IDAS will work to fully safeguard our clients, staff and stakeholders during this uncertain and challenging time. We will continue to: • Provide emergency refuge accommodation in North Yorkshire and Barnsley. • Deliver 1-2-1 support to people affected by domestic abuse and sexual violence using methods other than face to face meetings e.g. video calling, […]
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How you can help to tackle Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking
North Yorkshire Police and our safeguarding partners are raising awareness about the disturbing issue of modern slavery and how everyone can play a part to tackle it locally.
Don’t turn away: Help us stop modern slavery
While slavery is supposed to have stopped nearly 200 years ago, tens of thousands of people are in modern slavery in the UK today. Today, on Anti-Slavery Day 2019 (18 October), we’re asking people not to look away but report their suspicions.
New documents
The September 2019 edition of the Safeguarding Adults Briefing is now available from our website together with a new One Minute Guide for how to raise a Safeguarding Concern.
Safeguarding Adults Masterclass Slides
Copies of the slides from the Safeguarding Adults Masterclasses held in September 2019 are now available from our Resource Library or by clicking the link below:
Is your organisation ready for the changes to safeguarding adults policy and procedures?
To assist North Yorkshire Safeguarding Adult Board (NYSAB) partners with the changes to the multi-agency approach to safeguarding adults a toolkit has been developed. The toolkit provides partners with: A self-audit tool and action plan template for organisations to measure the level of their readiness for the introduction of new joint multi-agency safeguarding adults policy and […]
Joint Board Values
North Yorkshire Safeguarding Adults Board (NYSAB) and North Yorkshire Safeguarding Children Board (NYSCB) are statutory bodies that bring together a number of agencies across North Yorkshire to ensure joined up approaches to safeguarding. We coordinate and ensure effective safeguarding and promote the wellbeing and welfare of adults, children, young people and families,and protect them from […]
Let’s Talk About Dementia
To help young people understand Dementia and how it may affect their loved ones Dementia UK have put together this wonderful animation – and it is great! And well worth a watch.
CQC’s statement on the BBC Panorama programme
Dr Paul Lelliott, Deputy Chief Inspector of Hospitals (lead for mental health) at the Care Quality Commission, has given CQC’s response to Panorama’s undercover investigation inside a hospital for vulnerable people A recent edition of BBC’s Panorama captured evidence of shocking abuse taking place at a service for people with a learning disability and/or autism. […]
Domestic abuse and homelessness
According to a report by Crisis and the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Ending Homelessness, nearly 2,000 domestic abuse survivors are at risk of homelessness. The report said that under local authority rules some victims are not given priority need. Crisis are calling on the Government to amend the Domestic Abuse Bill and extend priority need […]