SSCP Communications Update - December 2024

• Interactive webinars - Learning from Case Reviews in Shropshire
  • Understanding Intrafamilial Domestic Abuse Learning Events
  • Domestic abuse related deaths: Homicide and Suicide Learning Events
  • Domestic abuse Learning Events – Why do men not come forward?
• Self-Neglect Guidance Free Webinars
• Learning from Case Reviews – The Voice of the Person
• The Move to tri.x – Initial Communication for Frontline Practitioners
• The SSCP Website – People’s Stories
• Understanding Right-Wing Extremist Narratives
• The Unseen Men Learning Briefing
• Learning from Safeguarding Adult Reviews in Shropshire
• National Safeguarding Adults Week 2024 Events – UPDATED
• Save the Date – Ending Youth Violence Conference
• Parenting Team – Solihull Approach Training Offer
• Welfare Support Team Christmas Opening Hours
• Single and Multi-Agency Chronology Guidance
• Young Carers Learning Briefing
• Have you got something you want to share?

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Interactive webinars - Learning from Case Reviews in Shropshire – Free to attend

People in Shropshire have died, and it’s important that we learn from these cases and understand what we can all do to prevent further serious harm and deaths.

You are invited to book onto one of our one hour practitioner learning events. There are three different one-hour webinars which will be repeated between January and March 2025, which are intended to increase your knowledge, understanding and how you can make a difference in your everyday practice.

You can click on the links to register and add the date to your calendar or you can go through our Learning & Development page for information on the subjects of these learning events as well as any other courses that we are running at this time.

Please book on to these free learning events and share this update far and wide. We look forward to seeing you there.

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Understanding Intrafamilial Domestic Abuse Learning Events

These Learning Events are taking place on the following dates:

• Thursday 23rd Jan 10:00 – 11:00
• Wednesday 12th Feb 12:00 – 13:00
• Tuesday 4th March 13:30 – 14:30

Please book on to these free learning events and share this update far and wide.

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Domestic abuse related deaths: Homicide and Suicide Learning Events

These Learning Events are taking place on the following dates:

• Tuesday 28th Jan 10:00 – 11:00
• Tuesday 18th Feb 12:00 – 13:00
• Wednesday 12th March 13:30 – 14:30

Please book on to these free learning events and share this update far and wide.

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Domestic abuse Learning Events – Why do men not come forward?

These Learning Events are taking place on the following dates:

• Wednesday 5th February 10:00 – 11:00
• Thursday 27th Feb 12:00 – 13:00
• Thursday 20th March 13:30 – 14:30

Please book on to these free learning events and share this update far and wide.

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Self-Neglect Guidance Free Webinars

FREE webinar 1 hour – Responding to Self-Neglect in Shropshire

Book on to a free webinar which will cover responding to self-neglect in Shropshire and looking at the guidance and tools that are available.

You can find further information through the SSCP website.

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Learning From Case Reviews – The Voice of the Person

SSCP are inviting you to attend a 90-minute interactive webinar that’s free to attend. Sharing the learning from case reviews in Shropshire where there has been significant harm or death.

The focus will be hearing the voice of the person. The aim is to identify and share good practice when the adult or child's voice has been heard, and what we can do differently when we haven’t heard their voices.

This webinar is taking place on Wednesday the 29th of January 2025 between 10:00am and 11:30am and you can book your place via the SSCP website.

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The Move to tri.x – Initial Communication for Frontline Practitioners

The web link for West Midlands Regional Safeguarding Children Procedures website will change in early 2025.  We are working closely with the new provider (Tri.x) to ensure that the new website includes information from our current procedures that are specific to the West Midlands and that all procedures are compliant with Working Together 2023.

The changes will affect practitioners working in the following local authority areas: Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Herefordshire, Sandwell, Shropshire, Solihull, Stoke on Trent, Telford and Wrekin, Walsall, Warwickshire, Wolverhampton and Worcestershire. If you are a practitioner working in one of these areas, you will need to access procedures via a new link which will be shared with you in due course.

It is very important that all partner agencies take a co-ordinated approach to raising awareness of the change within their organisations. It should be noted that existing shortcuts to the outgoing platform which have been set up on desktops or mobile phones will need to be changed.  In addition, arrangements will need to be made to change links currently hosted on staff intranets and other websites. You will receive communication in due course with clear dates for go-live as well as a link to the new procedures site.

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The SSCP Website – People’s Stories

As we continue to improve the SSCP website, we’ve seen that the “People’s Stories” page has not been updated in some time. If you have a story that you feel would be appropriate to share on the site, then please let us know at sscpbusinessunit@shropshire.gov.uk – please put “People’s Stories” in the subject header and we can add this quickly to share these stories across the Partnership.

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Understanding Right-Wing Extremist Narratives

A FREE training session will be held on Monday 27th January 2025 @3-5pm via Microsoft teams

In partnership with the DFE, Telford and Wrekin and Shropshire are hosting this FREE online training session “Extreme Right Wing Counter Terrorism Local Profile”, delivered by the DFE regional Prevent lead Sheri Alamgir.

“We know that both the arrest data and Prevent referral date highlights that the age of individuals being radicalised is getting younger and given some of the recent events locally, nationally and internationally it is more important than ever that we are all vigilant and aware of the narrative used by extremists to groom young people and be confident in reporting these.”

This online training session will be delivered by Sheri Alamgir, DFE Regional Prevent Education Co-ordinator for the West Midlands, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and West Mercia. The training session provides delegates with knowledge that will support them in fulfilling their role within the Prevent Duty and links with our counter terrorism local profile.

Please email cpdschool.improvement@telford.gov.uk to book a place on this training session, please provide your name, role and email address in order for the link for this session to be shared with you.

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The Unseen Men Learning Briefing

The Unseen Men Learning Briefing, which was undertaken following a Local Child Safeguarding Case Review, has now been published and can be found on our Learning from Local Child Safeguarding Case Reviews page. 

You can also find webinars on Unseen Men on the SSCP website

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Learning from Safeguarding Adult Reviews in Shropshire

Three new Learning Briefings from Safeguarding Adult Reviews have now been published on the SSCP website:

• The Sophie Learning Briefing
• The Arthur Learning Briefing and;
• The Mental Health Act 13(4) Learning Briefing

You can find them by following the links above or by visiting the Learning from Shropshire Safeguarding Adult Reviews page on the SSCP website.

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National Safeguarding Adults Week 2024 Events - UPDATED

More videos from National Safeguarding Adults Week 2024 are now available to watch back on YouTube.    

Over the week we addressed:

• Exploitation
• Establishing Professional Boundaries
• Reducing inappropriate medication for people within the Learning Disability and/or Autism Community
• Learning from Safeguarding Adults Reviews and Domestic Homicide Reviews (to be added) and
• Responding to Hoarding       

You can access the Playlist and local animations here

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Save the Date – Ending Youth Violence Conference

The Children’s Society Steer Clear Service and West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner are excited to announce that on Tuesday 25^th February 2025 we will be hosting an Ending Youth Violence Conference, from 10am until 3.30pm, at Six Ways Stadium, Worcestershire. 
 

The day will be filled with learning on responding to youth violence, and opportunities to connect with colleagues across West Mercia.  There will be no cost to attend. 

The Children’s Society shall send full invites in the new year and give Partners the ability to register their attendance online.

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Parenting Team – Solihull Approach Training Offer

The Solihull Approach model combines three theoretical concepts, containment (psychoanalytic theory), reciprocity (child development) and behaviour management (behaviourism). It provides a framework for thinking for a wide range of professionals working with families with babies, children and young people. This evidence-based approach can be used in one-to-one interventions and group work. It can be helpful as an early intervention model and is also used in preventative work or where difficulties are already present.

To book a place or to make an enquiry please contact us:

Tel: 01743 250950 or E-mail: parenting.team@shropshire.gov.uk

Training is free

Training is delivered virtually, unless a venue is specified next to the date

Courses will not go ahead if we do not meet a minimum number, delegates will be informed of this decision 1-2 weeks prior to the planned date.

Specific training delivering to whole teams, schools or services can be arranged, either virtually or face to face, to meet your requirements.  Please get in touch with Nadine.last@shropshire.gov.uk to discuss your needs.

What professionals have said about our training:

‘Very motivating and looking forward to putting this into practice.’

‘Very informative course, I feel that I understand the kids I work with a lot better now.’

‘Really useful and thought provoking.’

‘One of the best training sessions I have ever been on, relaxed, all very informative and relevant.’

‘I never knew the teenage brain was doing all that, really helpful for my work, but also great to know as a mum!’

‘The training has made me think differently about how I support families, a great day, thank you.’

You can find further information on the SSCP website here.

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Welfare Support Team Christmas Opening Hours – 0345 678 9078

This team administers Local Welfare Provision funding that can help people to meet their essentials living costs.  You can find more information on what the team does here.

Their opening hours over the Christmas period are as follows:

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Single and Multi-Agency Chronology Guidance

This guidance is designed to be used when writing a report on behalf of your agency – this guidance applies to all agencies working with children and/or adults and their families.

You can find the guidance on the Child Protection Procedures for the West Midlands webpage as well as the Neglect Screening Tool and the Practitioner Support Pack.

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Young Carers Learning Briefing

The Midlands Partnership NHS University Foundation Trust have developed a Learning Briefing on Young Carers, detailing what a young carer is, what they do and how they can be supported. You can find the Learning Briefing on the SSCP website as well as other Learning Briefings based on the learning from Local Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews & Rapid Reviews on the SSCP website.  

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Have you got something you want to share?

If there is anything that you would like included the Business Unit communication update going forward, or something you think should be linked to or shared on the website, then please let us know by e-mailing SSCPBusinessunit@shropshire.gov.uk and please include “Newsletter” or “Website” in the subject of the e-mail.

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