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'No Secrets' Consultation

The Department of Health, the Home Office and the Ministry of Justice have launched the national consultation on the review of the No Secrets guidance.
The consultation is for everyone - it has questions for social workers, and housing officers, for police officers and for lawyers. It has questions for members of the public and for service users.

For more information please click here

PRESS RELEASE - Keeping Vulnerable Adults Safe

The County Council have sent out a press release following the Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Select Committee meeting on Wednesday 22nd October 2008.  To read this press release in full click here.

Did you know..?

• Did you know that from the 4th August 2008 The Adult Protection Unit will be known as Safeguarding Adults and Mental Capacity Act Team. The new name reflects the move in terminology and focus, from Adult Protection to Safeguarding Adults, along with the addition of the new Mental Capacity Senior Practitioners to our Team.
• Did you know that the National Info and Links page gets updated regularly, providing information and tools that you may find useful when working with vulnerable adults?  Recent additions include information from Valuing People on Hate Crime, Protection of Vulnerable Adults List-Final Report, Independent Safeguarding Authority Newsletters and Frequently Asked Questions about the Deprivation of Liberty.  To view this and other information visit the National Info and Links page now!

Safeguarding Manager Training - Places Still Available

Places are still available on our Safeguarding Managers Course which is aimed at Team Managers in Adult Social Care and Health within the City and County Councils and Managers of Integrated Teams.
For more information, dates, venues and to download an application form click here.

East Midlands Adult Social Care Joint Improvement Partnership

Wednesday 5th November 2008, Trent Vineyard, Lenton Lane, Nottingham

The East Midlands Adult Social Care Joint Improvement Partnership Plan includes a work stream on Safeguarding supported by the Safeguarding Programme Board. This work will be launched together with the Formal Consultation within the Regional on the No Secrets Review.
For more information and the application form click here. 

Annual General Meeting of the Public Guardian Board

Tuesday 7th October 2008, Central London

The Public Guardian Board is an independent body set up to scrutinise and review the way in which the Public Guardian discharges his functions. 

(The Public Guardian is supported by the Office of the Public Guardian and is responsible for a range of services that help protect people who lack the mental capacity to make their own decisions.) 

The Board is holding its first annual public meeting in central London on 7 October 2008, and would like to invite members of the public who have an interest in the work of the Public Guardian and his Office, to share their views about these services.

Places at the meeting are limited, and if members of the public would like to attend, they should contact the Secretariat to the Public Guardian Board as soon as possible on:

Email :publicguardianboard@publicguardian.gsi.gov.uk
Tel : 020 7664 7235

Forced Marriage Statutory Guidance Consultation

The Forced Marriage Statutory Guidance Consultation has been launched, and the closing date for response to the consultation is 15th October 2008

The Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007 provides for the government to issue statutory guidance setting out responsibilities of all agencies dealing with forced marriage issues.

This consultation is the opportunity for practitioners and the public to comment on the draft guidance. This lays out statutory requirements that agencies must have regard to when tackling this issue, which will build on their existing responsibilities to protect children and vulnerable adults. This guidance will play a key role in the fight against forced marriage. It will make sure victims and potential victims receive the response and support they need.

We would encourage everyone to respond as fully as possible to the questions it as, so we can ensure that the guidance is as effective as it possibly can be.

You can download the consultation and respond to it electronically at www.fco.gov.uk/fmconsultation

If you have any questions relating to this guidance, or if you require a hard copy or a copy in another format (e.g. Braille, large font or audio) please contact the Forced Marriage Unit at fmconsultation@fco.gov.uk

Ann Craft Trust Conference 2008

Safeguarding Across the Generations

The Ann Craft Trust's Annual Conference will be held on Wednesday 19th November 2008.  The focus this year is on safeguarding across the board, from children to adults.  The conference will include keynote presentations from Sir Roger Singleton, Professor Olive Stevenson and Alison Brammer.  It will be of interest to all professionals working with disabled children and vulnerable adults in the statutory, independent and voluntary sectors.

For more details or to apply, follow the link below:

Ann Craft Trust Conference 2008 Information and Application Form (WORD.doc)

Training for Trainers

For 2008/2009 we will be providing 2 training programmes for Train the Trainers.

Programme 1

For those staff that will be delivering awareness/alerter training in their own organisations.

Programme 2

For those staff that will be part of a multi agency training team, and will deliver Referrer training to a multi agency audience.

To apply for one of the above programmes, please contact:
Tina Lowe, Training Co-ordinator, Safeguarding Adults and Mental Capacity Act Team (SAMCAT), Chadburn House, Weighbridge Road, Mansfield, Notts. NG18 1AH.
Telephone: 01623 473225

E-mail: tina.lowe@nottscc.gov.uk