SSAB Training Offer
Welcome to the Safeguarding Adults Board training offer
Taking part in learning and development is crucial to enabling practitioners to undertake their role effectively. Training supports practitioners to keep up to date with legislation, policy, procedures and guidance to protect adults with care and support needs from abuse and neglect. Training supports practitioners to be professionally curious when working with vulnerable people and ensures we work with dignity and in a respectful manner which in turn has a positive impact on people’s lives, families, and communities.
How to apply for places on SSAB courses
In this Offer you will find the training is divided into levels to provide agencies with clarity on which staff should undertake which courses. The list of staff roles are examples and is not an exhaustive list.
Before choosing your course:
- Check the target group of the course. If you are unsure you can discuss with your line manager or contact the Safeguarding Adults Training Administrator for more information.
- Make sure that learning outcomes are relevant to your role and responsibilities.
If you wish to attend any of our training session, it must be in agreement with your line manager or organisation.
Please note:
SSAB will assume the submission of the course booking as:
- Authorisation that an individual’s manager has agreed to their attendance.
- A formal commitment by an agency to attend training
- Agreement with Solihull Safeguarding Adult Boards Charging Policy for non-attendance.
Booking your place
For each course, you will find a link to book your place via Eventbrite. Once you are enrolled onto a course, you will receive an email confirming your place. Shortly before the course, you will receive an email reminding you of your place on the session. If you do not receive a confirmation email from SSAB, then you are not booked onto the session. If you are unsure if you are enrolled onto a session, email ssab@solihull.gov.uk who will be able to confirm for you.
Training Etiquette
In order to receive the best experience from the training sessions we are running, and to support other attendee’s experience, please can we request the following:
- Please ensure you log in on time to the session to avoid any disruption
- Please be ready to participate in discussions and within break-out sessions.
- Please can you have your camera on to support engagement levels within the session, for both, the trainer as well as with other attendees. This is particularly important when you are accessing a break-out room with the expectation that you are discussing questions prompted by the trainer.
Cancellation
Where possible delegates should cancel their booking through their account on Eventbrite. If you are unable to attend a session, you or your line manager must email ssab@solihull.gov.uk 48 hours (2 working days) prior to the training session. In the case of sickness, employees must advise their manager if they are unable to attend a training session. The employees’ manager must send cancellations by email to SSAB Business Team: ssab@solihull.gov.uk
Policy for non-attendance
The demand for training courses is high and provided within a limited training budget to support the safeguarding practice of multi-agency staff. Someone will be deemed as not attending if they do not attend a course on which they are booked, and where 48 hours’ notice (i.e., two working days) by email to ssab@solihull.gov.uk has not been received. Solihull Safeguarding Adults Board has agreed that where someone has not attended their booked training session, the representative for their organisation will be informed to follow up the reason for this. Should non-attendance at booked sessions continue to occur repeatedly with any organisation, the organisation may have their attendance at training restricted, in order to protect limited resources.
Below you will find a list of all the courses SSAB are currently running during 2023/24.
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Level: Awareness OR Intermediary
Date/Time:
- Tuesday 12th December 2023 – 10:00am to 1:00pm
Book Your Place:
Click on the date to book, via Eventbrite.
Trainer:
David Gell
About this Course:
A considerable proportion of safeguarding work relates to the abuse or neglect of people with care and support needs and children who are personally connected to each other. It involves abusive behaviour that can take the form of physical or sexual abuse, violent or threatening behaviour, controlling or coercive behaviour, economic abuse and psychological/emotional abuse. This session will look at the prevalence of domestic abuse linking this to local Safeguarding Adult Reviews. We will then explore and discuss the impact of domestic abuse on adults and children; look at the nature of domestic abuse in terms of breaking it down into what constitutes abusive behaviour (focusing on coercive control and behaviour). We then apply the learning into work practice through the use of real-life case studies. Other areas covered will be the role of the Independent Domestic Violence Advisor, Claire’s Law, Domestic Abuse Protection Notices and Orders and prevention models. Finally, the whole of the programme learning will be applied to local SARs
Learning Outcomes:
- An increased knowledge of domestic abuse and the impact on the victim and their family.
- Explore domestic abuse from a personal perspective and within the context of their own communities.
- Gained confidence in approaching situations where they suspect domestic abuse may be happening and adopt approached when conducting an enquiry.
- Gain an awareness of the local procedures and processes including: DASH (Safelives) Risk Assessment, the Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC), and the role of the Independent Domestic Violence Advisor (IDVA).
- The opportunity to apply learning to case study scenarios.
Delivery: Online, via Zoom
Level: Intermediary
Date/Time:
- Wednesday 24th January 2024 – 9:30am to 1:30pm
Book Your Place:
Click on the date to book, via Eventbrite.
Trainer:
About this Course:
With the introduction of economic abuse in the statutory definition of domestic abuse, the aim of this training is to raise awareness and understanding of economic abuse and provide an opportunity for learners to consider how they can contribute to the economic safety of victim-survivors.
Recognising and responding to economic abuse is aimed at a wide audience, including professionals and volunteers from domestic abuse charities, money/debt advice services, local authorities, the police, the housing sector, and the financial services, banking and insurance industries. It is suitable for anyone who may encounter
economic abuse or support victim-survivors in their role.
Learning Outcomes:
- Increased knowledge of economic abuse as described in the Domestic Abuse Act
- Increased knowledge of the difference between economic abuse operates and financial abuse
- New knowledge of how economic abuse operates within the context of domestic abuse
- Increased knowledge of the training, resources and support available from Surviving Economic Abuse
- Increased skill to recognise and respond to signs of economic abuse including post-separation abuse
- Increased skill to recognise the impact of economic abuse and its link with physical safety
- Increased motivation and confidence to respond to the impact of economic abuse on the victim-survivor
- Increased motivation and confidence in the belief that their work can minimise harm and make a difference to victim-survivors and their long-term economic safety
- Increased empathy and understanding of the challenges faced by victims of economic abuse
Delivery: Online, via Microsoft Teams
Level: Intermediary
Date/Time:
- Tuesday 13th February 2024 – 10:00am to 1:00pm
Book Your Place:
Click on the date to book, via Eventbrite.
Trainer:
David Gell
About this Course:
Taking a professionally curious approach within your practice will make you better placed to take appropriate and positive action to try and ensure someone’s safety and wellbeing. This session will help you develop a better understanding of someone’s situation and take into account their personal circumstances and vulnerabilities. To achieve this, we will look at previous reviews where professional curiosity was an emerging factor; explore what is professional curiosity, discuss what we need to bear in mind within our work practice; identify the presenting factors and barriers to professional curiosity and then apply the skills and learning to real case scenarios.
Learning Outcomes:
- Know what professional curiosity is in relation to safeguarding adults.
- Gain an insight into what needs to be considered in your work practice to ensure that you are professionally curious.
- Further develop skills in professional curiosity when working with adults with care and support needs.
- Apply the approach to case studies.
Delivery: Online, via Zoom
Level: Intermediary
Date/Time:
- Tuesday 5th March 2024 – 10:00am to 1:00pm
Book Your Place:
Click on the date to book, via Eventbrite.
Trainer:
David Gell
About this Course:
To equip staff with the skills and tools to focus safeguarding activity on the personalised outcomes desired by people with care and support needs who may have been abused
Learning Outcomes:
- Be able to confidently and clearly share safeguarding concerns with individuals, their families and the person who may be causing harm (Signs and Safety information
- Be able to work with and support individuals to identify the outcomes they want
- Be confident in assessing substantial difficulty for advocacy support
- Be able to empower individuals so they can actively participate and lead in their own safeguarding
- Be able to positively involve individuals in safeguarding meetings
- Understand the importance of seeking feedback so that we know what difference we have made
- Know what tools and information there is available to support an MSP approach
Delivery: Online, via Zoom