A warm welcome awaits you from Open Forum Events as we introduce the third annual event focusing on adult safeguarding.
The Safeguarding Adults 2024 conference is an essential meeting that brings together professionals from various sectors to discuss and address important issues related to safeguarding adults at risk of harm. This conference aims to raise awareness, share best practices, and collaborate on strategies to protect adults at risk of abuse or neglect.
Information from the Safeguarding Adults Collection in England between April 2022 and March 2023 revealed that approximately 587,965 concerns of abuse against adults had been raised, which was an increase of nine per cent on the previous year. Approximately 2.6 million people over the age of 65 are victims of abuse each year in the UK but it is likely this figure is not a true reflection due to under reporting.
This conference will seek to promote a culture of protection and support for those at risk through a series of keynote speeches, delivered by renowned safeguarding experts, panel discussions, and networking opportunities. The agenda will focus on current challenges and trends, provide practical tools and strategies for safeguarding adults, and contribute to enhanced skills and practice.
If you have a safeguarding responsibility and wish to gain new insights and knowledge, learn from experts in the field, engage in meaningful conversations to improve safeguarding practices nationally, and build connections with like-minded professionals, BOOK YOUR PLACE TODAY
This conference is designed to induce change with knowledge, innovation, and inspiration.
Any transformation of a process or service requires the input of products and services devised to make improvements such as digital technologies; training provision; workforce planning; outsourced services; data and analytics etc.
If your organisation supports change through your products and services, our delegates and conference participants will be ready to engage with you.
Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) (confirmed)
Lisa Curtis, Deputy CEO, Head of Safeguarding Adults and Young People, Ann Craft Trust (invited)
Making Safeguarding Personal means ensuring that adults are more involved in the safeguarding process. So, when making decisions, we must take into account their views, wishes, feelings and beliefs.
Jayne Mee, Hoarding Specialist, Jigsaw Homes and Lei-Anne Granger, Adult Safeguarding Lead, Tameside Council (invited)
Self-neglect is when a person being unable, or unwilling, to care for their own essential needs. It can cover a wide range of behaviour including neglecting personal hygiene, health or surroundings, refusal of necessary support. This type of behaviour has serious implications for the health and wellbeing of the person concerned and for the people who care for and support them.
Patricia Sunday, CPI (confirmed)
Allocated planned time for speakers to receive questions from the audience and induce further discussion.
Savera UK is a leading charity working to end ‘honour’-based abuse (HBA) and other culturally specific abuse and harmful practices in the UK.
It campaigns to eliminate all such practices for good, while also providing life-saving direct intervention services to survivors and those at risk, regardless of age, culture, sexuality, gender or ethnicity
Richard Robinson, Chief Executive Officer, Hourglass (invited)
A hot, two-course lunch consisting of multiple options will be provided for delegates. We cater for all dietary requirements, including vegetarian, vegan and gluten/dairy-free; just notify us ahead of time should you have any allergens or requirements.
Dr Viki Teggart, Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist at GMMH’s Homeless Services (confirmed)
If someone becomes homeless, they may find it difficult to care for and protect themselves and cope with existing life challenges. Lacking safety, security, privacy and the support networks of friends and family, they may become particularly vulnerable to violence, abuse, crime and exploitation.
Ben Williams, Senior Project Lead, Care City (invited)
Personalised, technology-based tools can assist people who are living with dementia
to live independent, more fulfilled lives and to be able to do the things they enjoy.
Sheree Green, Solicitor, Member of STEP (confirmed)
The Mental Capacity Act lays out the principles and factors that decision-makers must work through in deciding what is in a person’s best interests.
Romance scam reports increased by 22% in 2023 compared with 2022, according to data from Lloyds Bank. People aged between 55 and 64 were most likely to report being scammed by fraudsters whilst people aged 65 and 74 tended to lose the most money, losing £13,123 to romance scams on average.
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