Safeguarding Week: Programme of events 2024

Safeguarding Week 2024 Programme

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North Yorkshire Safeguarding Adults Board sessions

Safeguarding Week 2024 may be over, however we have a number of resources, guides and information provided by the presenters and experts from their workshops that you can access below.

We would like to thank everyone in involved in making Safeguarding Week 2024 a huge success and delivering a great selection of interesting, inspiring and engaging sessions.

Thank you to everyone who supported the campaign and attended the sessions during the week. Safeguarding Week may be over, but our collective commitment to ensure adults at risk are safe from abuse and neglect. #SafeguardingISEverybodysBusiness

Monday 17th June

1pm – 2pm North Yorkshire Police: Offender Management Unit (OMU)

2:30pm – 3pm How and when to report an adult safeguarding concern

OMG: Raising a safeguarding concern

3pm – 3:45pm Modern Slavery in Recruitment

Modern slavery | North Yorkshire Council

Tuesday 18th June

9:30am – 11:30am Substance Use, Language and Stigma

Drugs Resources – Find Information For Professionals – Drink Drug Hub

11am – 12pm SARs: Exploring links between loneliness, isolation & increased risk of abuse

https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/jap-04-2023-0015/full/html

1:30pm – 2:15pm Exploitation Team: North Yorkshire Police (For both York and North Yorkshire)

2pm – 3pm Lived Experience Story of Intergeneration Trauma, Addiction and HOPE with Emma & Chris Plant sharing their own experiences.

North Yorkshire Connected Spaces – Red Rose Recovery

Wednesday 19th June

11:00am – 11:30am Managing Concerns Around People in Positions of Trust (PiPoT)

NYSAB & NYSCP PiPoT Podcast

1pm – 2pm How and When to Report an Adult Safeguarding Concern

OMG: Raising a safeguarding concern

2:30pm – 3pm North Yorkshire Drug Analysis Project

Providing Information & Support for Drink & Drugs – Drink Drug Hub

North Yorkshire and York: Appliance of science to help identify harmful substances and reduce drug-related deaths | North Yorkshire Police

3pm – 4:15pm Suicide Prevention (closed session for NY professionals only)

Major Incident Response Team Resources > Head First
Just B

Thursday 20th June

12:30pm – 1:30pm Elaine SAR with Mike Ward

‘Elaine’ SAR

2:00pm – 3:00pm MIRT & impact of drug and alcohol deaths

Major Incident Response Team Resources > Head First
North Yorkshire unites to reduce alcohol and drug use harm | North Yorkshire Police

Friday 21st June

10:00am – 10:30am North Yorkshire Drug Analysis Project

Providing Information & Support for Drink & Drugs – Drink Drug Hub
North Yorkshire and York: Appliance of science to help identify harmful substances and reduce drug-related deaths | North Yorkshire Police

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