become children looked after and care experience young people
  • To have a basic understanding of the legal framework including consent for example, different court orders that apply, parental responsibility
  • To have a greater understanding of the health needs of children looked after and care experienced young people including mental health
  • To understand how best to support children looked after
  • To understand the stigma children looked after and care experience young people face and how to address this

Below are the recordings for each session. They are separate recordings to allow you to review them individually or as a whole, which is recommended.

Part 1: Duration 46 minutes

Part 2: Duration 18 minutes

Additional resources

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Introduction to family safeguarding model

This online event, held on 24 September 2024, was facilitated by Juliana Tomegea, Practice Lead Safeguarding. Swindon Children’s Services.

It was an opportunity to find out more about the Swindon Family Safeguarding Model and included information about:

  • what is different about the family safeguarding model 
  • working with families
  • working with professionals 
  • improving outcomes for children and families

Below is the recording for the session.

Video duration: 43 minutes.

Additional resources

Practitioner forum – child neglect

This was the first of the Safeguarding Partnership’s quarterly online practitioner forum.

It was an opportunity to meet and talk with frontline practitioners to gain your views on what is feels like to work across Swindon, to hear about practice and support is available or might be needed. For this session the theme was child neglect. 

Find out more about future sessions by visiting the Practitioner forum course webpage. 

Below is the recording for the session.

Video duration: 1 hour and 4 minutes.

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Mental capacity assessment and best interest decision making

Mental capacity is a recurring theme in local safeguarding reviews for children and adults.

This is the first of four sessions, which focus on particular topics relating to mental capacity.  

The session will be relevant to frontline practitioners working with children, families and adults.

The session is practice focussed. You will develop knowledge in relation to completing Mental Capacity assessments and Best Interests Decision making to:

  • develop understanding of the principles of the MCA
  • be able to identify salient factors relevant to the decision
  • be able to identify what to document to ensure that assessments are legally robust
  • understand how to complete a best interests decision and how to document this

Below is the recording for the session.

Video duration: 1 hour and 23 minutes.

Additional resources

Understanding local pathways for supporting those impacted by child sexual abuse

This online event in October 2024 provided information about local support services for those impacted by child sexual abuse. It was facilitated by colleagues from Barnardo’s, CAMHS, FearFree, First Light, NSPCC, The Bridge, We Stand and Early Intervention Response, Swindon Borough Council.

The presentations included information about:  

  • local support services available
  • who can access the service 
  • how to access the service 

View the recordings and presentation slides below to find out more.

Health warning: Some of the content of the resources may be difficult to hear or read due to the subject matter. If this triggers or upsets you, please look after yourself and seek some support from colleagues in your agency or service, such as your Line Manager or Human Resources.  

At the start of the session we shared a Poem - I Wonder If You See Me - A Spoken Word Poem About Childhood Trauma. You can view the clip below.

Video length: 3 minutes (This comes with a trigger warning for anyone who has experienced any sort of trauma).

This poem was originally written to explain a bit about what it means to be trauma informed when working with children and young people who have been through tough stuff.

Recordings

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Self-neglect: Virtual conference hosted by B&NES, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW)

This conference held on 26 November 2024 focused on the theme of self-neglect.

"Don’t judge me by the chapter you have walked in on. I have a past and a future and not defined by my current situation”.  Quote from Experts by Experience.

Safeguarding Adult Reviews (SARs), conducted across BSW, show what we have learnt and could be used to make a difference when working with people who self-neglect. 

This is an opportunity to find out more about:

  • learning themes from local SARs
  • practical skills to assist when working with people with hoarding behaviour
  • promoting the resources to assess and evidence self-neglect concerns when working with an individual and their support networks
  • the Mental Capacity Act and Legal Literacy
  • health led case studies
  • the Voice of Experts by Experience

Overview of the conference

Morning session – see AM presentation slides in resources section below.

  • 9.30 to 9.45 – opening and scene setting  
  • 9.45 to 9.50 - myth buster quiz

Session 1: BSW Self Neglect Conference: Video length 25 minutes

  • 9.50 to 11.15 – Ian Potter Hoarders Helping Hoarders – session not recorded – presentation slides available below
  • 11.30 to 12.30 – BSW SAR Analysis presented by James Sawford - see additional handout below

Session 3: BSW Self Neglect Conference: Video length 1.03 minutes

Afternoon session – see PM presentation slides in resources section below.

  • 1.15 to 2.00 – SAR Robert presented by Dr Michelle Sharma – see separate presentation slides and handout below.

Session 4:  BSW Self Neglect Conference: Video length 48.48 minutes

  • 2.00 to 2.15 – Emily’s story – expert by experience – not recorded but you can access a written version of the presentation 'Self-neglect - Emily's story'
  • 2.15 to 2.45 – Welfare and Safety Plan presented by Faith Margle and Kati Wood - see resources links below 

Session 5: BSW Self Neglect Conference: Video length 24.54 minutes

  • 3.00 to 4.30 Legal Literacy - Mental Capacity Act presented by Tim Shearn and Leona McCalla. See presentation slides and MCA resource below

Session 6: BSW Self Neglect Conference: Video length 1.45 minutes

Additional resources

Welfare and safety plan and practitioner guidance 

All of the relevant documents can be found via the Multi-agency policy and guidance on responding to self-neglect (PDF)

B & NES resources 

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Caused Enquiries webinar November 2024

Safeguarding Adult Review (SAR) Frankie identified the need for a clear Caused Enquiry Guidance.

This is a bite sized session to support knowledge on the Caused Enquiry Guidance and how to complete a caused enquiry form. 

It is an opportunity to find out more about:

  • what a caused enquiry is
  • where to find the Caused Enquiry Guidance
  • understanding the expectations on the Local Authority and organisation being caused the enquiry
  • going through an example of a completed caused enquiry form to understand the expectations of completing one

Below is the recording for the session.

Video duration: 37:11 minutes.

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