Safeguarding Adults Board Communications
New expert training available to book
Supporting People with Dementia and Other Vulnerabilities – Alzheimer’s Society
🗓 Thursday 9 July 2026 ⏰ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm 📍 Church Square House
Course overview: This course will raise awareness and understanding of dementia and provide an overview of other conditions, such as Down’s Syndrome, autism and mental health.
Learning outcomes
- you will have an increased awareness of common cognitive difficulties such as learning disabilities, autism, Down’s syndrome and mental health
- understand how cognitive difficulties impact a person’s capacity to make decisions.
- Provide you with practical techniques that can be used when you engage with someone with cognitive difficulties to ensure their experience is a positive one
- Explore ways to communicate effectively with people who may have cognitive difficulties
Trauma-Informed Practice for Safeguarding Adults Training – NAPAC
🗓 Thursday 15 October 2026 ⏰ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm 📍 Church Square House
🗓 Monday 21 September 2026 ⏰ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm📍MS Teams
Course overview: This training is facilitated by NAPAC (National Association for People Abused in Childhood), a UK charity specialising in the impact of trauma and abuse and the development of trauma-informed practice across services and systems.
The training will explore the foundations of trauma-informed practice, including the key principles of safety, trust, choice, collaboration and empowerment. Participants will examine how:
- trauma influences behaviour
- relationships and engagement, particularly in complex safeguarding contexts.
A central focus will be on applying trauma-informed thinking in practice, including how professionals interpret behaviour, make decisions and record information.
Learning outcomes
- Understand the core principles of trauma-informed practice and their relevance to safeguarding work Recognise how trauma can shape behaviour, engagement and presentation across service users
- Apply trauma-informed thinking to assessment, decision-making and case formulation
- Strengthen consistency in how trauma is reflected in case recording and use appropriate language
- Improve responses to complex presentations such as self-neglect, homelessness and substance use
- Reflect on the impact of vicarious trauma and identify strategies for sustaining wellbeing in practice
**This course is CPD accredited and CPD certificates will be provided following your attendance.
Other upcoming SAB courses available to book include:
- Safeguarding adults – 12 June, 9.30 to 12.30 – Online
- Legal Literacy: Safeguarding Adults Training – 23 June, 9.30 to 4.00 – Online
- Safeguarding adults – 6 July, 9.30 to 12.30 – Church Square House
To reserve your place on any of the training listed above, please visit our Tickettailor account.
Full details of the courses and how to book onto each course is indicated within the training programme.
New SAB resources published!
7-minute briefing – Adult C
Following the Safeguarding Adult Review held in relation to Adult C, a 7 minute briefing has been published on our website. The briefing provides an overview of the SAR, including the identified areas of good practice and learning.
All staff are encouraged to familiarise themselves with the briefing which is available here – 7 minute briefing Adult C
Briefing – Artificial Intelligence (AI)
A bespoke briefing has been developed to raise awareness of the appropriate use of AI in safeguarding including where it could be used, and where it is inappropriate to do so – AI briefing
7-minute briefing – Lasting Power of Attorney
Following recent learning in relation to practitioner understanding of Lasting Power of Attorney, the following briefing has been developed – 7 minute briefing Lasting Power of Attorney
Guidance and pocket guide – Assessing risk understanding
We have developed a pocket guide and accompanying briefing relating to Assessing Risk Understanding which aims to strengthen staff understanding of when someone may lack mental capacity – The pocket guide is available electronically and as hard copies. Assessing Risk Understanding Full document and Pocket Guide
Changes to legislation – Crime and Policing Act 2026
The new Crime and Policing Act 2026 creates a new standalone offences to:
- prosecute adults committing child criminal exploitation (CCE)
- tackle the practice known as ‘cuckooing’ (home takeover)
- prosecute perpetrators who conceal an item inside a person’s body or intentionally cause and/or coerce, compel or deceive someone, either adult or child, to conceal a specified item within their body for a criminal purpose
The Home Office and MoJ have developed a number of factsheets which provide more information about the Crime and Policing Act 2026. A specific factsheet on CCE, cuckooing and internal concealment can be found here – Crime and Policing Act 2026: child criminal exploitation, cuckooing (home takeover) and internal concealment factsheet – GOV.UK
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