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Safeguarding Adults
Are you worried about someone's well being; or are you yourself experiencing abuse or neglect; or do you just want to learn more about keeping adults safe, then click here.
Safeguarding Children
If you are a child or young person, a parent/carer or a professional working with children and their families, click here to access information, guidance and safeguarding resources.
Don’t Ignore It, Report It
Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility. If you have any concerns regarding yourself or another person’s safety then please click this button to see how to report your concerns.
Welcome to Warwickshire Safeguarding
Welcome to the Warwickshire Safeguarding website which has been developed to help you easily access information about safeguarding adults and children across Warwickshire. This website is the home of Warwickshire Safeguarding and brings together information and guidance for adults, children, young people and their families and the professionals who work with them to help keep everyone in Warwickshire safe.
We hope this site has what you are looking for. If it doesn't, please let us know by using the Website Feedback tab at the bottom of your screen.
West Midlands Multi-Agency Audit toolkit
Multi-Agency Audits are an assurance activity that assist Safeguarding Adults Partnerships/Boards to identify lessons to be learned in terms of multi-agency and multi-disciplinary practice, quality of practice and adherence to protocols.
For your assistance West Midlands have created the following documents:
West Midlands Region Exploitation Toolkit
Welcome to the West Midlands Regional Adult Safeguarding Leads Exploitation Toolkit. The purpose of this toolkit is to support and inform the work of
- practitioners in a range of settings, develop and build on good practice when considering and/or understanding the impact of exploitation on adults with needs for care and support, and safeguarding!
- support and inform the work of Safeguarding Adults Board Managers or Safeguarding Leads wanting to develop work in their locality with a focus on exploitation and adult with needs for care and support.
This toolkit will have two sections that will contain material that is relevant and helpful for both frontline practitioners and Safeguarding Adults Board Managers or Safeguarding Leads.
This toolkit is new and still in development, so we would welcome any feedback and topics for inclusion.
All content will be moderated through the West Midlands Editorial Group – Contact Link: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
The West Midlands regional definition of exploitation is:
An individual or group takes advantage of an imbalance of power to coerce, control, manipulate or deceive a child, young person or adult and exploits them:
- through violence or the threat of violence, and/or
- for financial or other advantage of the perpetrator or facilitator and/or
- in exchange for something the victim needs or wants.
The victim may have been exploited even if the activity appears consensual due to his /her specific situation. Exploitation does not always involve physical contact, it can also occur through the use of technology, e.g. as the result of a grooming process which takes place during conversations in chat rooms, or through the use of social media.
We recognise that exploitation is deliberate maltreatment and manipulation irrespective of age, gender, ethnicity, background, disability or sexuality and comes in many forms, including, but not exclusively:
- modern slavery
- human trafficking
- sexual exploitation
- criminal exploitation
Exploitation can also be a strong feature of the following, and may resemble exploitative relationships please give consideration to existing systems that may support practice when considering the below:
- radicalisation and extremism
- domestic violence and abuse (forced marriages, honour-based violence and FGM)
- rogue trader, bogus callers and scammers
- abuse of positions of trust
- hate crime
It is acknowledged that victims may lack the capacity to consent or may be being threatened or coerced. Use of the Mental Capacity Act (2005) to protect and support people is key- this applies to people aged 16+. Grooming, coercion and control have been known to all have an impact on mental capacity, particularly where sexual or criminal exploitation is a factor.
Strategy Documents examples:
- Solihull All Age Exploitation Reduction Strategy
- CSE Transition Pathway
- Dez Holmes - Exploitation Research
- Adult Exploitation Strategy - Luton Council
- Protocols for Kent and Medway - To Safeguard Adults Who Are At Risk Of Sexual Exploitation, Modern Slavery And Human Trafficking
- Strategic Framework For An Effective Multi-Agency Response To Exploitation In The West Midlands Metropolitan Region
- Childhub
- BCWA trauma informed training (available to organisations within the Black Coutry footprint only)
- Contextual Safeguarding Framework is useful; the network is free to join & has loads of training video's & resources
Quarterly News Bulletin
Welcome to Warwickshire Safeguarding’s quarterly news bulletin. The news bulletin has been designed to introduce you to relevant pieces of information which can be accessed in more detail via the links embedded within each of the articles. We will be producing the bulletins on a quarterly basis here onwards to:
1. Promote learning from Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews (CSPRs) and Safeguarding Adults Reviews (SARs) which supports improvement in practice
2. Inform you of any changes/updates to safeguarding policy and procedures; and
3. Publicise forthcoming safeguarding events and seminars across the partnership
We hope you find the information helpful. Please do take the time to read this and help us to promote these bulletins across your respective organisations.
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WS Multi-Agency Training
Warwickshire Safeguarding Partnership are pleased to share our multiagency training programme. Our aim is to provide accessible multi-agency training for agencies throughout Warwickshire. The free, virtual training is linked to the learning from CSPR’s, SAR’s, findings from the thematic review and key priorities from subgroups.
Please note: all training is currently being delivered virtually via Microsoft Teams
To secure your place, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - include your full name, service and training title and date.
Training we are currently running:
- Victim Focus Training (3 modules)
- Module 1 - Understanding trauma informed practice
- Module 2 - Psychology of victim blaming and self-blame of women and girls subjected to sexual violence
- Module 3 - Critical perspectives of CSE and CSA
- Advocacy for Children and Young People
- Using the Mental Capacity Act in the context of Safeguarding and Self-Neglect
Upcoming training
- Learning from Safeguarding Reviews
- Substance Misuse
- Role of the Advocate (adults)
- Making a Good Referral
- Escalation
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