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Safeguarding Network Event Making Safeguarding Personal is about: • Enabling people to have more control in how safeguarding happened and to decide on the process that would work best for them. • Making sure that people being safeguarded are better informed about what safeguarding is, the process that may be followed and how they might be involved in deciding what outcomes they wanted. • Making sure that people are involved in and able to influence the process that is followed. Peer challenge and other work has found that people can tend to feel driven through a process in safeguarding, although they may appreciate the work of individual staff they may not feel in control of what is happening. Whilst most people do want to be safer, other things may be as, or more important, for example: maintaining family relationships. In Kirklees we started this work by ensuring the board were fully committed to taking the work forward, and by then holding a network event in partnership with Huddersfield University. We were delighted to welcome Jill Manthorpe Professor of Social Work King’s College London to talk about ‘What is Making Safeguarding Personal?’ and Sarah Finlay, Department of Social Work and Communities <strong>No</strong>rthumbria University, who gave feedback from research .We also shared feedback from a pilot study in Kirklees about how people felt about Safeguarding in Kirklees We asked practitioners: • When I think of the people I work with, what do I do now to make safeguarding personal? • What can I do differently in my own everyday practice to make safeguarding more personal to meet desired outcomes? • What suggestions do you have that will support the Kirklees Adult Safeguarding Board and all partner organisations to develop and improve how we make safeguarding more personal in the future? Feedback from the event was used to plan some priority areas of work for a task and finish group to take forward over the coming months. Making Safeguarding Personal network event feedback It was an inspiring event that has allowed valuable networking and also an arena where practice can be discussed and exchanged. I thoroughly enjoyed Jill Manthorpe’s presentation “ “ A very useful and informative event. Great to see such a good attendance from a variety of agencies ” ” NEWS NEWS FLASH FLASH Making safeguarding personal - ”engage more – talk more” 14
Louise Macaskill, District Nurse Team Leader - my secondment Louise Macaskill was seconded 2 days per week to Locala Safeguarding Team. Louise told us about her secondment: “I have now come to the end of my safeguarding secondment. I finished at the end of July and had been with the Locala Adult safeguarding team since March. I have never had such a more knowledgeable and enlightening experience. It has been so valuable, both for myself, and hopefully other District Nurses, and I hope they will see me as an extra resource in the community. I could not believe just how vast and varied the role was. I was welcomed by everyone I had the pleasure to meet, including all Kirklees staff and also the staff in ‘On Trak’. I found the strategy meetings at the Civic Centre ‘eye opening’ to say the least. In our roles as District Nurses we put early indicator forms in and make safeguarding referrals, but often that is where our journey ends. I have now been able to follow processes and procedures through and see outcomes and systems that then get put into place following these initial alerts. I do feel that with issues that I have been involved in I have been able to make a difference and it will definitely change my own practice. I cannot thank Ayesha Marshall, Sue Wallace, Paula Adams and Tina Quinn enough for firstly giving me this opportunity and also for supporting me in this role and if the opportunity arose I would gladly join the team. (That’s if they would have me). Once again a big ‘THANKYOU’ to everyone I have had the pleasure to meet.” Housing Services and implications of the Care Act Housing Services recently held a half-day session with colleagues from Adults Services, looking at the implications arising from the Care Act, and opportunities for closer partnership working, across our services. As a result we have strengthened our relationships and increased our understanding of each other’s “worlds” and identified scope where we can further build on this good work. Below is a good practice example from our Accessible Homes Team, which provides the adaptations service and medical re-housing for people who need to move to more appropriate accommodation. The team arrange for the provision of grant assistance for people who have been assessed and whose homes need major adaptation as a result of disability or a long term health condition. As part of the grant approval process, staff keep an eye out for any unexplained irregularities in someone’s finances which might indicate that financial abuse is occurring. For example, if large sums of money are going out of the person’s account, or the person’s living circumstances don’t seem to be in keeping with their income. All staff within the Accessible Homes Team have been trained in safeguarding, and if abuse is suspected, they respond in accordance with the council’s arrangements for keeping people safe. For more information contact Karen Oates at karen.oates@kirklees.gov.uk NEWS NEWS FLASH FLASH Making safeguarding personal - ”make sure you know the individual’s desired outcomes and be aware this may change during the process” 15
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