June 2023 Newsletter
Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Adult Safeguarding Partnership Board
In its Strategic Plan the SSASPB has two priorities under the headings of Prevention
and Engagement and promoting and seeking assurances in relation to Effective
Practice.
The purpose of this newsletter is to communicate the key messages relating to
those priorities in a style that is easy to read and absorb. In response to helpful
feedback the key points are listed in a bullet point format. It is written predominantly for all working with and supporting adults with care and support needs.
What the SSASPB is seeking to achieve
The SSASPB has a continuous focus on seeking assurances on the effectiveness of
practice in safeguarding adults in a variety of situations. From the sharing of information through partnership working it is clear that there is a lot of activity both at an organisational level and in multi-agency situations to identify learning from adverse experiences. The constant challenge – it is a big one – is to demonstrate and evidence that the necessary changes in practice needed in response to the learning
have been implemented to mitigate the potential for future recurrences.
The articles below seek to communicate learning from both the adverse and positive experiences of adults with care and support needs who have experienced
abuse or neglect including:
• Recurring themes from Safeguarding Adult Reviews and learning events – with a list of helpful prompts.
• Communicating with adults who may be cognitively impaired – practical tips arising from engagement with national project through Alcohol Change.
• The importance of ensuring that the voice of the adult is heard – a case study on the learning from the experiences of Mrs X.
• The findings of an audit of online abuse of adults with care and support needs
– this highlights the relatively small number of cases and that there may potentially be under reporting.
The newsletter concludes with details of the Festival of Practice a week-long learning event that runs between 12 and 16 June 2023 organised jointly across the Adult Social Care and Children Social Care directorates for all professionals in Stoke-on-Trent building on the successful event last year. An invitation is extended to multiagency partners to attend reflecting the commitment to encourage a one-team approach to learning.
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