National Safeguarding Adults Week (NSAW)
National Safeguarding Adults Week (NSAW) is a time for organisations to come together to raise awareness of important safeguarding issues. The campaign is led by the Ann Craft Trust and the overarching theme for the week is ‘Safeguarding Yourself and Others’.
When is it?
Monday 20th – Friday 24th November
How can you take part?
You can easily get involved by:
- Printing, displaying and sharing our leaflets and posters including:
- Following us on Social Media and sharing our posts on Facebook and X (Twitter) @TeeswideSAB
- Signing up to become a Safeguarding Champion
- Helping us to gain feedback about adult safeguarding from professionals and the general public by encouraging people to complete our annual consultation survey. The results will help to inform the priorities for adult safeguarding in Tees. To do this, you can share the links below via bulletins/ intranets and email. You can also share and display our Annual Survey poster.
If you have your own plans for the week, please get in touch, we would love to hear about the good work you are doing: [email protected]
Themes and more resources for the week!
Below you will find further resources to support you with raising awareness of each theme during the week.
The Ann Craft Trust also have free resources for you to access as well as online sessions that you can attend.
Safeguarding is everyone’s business and on this day we want organisations and individuals to think about what their role is in safeguarding adults? Everyone has a responsibility to look out for one another and to report any concerns if they are worried that someone they know is at risk of abuse or neglect. A key message to share during this day and throughout the week is – “The person who has the concern, should raise the Concern!“.
On this day you can:
- Watch and share TSAB Safeguarding Explained Videos
- Print, display and share TSAB Safeguarding Poster, Safeguarding Adults at Risk of Harm – Easy Read Guide and Preventing Adult Abuse and Neglect Leaflet
- Promote TSAB’s Report Abuse webpage
- Read and share our Learning briefings on the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
Tuesday’s theme focuses on safer organisation cultures; this is essential to the wellbeing of staff, service users and volunteers. A good and safe organisation will have robust policies and procedures in place and will ensure that staff receive appropriate training.
On this day you can:
- Watch and share our TSAB’s safeguarding explained video on Organisational Abuse and Neglect to find out what a good organisation should look like
- View and share our Organisational Abuse webpage, Fact Sheet for Professionals, Fact Sheet for General Public and Learning Briefing
- Complete and circulate TSAB’s free training including Teeswide Safeguarding All e-learning, training workbooks and webinars
- Sign up to become a Safeguarding Champion
- Display leaflets and posters in your workplace, so that staff, service users and families know how to report abuse and neglect
- Share TSAB Newsletters in your workplace
- Read our recently published Safeguarding Adult Reviews ,reflect on practice and share learning with colleagues
- View our policies, strategies and procedures
- View and share Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Myth Busting –
Vicarious trauma can affect anyone who engages empathetically with survivors of traumatic incidents. There are ways in which organisations and individuals can work to reduce the impact and attempt to prevent vicarious trauma for staff working directly with victims who have experienced trauma. On this day, we want to raise awareness of vicarious trauma and the tools that can support the wellbeing of professionals.
On this day you can:
- Read Secondary Trauma and compassion fatigue: a guide to support managers and practitioners
- Watch Lori Goossen – Vicarious Trauma presentation
- Share TSAB’s Trauma informed fact-sheet that includes a section on Vicarious Trauma.
- View and share Self care tips for working in safeguarding
- View and share MIND’s Coping with what you experience in the police
- Complete the NHS ‘Your Mind Plan’ for bespoke advice if you are struggling with your mental health and wellbeing
- Read and share MIND’S free resources to support staff mental health including their document on Stress that includes tips for managing stress and building resilience. There are resources for managers, HR professionals and employees.
New Toolkit to support Practitioners who work with adults at risk of, or who are experiencing sexual exploitation.
On this day we formally launch our Adult Sexual Exploitation Practitioners Toolkit.
Both locally and nationally it has been recognised there is a requirement for the development of processes and formal guidance in relation to the response to incidents of Adult Sexual Exploitation (ASE).
The Teeswide Safeguarding Adults Board (TSAB) has developed a Toolkit, which includes a risk screening tool and referral pathway. It is intended to support partners and colleagues to recognise the signs of ASE, assess the associated risk factors and vulnerabilities, then take appropriate, proportionate steps to safeguard and support.
From 23 November, professionals can access the Toolkit and supporting documents via the TSAB website – https://www.tsab.org.uk/key-information/policies-strategies/
On this day you can :
- Help us to promote the new ASE Toolkit by sharing the above information and link with colleagues
- Watch and share TSAB’s Safeguarding Explained video – What is Trauma Informed Care?
- Complete Trauma Informed Practice e-learning
- Share TSAB’s Trauma informed fact-sheet
- Read and share learning from the Molly Safeguarding Adult Review, including the full report, learning briefing and recorded PowerPoint.
- Watch the recordings from the Trauma Informed Practice Learning Event
Today is Carers Rights Day. Caring for someone can be very rewarding but can also be challenging. That’s why it’s important for Carers to know their rights and what support is available to them.
On this day you can:
- Share TSAB’s Carers webpage
- Read and Share TSAB’s Learning Briefing on Carers Information and Support
- Share Carers Information and Support
- Share Carers UK guide on looking after someone
- Share Carers UK factsheet on hospital discharge
- Watch Carers UK video on Carers Assessments
The Ann Craft Trust states that “Co-production is usually where service providers and users work together to reach a collective outcome. The idea behind co-production is that those who are affected or use a service, are best placed to help design it.”
On this day you can:
- Help us to gain feedback about adult safeguarding from professionals and the general public by encouraging people to complete our annual consultation survey. The results will help to inform the priorities for adult safeguarding in Tees. To do this, you can share the links below via bulletins/ intranets and email. You can also share print and display our Annual Survey poster.
- Read and share the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) guide to Co-Production and other resources. This is aimed at managers and commissioner, frontline practitioners and people who draw on care and support
- Share our “Look after yourself, look out for others” poster that was inspired by TSAB’s visit to Advocacy Service Independent Voices Redcar and Cleveland and promote the Safe Place Scheme.
