Safeguarding Week 2025

Welcome to the Airedale Hospital Safeguarding Adults and Children Annual Conference 2025! Join us on Tue Jun 17 2025 at 09:00 in the Airedale General Hospital-Lecture Theatre for a day filled with insightful discussions and valuable learning opportunities. This in-person event will bring together experts in the field to share their knowledge and best practices in safeguarding adults and children and the Mental Capacity Act. Don’t miss out on this chance to network with like-minded professionals and enhance your skills in safeguarding. We look forward to seeing you there!

Eventbrite Booking Link: Airedale Hospital Annual Safeguarding Adults and Children Conference 2025 Tickets, Tue, Jun 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM | Eventbrite

Audience: This event is suitable for Professionals acoss North Yorkshire only.

Neurodiversity – Unpack the connection between neurodiversity, gaming and gambling. This session delves into how neurodivergent traits can influence gaming and gambling behaviours, offering valuable insights into the unique experience of neurodivergent individuals. Explore the latest research, understand the risks and motivations, and learn practical strategies to support and safeguard young people effectively.

Eventbrite booking link: Safeguarding week 2025 YGAM – neurodiversity Tickets, Mon 16 Jun 2025 at 09:30 | Eventbrite

Please note for the YGAM sessions:Our training will be delivered online via Microsoft Teams. At Ygam, we require delegates to register onto our workshops via a booking link (see below). Once you have completed the online form, you will be sent the meeting invite to the email address you provided when you registered with us. The details are in the link below:
Alumni Bespoke Workshop Booking | Ygam

Audience: This session is open to parents and carers, community members, professionals and volunteers across North Yorkshire, York, Hull and East Riding

Course outline
Ivison Trust works alongside parents and carers of children who are – or are at risk of being – sexually and/or criminally exploited by perpetrators external to the family.
We offer guidance and training to professionals on how child exploitation affects the whole family.
Course outcomes

Have an awareness of Ivison Trust and the work we do
Understand our Relational Safeguarding Model (RSM) and the importance of working in partnership with parents when safeguarding children from exploitation
Recognise the impact of child exploitation on the whole family
Recognise the trauma experienced by all family members as a result of child exploitation
Hear parent feedback of their experience of being supported by teams adopting the RSM
Understand how to empower parents by using the RSM
Have an opportunity for Q&A with one of our North Yorkshire Parent Liaison Officers

Booking Link: Booking is via the City of York booking portal (login is required) Course: Safeguarding Week – Child Exploitation – Ivison Trust

Audience: This session is suitable for professionals and volunteers across all Local Authority Areas.

This session, delivered by Inspire North’s +Choices (Positive Choices) service, will explore how to engage with people causing harm and encourage behaviour change.
+Choices is a service of Inspire North based in North Yorkshire and the City of York. They provide a behaviour change intervention for people causing harm in their relationships.
The speaker from +Choices will use their experience and knowledge to advise on how to engage people causing harm in productive conversations about behaviour change.
The aim of this workshop is to promote and inform attendees about behaviour change interventions for domestic abuse. Attendees will learn about signs that someone is using harmful behaviours, reasons why people use abusive behaviours, and gain tips for having difficult conversations about the topic of behaviour change.

Booking Link: Motivating Behaviour Change in People Who Cause Harm Tickets, Mon, Jun 16, 2025 at 10:00 AM | Eventbrite
Audience: This session is suitable for Professionals working across York and North Yorkshire only.

An introduction to Op Soteria. What Op Soteria is about
How this will change our approach, victims, survivors & suspects
How NYP are responding to the national change programme which was created through academic research and what is going to change/ how partners can hold NYP to account.
Introduction to some of the changes that are taking place over the next 12 months.

Booking Link: Booking is via the City of York booking portal (login is required) Course: Safeguarding Week – Operation Soteria – Transforming our response to rape and sexual offences

Audience: This session is suitable for Professionals and Volunteers working in safeguarding across all Local Authority Areas.

Learning Outcomes
• Define the term county lines and outline the operational procedures involved in setting up a county line
• Explain the push and pull factors that make young people vulnerable to criminal involvement and the grooming methods used to exploit them
• Recognise key signs and indicators that young people are being exploited or at risk of county lines involvement.
• Identify the relationship between county lines and other forms of criminal activity and exploitation
• Understand the perspective of either a survivor or perpetrator after hearing from an expert witness
• Develop initial long-term and solution based approaches to prevent and reduce the risks associated with each stage of the county lines process.

Booking Link: Booking is via the City of York booking portal (login is required) Course: Safeguarding Week – Child Sexual Exploitation for Young People

Audience: This session is suitable for children and young people across York

This event for Safeguarding Week 2025 is for all professionals working within the East Riding of Yorkshire. The event will explore learning from a Local Child Safeguarding Practice Review, consider the findings of the review and reflect upon changes that can be made to multi-agency practice in the future to support effective safeguarding practice.

Booking Link: ERSCP Learning from a Local Child Safeguarding Practice Tickets, Mon 16 Jun 2025 at 12:00 | Eventbrite
Audience: This session is suitable for professionals working in East Riding only.

Learning Outcomes
· Define the term county lines and outline the operational procedures involved in setting up a county line
· Explain the push and pull factors that make young people vulnerable to criminal involvement and the grooming methods used to exploit them
· Recognise key signs and indicators that young people are being exploited or at risk of county lines involvement.
· Identify the relationship between county lines and other forms of criminal activity and exploitation
· Understand the perspective of either a survivor or perpetrator after hearing from an expert witness
· Develop initial long-term and solution-based approaches to prevent and reduce the risks associated with each stage of the county lines process.

Booking Link: Safeguarding week 2025: St Giles Trust SOS + North Yorkshire Tickets, Mon, Jun 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM | Eventbrite

Audience:
This session is open for professionals and volunteers across the North Yorkshire Local Authority.

Course outline
This session will provide an overview of Child Exploitation, outlining its impact and the key role played by the City of York Council Child Exploitation Team in addressing these concerns. Attendees will be guided through the process to follow when a child or young person they work with is identified as being at risk of sexual or criminal exploitation. This will include a detailed explanation of how to assess risk, how to respond effectively, and the necessary steps to ensure the safety and well-being of the child or young person.
The Child Exploitation Risk Assessment will be introduced, providing insights into the process and its implementation. An overview of the Child Exploitation Risk Assessment Meeting (CERAM) will be provided, highlighting how these meetings are structured to support the protection and intervention strategies for young people at risk and also outline expectations of Social Workers who have a child or young person on the agenda.
This session will also provide a valuable opportunity to ask questions and engage in group discussions. Participants will also have the chance to work collaboratively in breakout rooms with colleagues, allowing for further exploration of the topics discussed and the chance to apply learning in a practical context.

Audience: Professionals working with Children and Young People within the City of York

Booking Link: Booking is via the City of York booking portal (login is required) Course: Safeguarding Week – Child Exploitation in York

This session will provide an overview of Safeguarding Adult Reviews across the Yorkshire and Humber region and compare regional trends to national trends.

Audience: This session is suitable for Adult Social Care/Health Professionals across North Yorkshire and York
Booking Link: Yorkshire and Humber Safeguarding Adult Reviews Tickets, Mon, Jun 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM | Eventbrite

The session will discuss recent national research around the link between Suicide and Domestic Abuse. We will share statistics and learning from the UK and abroad. We will also provide basic advice and information about further training and sources of advice and support available.


There will be a guest speaker: Tim Woodhouse. Tim is the Kent and Medway STP Suicide Prevention Programme Manager (based in Kent County Council’s Public Health team) and has recently carried out research and published a paper: ‘Reducing suicide amongst people impacted by domestic abuse’, funded through a Churchill Fellowship.


This session will be delivered via Microsoft Teams. You will receive a number of reminder emails prior to the event – these will all contain the joining link.

Audience: This session is suitable for professionals working across North Yorkshire, York, East Riding and Hull
Booking Link: Suicide Awareness & the Link to Domestic Abuse Tickets, Mon, Jun 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM | Eventbrite

Delivered by Humberside Fire and Rescue Service, this event will increase your knowledge on Home Fire Safety and demonstrate our NEW referral pathway, essential if you work in communities.

Audience: This session is suitable for everyone to attend.
Booking Link: Professional Awareness: On Recognizing Adults Vulnerable from Fire Tickets, Mon 16 Jun 2025 at 14:00 | Eventbrite

Delivered by North Yorkshire Safeguarding Children Partnership, the session will cover:
· Online Exploitation: Various forms of exploitation that take place in digital spaces.
· Development of Exploitation Tactics: The methods used by perpetrators, their progression over time, and how they have adapted up to the present day.
· Technological Advancements: The evolution of digital applications and artificial intelligence.
· Concerning Applications: Applications raising safety concerns, alongside an overview of their functionalities.
· Recognising Exploitation: Key signs and indicators, complemented by anonymised case examples.
Online Safety: Strategies for staying secure on the internet, focusing on prevention principles and practical advice to share with others.
Audience:
The session is open to parents and carers, professionals and volunteers across North Yorkshire, York, Hull and East Riding
Booking Link: Safeguarding Week 2025: NYSCP Online Exploitation – Staying Safe Online Tickets, Mon, Jun 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM | Eventbrite

Course outline
Young carers – discuss work we are doing with young carers and the schools network, and how we reflect Young Carers’ voice in our work.
Young Adult Carers – transitions and tackling isolation with 16-25s.
Target audience: Professionals working with Children and Young People within the City of York & Parents/Carers of Children and Young People within the City of York

Booking Link: Booking is via the City of York booking portal (login is required) Booking is via the City of York booking portal (login is requiredCourse: Safeguarding Week – Young Carers and Young Adult Carers

Aim: To empower safe adults to communicate appropriately and effectively when talking about sexual abuse and harmful sexual behaviours with children.

Session outcomes:
By the end of the session, you will…
Understand the barriers safe adults face in communicating with children about sex and reflect on your own experiences.
Understand how a child’s behaviour is a form of communication.
Understand the signs and indicators of child sexual abuse beyond a verbal disclosure.
Develop a toolkit to support safe conversations about sex.
Audience: This session is for professionals working across North Yorkshire, York, Hull and East Riding.
Booking Link: Safeguarding Week 2025. Barnardo’s Lets Talk About Sex Tickets, Tue, Jun 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM | Eventbrite

Building Positive Relationships with Children and Young People
We continue to hear from children and young people that the interactions they have with professionals can have a profound impact on how they view their experiences of abuse and the support they receive. We’re often asked for guidance on how to best engage with children and young people, and whilst this should always be an individualised approach, this session shares some general ideas and tips based on the voices of victims, survivors of exploitation and children and young people more generally.
In this session for professionals, we will;
Consider aspects of identity and why this is important when working with children and young people
Consider how biases and assumptions can impact the support a child or young person receives and whether they are perceived as a victim.
Explore what it means to be trauma-informed when working with children and young
Identify and celebrate examples of building successful relationships with young people
Share tips and examples of promising practice that you can use within your role

Eventbrite booking link: Safeguarding Week 2025: Effective Engagement with Young People Tickets, Tue, Jun 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM | Eventbrite

Audience:
This session is for professionals, volunteers and community members across North Yorkshire, York, Hull and East Riding.

About the Workshop:
For six years, Adam, a young person with lived experience of Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE), faced the brutal realities of the County Lines system. His experience, marked by manipulation, debt bondage, and exploitation, inspired the creation of The Long Game workshop, a youth-led initiative funded by the Community Safety Serious Violence Fund by York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority, Policing, Fire and Crime.


The workshop’s purpose is to reduce the risk of young people becoming involved in County Lines and modern slavery across York and North Yorkshire. It provides professionals with the tools they need to identify warning signs, understand the dynamics of organised crime, and take effective action to safeguard vulnerable individuals.


This session is for Professional Training – Designed for those working with children and young people, this training helps professionals spot the signs of CCE and respond appropriately.


By emphasising positive language, upskilling young people, and teaching them to recognise their transferable skills, The Long Game helps youth build confidence, make informed decisions, and break free from exploitation. This workshop is an essential part of reducing the impact of CCE and empowering both individuals and communities to take action.


For organisations that want us to deliver the workshop to their young people or staff, we offer three tailored variations:
Years 7-11 – Interactive, engaging sessions designed for younger students.
College-Age Students – Tailored to older youth, addressing their unique challenges and experiences.
For Professionals – Training for those working directly with young people, focusing on how to identify and intervene when signs of exploitation are present.
Audience
The Long Game is a North Yorkshire and York service, but the topics and themes are relevant for community members, professionals and volunteers across, North Yorkshire, York, Hull and East Riding

Booking Link Safeguarding Week 2025: The Long Game – Lived experiences of County Lines Tickets, Tue, Jun 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM | Eventbrite

* Please note: this is an in-person event **

This session will provide an essential overview of safeguarding principles, ensuring participants understand their role in recognising, responding to, and reporting safeguarding concerns. The training will cover:
Key safeguarding responsibilities for volunteers, trustees and staff members
How to identify signs of abuse and neglect
Effective ways to respond to disclosures and concerns
The process for reporting concerns, including local procedures and key contacts
Signposting to further training and resources
Participants will leave with a clearer understanding of safeguarding, be more confident in taking appropriate action when concerns arise and know where to access further support and guidance. By the end of the course participants will have:
Increased awareness of safeguarding responsibilities
Ability to recognise and respond to safeguarding concerns
Improved understanding of reporting pathways and procedures
Practical tools and guidance for safeguarding in different settings

Refreshments will be provided and participants will receive a free colour copy of the North Yorkshire Safeguarding Key Messages poster and a safeguarding quick-reference guide (NYSCP).
There will be plenty of interaction and discussion of scenarios to help apply learning to real-world situations.

This training will be delivered by Andy Shield and Hilary Ashton, Development Officers at Community First Yorkshire. Andy and Hilary have many years’ experience of working with charitable groups and community organisations across North Yorkshire.

Booking Link: Safeguarding Essentials: What You Need to Know Tickets, Tue, Jun 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM | Eventbrite

Professionals’ insight into the Own My Life course for women who have previously been subjected to domestic abuse.
Aims and objectives:
· To understand what domestic abuse is and why it exists.
· To equip and resource practitioners with the most update research and understanding of male-perpetrated abuse.
· To build understanding of trauma and trauma literacy.
· To educate and empower professionals.
· To understand what the Own My Life course is and how to refer to the course.
· Raise consciousness with professionals about a feminist understanding of male-perpetrated abuse, patriarchy, misogyny and sexism.
Outcomes:
· Improved awareness of their own practice.
· Improved understanding of the long-term impact of domestic abuse.
· Improved understanding of trauma and trauma literacy.
· Confident to make informed referrals.
– Improve male allyship.

Eventbrite booking link: Safeguarding Week 2025: Own My Life Taster Day Tickets, Tue, Jun 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM | Eventbrite

Audience:
This session is suitable for professionals and volunteers across North Yorkshire only.

Attendees will understand the benefits of referring people for a Home Fire Safety Check which may lead to a free Home Fire Safety Visit.

Audience: The session is suitable for professionals, volunteers and members of the community in North Yorkshire

Booking Link: Safeguarding Week 2025 – Introduction to Home Fire Safety Visits Tickets, Tue, Jun 17, 2025 at 10:30 AM | Eventbrite

Course outline

This session will provide an overview of national updates, including recent publications from the National Panel and will also cover thematic learning and practice recommendations from local case reviews in York that have been conducted when a child dies or is seriously injured and abuse or neglect are suspected.
Audience
Professionals working with Children and Young People within the City of York
Booking Link: Booking is via the City of York booking portal (login is required) Course: Safeguarding Week – Learning from Multi-Agency Case Reviews and Audits

Focus on neck bruising in adults at risk of harm. To upskill any professional working in safeguarding to consider the key issues.

Audience: This session is suitable for professionals working across North Yorkshire, Hull, York and East Riding.

Booking Link: Neck bruising in Adults at Risk of Harm Tickets, Tue, Jun 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM | Eventbrite

The session will include information on what support DWP can offer to their customers when experiencing domestic abuse.
Audience: This session is for professionals, volunteers and community members across North Yorkshire, York, east Riding and Hull
Booking Link: DWP Support to Victims of Domestic Abuse Tickets, Tue, Jun 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM | Eventbrite

Cryptocurrency – This session will give professionals the essential knowledge and understanding of Blockchain Technology, Cryptocurrency and NFT’s (Non-fungible Tokens), the risks that surround them, and where to signpost those affected. It will also delve into the appeal of cryptocurrency and trading and the associated risks.
Ygam are an award-winning national charity with a mission to safeguard our digital generation. We provide fully funded workshops to professionals to prevent gaming and gambling harms among young people through awareness, education and research.


Please note for the YGAM sessions: Our training will be delivered online via Microsoft Teams. At Ygam, we require delegates to register onto our workshops via a booking link (see below). Once you have completed the online form, you will be sent the meeting invite to the email address you provided when you registered with us. The details are in the link below:
Alumni Bespoke Workshop Booking | Ygam

Audience
This session is for parents and carers, community members, professionals and volunteers living across North Yorkshire, York, Hull and East Riding
Eventbrite booking link: Safeguarding Week 2025: YGAM – Crytptocurrency Tickets, Tue, Jun 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM | Eventbrite

Half a million children suffer abuse and neglect a year in the UK. But there’s something we can all do to change that. We know that, with the right support, every child can be kept safe. We can stop abuse, and even prevent it from happening. But to do this, we need to work together.
Our Listen up Speak up sessions will:
• help you understand how to listen and speak up on behalf of children
• show you who to contact if you’re concerned about a child or need support yourself
• empower you to support children in your community.

Eventbrite booking link: Safeguarding Week 2025: NSPCC Listen Up, Speak Up Tickets, Tue, Jun 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM | Eventbrite

Audience:
This session is open to community members, volunteers and professionals across North Yorkshire, York, Hull and East Riding

Advocacy awareness session Care Act Advocacy within Safeguarding

Audience: This Session is for professionals working in adult safeguarding in North Yorkshire

Booking Link: Safeguarding Week 2025: Advocacy awareness session Tickets, Tue, Jun 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM | Eventbrite

Learning Outcomes.
This session will cover:
· The prevalence of drug use in young people from national and local surveys.
· The most common drugs used by young people including THC vapes.
· Risk factors young people are exposed to when taking drugs, and common misconceptions about these risks.
· Challenges and barriers to discussing drugs with young people as experienced by parents/ carers and professionals.
· The experience of a young person in having conversations about drugs and in seeking help.
· How to normalise conversations about drugs without normalising drugs
· Successful (and less successful) school-based interventions in educating young people about drugs
· Lessons to learn from the Icelandic Prevention Model.

Eventbrite booking link: Safeguarding Week 2025: Talking to Young People about Drugs Tickets, Tue, Jun 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM | Eventbrite

Audience
As the session is delivered by Drink Drug Hub, which is a North Yorkshire Service, the session is open to parents and carers, professionals and volunteers across North Yorkshire.

To gain an understanding of adult sexual exploitation and to identify indicators. Multi-agency working with adult sexual exploitation victims. Specialist safeguarding tools that we use to identify risk and increase safety of victims and survivors.
Audience: This session is suitable for professionals working across North Yorkshire, York, East Riding and Hull
Booking Link: Adult Sexual Exploitation Awareness Tickets, Tue, Jun 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM | Eventbrite

This session provides an overview of the exploitation of sex workers across the East Riding of Yorkshire.

Audience: This session is suitable for everyone

Booking Link: Off-street Sex Working Tickets, Tue, Jun 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM | Eventbrite

This session is delivered by the East Riding Domestic Violence Abuse Partnership and provides an overview of the issue of non-fatal strangulation. The session will cover:
The definition of non-fatal strangulation and suffocation
The law
Signs, symptoms and impact
Where to get help

Audience: This session is suitable for everyone
Booking Link: Non-fatal Strangulation Tickets, Tue, Jun 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM | Eventbrite

Learning Outcomes
· Provide an overview of the structure of the NYSCP
· Share information about the new Being Young in North Yorkshire strategy and how this impacts on their work with children and their families
· Explain the safeguarding practice review process
· Provide case examples of local and national learning
· Provide examples of ways in which information is shared with practitioners
· Share information of campaigns developed as a result of learning from reviews
· Attendees will have a better understanding of the NYSCP structure and will be able to see how learning from reviews impacts on the work they undertake across North Yorkshire

Booking link: Safeguarding Week 2025: NYSCP Sharing Learning Tickets, Tue, Jun 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM | Eventbrite

Audience:
This session is suitable for professionals and volunteers across North Yorkshire only.

Course outline
The course will cover:
• Government Guidance/Legislation
• National picture
• Regional picture
• Processes linked to CME
• Statistics
Audience
Professionals working with Children and Young People within the City of York
Booking Link: Booking is via the City of York booking portal (login is required) Course: Safeguarding Week – Children Missing from Education

“This session will explore how safeguarding services can better support BME victims by addressing additional challenges and barriers they face. Through the lens of best practice, we will highlight how North Yorkshire has pioneered a separate Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC) for BME cases—an approach that allows more in-depth risk assessment and case discussions.
Key Learning Outcomes:
• Understanding Barriers to Safeguarding BME Victims – Examining cultural, linguistic, and systemic barriers that impact help-seeking behaviours.
• Good Practice: BME-Specific MARACs – Highlighting North Yorkshire’s model of dedicated MARACs for BME cases and how this enables a more tailored risk assessment approach.
• The Power of Joint Working – Encouraging a multi-agency approach to improve safeguarding outcomes for BME individuals through cross-sector collaboration.”

Audience: This session is suitable for everyone
Booking link: Breaking Barriers: Safeguarding BME Victims Through Specialist Support Tickets, Wed, Jun 18, 2025 at 9:30 AM | Eventbrite

Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility, and trustees or members of a management committee play a crucial role in ensuring the safety of everyone involved in their organisation.
This session will ensure trustees and management committee members stay up to date with the latest safeguarding governance and will help all organisations meet the Charity Good Governance Code. 
Participants will develop their knowledge and understanding of:
• Safeguarding duties and responsibilities within their organisation
• A Designated Safeguarding Lead and what this involves
• What is needed to comply with good safeguarding practice
• How to access a range of up-to-date informative resources on good practice
• How to access further safeguarding policy and procedure support beyond the session. 

Audience: This session is suitable for volunteers and community members across North Yorkshire, York, Hull and East Riding
Booking link: Safeguarding for Trustees & Management Committees Tickets, Wed, Jun 18, 2025 at 9:30 AM | Eventbrite

During this hour-long workshop, we will explore some of the key learning from local and national Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews, and explore how we can use this to more effectively safeguard children and young people in community settings. This session is suitable for everyone. 
Audience: This session is suitable for everyone
Booking Link: Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews Analysis Tickets, Wed, Jun 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM | Eventbrite

Modern slavery and human trafficking victims are hidden in plain sight. This is an emerging and expanding issue both nationally and locally.
The Humber Modern Slavery partnership and ERSAB understand the importance of raising awareness locally to both identify victims and ensure they receive the help and support they require.
This session is for people who would like to become a Modern Slavery Champion within their workplace. The role involves disseminating information attending events and promoting awareness.
By improving awareness, we hope to make it harder for exploiters to operate. To do this we need modern slavery champions to help improve awareness in the teams, organisations and businesses across the county.
This session is suitable for everyone. 

Audience: This session is suitable for everyone
Booking Link: Modern Slavery Champions Tickets, Wed, Jun 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM | Eventbrite

The main objective of this session will be to define child and adolescent to parent violence and abuse (CAPVA) and provide an overview of its impacts. This session will support you in understanding more about CAPVA and how best to support families.
Audience: This session is suitable for professionals working in North Yorkshire only.
Booking Link: Safeguarding Week 2025 – NYCSP by North Yorkshire Community Safety Partnership | Eventbrite

Refresher of multi-agency duties as per NYSAB partner agreement and the benefits of multi-agency working.
Audience: This session is suitable for professionals working in adult safeguarding in North Yorkshire
Booking Link: Refresher of multi-agency duties as per NYSAB partner agreement and the benefits of multi agency working

Members of North Yorkshire Police’s Stalking Team will provide an overview of stalking offences, understanding and recognising stalking behaviours, Victim impact and Stalking Protection Orders.

Audience: This session is open to everyone
Booking Link: Safeguarding Week 2025: Understanding and Recognising Stalking Tickets, Wed, Jun 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM | Eventbrite

Course outline
The aim of this workshop is to raise awareness of private fostering. We will achieve this by discussing the definition of private fostering, exploring differing scenarios to put the definition in practice, and feeling confident in your responsibilities when you identify a private fostering arrangement.  
Jess will share her experience and expertise of Private Fostering both within the Social Care and Education settings, linking the procedures to frontline practice. 
Jess will talk about some of the lessons learnt through the death of Victoria Climbié and how the subsequent Laming Report prompted a strengthening of the legal framework around private fostering.
We hope to inspire professionals to feel confident in recognising private fostering arrangements, know what to do and how to support children and young people in these arrangements.

Audience: Professionals working with Children and Young People within the City of York
Booking Link: Booking is via the City of York booking portal (login is required) Course: Safeguarding Week – Private Fostering

This session explores the critical role of dignity in district nursing and its impact on safeguarding adults. Drawing on findings from her PhD research, Emma Stevens sheds light on how everyday nursing practices can uphold or undermine a person’s sense of dignity, recognising this not just as a core nursing value but a powerful safeguard against harm, neglect, and abuse.

The session will offer insights from an ethnographic study in which nurses and patients were observed and interviewed.  Through exploring their real-life examples, the presentation will consider how everyday interactions can either increase the risk of vulnerability or enhance safety and autonomy.  
Audience: This session is for professionals working across North Yorkshire, York, Hull and East Riding
Booking Link: Safeguarding Week 2025 – Dignity Matters in District Nursing Tickets, Wed, Jun 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM | Eventbrite

“This session provides an overview of how Adult and Children’s services can work together to ensure ongoing protection and support.
Transitional safeguarding is an approach to safeguarding that recognises the unique needs of young people as they transition from childhood to adulthood. It aims to prevent the “”cliff edge”” effect where young people may experience a break in support services and potentially increased risks. It involves collaboration between children’s services, adult services, and other agencies to ensure ongoing protection and support.
This session is delivered by Adults and Children’s Services at the East Riding of Yorkshire Council and is suitable for Health and Social Care professionals.”
Audience: This session is for professionals working across North Yorkshire, York, Hull and East Riding
Booking Link: Transitional Safeguarding and Human Rights Tickets, Wed, Jun 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM | Eventbrite

“The Care Act (2014) defines Persons in Positions of Trust (PiPoT) as; “people who work in paid or unpaid capacity, including celebrities and people undertaking charitable duties with adults with care and support needs”
Positions of trust may include, but are not limited to, any staff working on behalf of:
· Social Care
· Health Services
· Police and Criminal justice
· Housing
· Education
Allegations may be made that a PiPoT has caused harm to an adult or child, either in their professional or personal life. In these cases, it is essential that there is a fair & proportionate response to protect those at risk.
The region’s Safeguarding Adult Partnership Board have developed guidelines to help and assist you if you have concerns regarding a PiPoT. Sign up for a bite-sized briefing to learn what a PiPoT is and what you should do to protect vulnerable adults and comply with the Care Act.”
Audience: This session is for professionals working across North Yorkshire, York, Hull and East Riding
Booking Link: Person in a Position of Trust – who are they and what should you do Tickets, Wed, Jun 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM | Eventbrite

An introduction to Op Soteria. What Op Soteria is about
How this will change our approach, victims, survivors & suspects
How NYP are responding to the national change programme which was created through academic research and what is going to change/ how partners can hold NYP to account.
Introduction to some of the changes that are taking place over the next 12 months.

Booking Link: Booking is via the City of York booking portal (login is required) Course: Safeguarding Week – Operation Soteria – Transforming our response to rape and sexual offences

Audience: This session is suitable for Professionals and Volunteers working in safeguarding across all Local Authority Areas.

Course aim
To increase knowledge amongst parents, coaches and communities of the signs of child exploitation 
Course objectives 

People have increased knowledge and understanding of exploitation in a sports and community context
People have simple tools to have conversations with children about it
People know different simple routes to do something about their worries
Audience: Professionals working with Children and Young People, Parents and Carers of Children and Young People, Community Members and Local Businesses
Booking Link: Booking is via the City of York booking portal (login is required) Course: Safeguarding Week – Keeping Your Children Safe in Sport

This session will focus on Incel sub-culture, its deep rooted misogynistic beliefs as well as other extreme cultural views and it’s links to terrorist acts and behaviours. The session aims to give those attending a basic awareness the INCEL subculture and its threat within society.

Eventbrite booking link: Safeguarding Week 2025: An Introductory Guide to Incel Subculture Tickets, Thu, Jun 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM | Eventbrite

Audience
This session is open to all Professionals working across North Yorkshire, York, Hull and East Riding

What can rapidly increases fire spread in a home setting and how collectively we can support people and reduce the risk of fire. Topics covered emollients, hoarding, medical oxygen, airflow products
Audience: The session is suitable for everyone
Booking Link: Partner-High Risk Fire Awareness Training Tickets, Thu, Jun 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM | Eventbrite

Staff from North Yorkshire Police’s MATAC Team will give an overview of the operation of and developments in MATAC in North Yorkshire and the City of York, covering identification of and engagement with people who are potential repeat and serial perpetrators of domestic abuse 
Audience: This session is suitable for everyone
Booking Link: Safeguarding Week 2025: MATAC – Multi-Agency Tasking And Coordination Tickets, Thu, Jun 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM | Eventbrite

Session for North Yorkshire professionals only, delivered by Vanessa Corrigan, Harrogate District Foundation Trust. The session will look at asylum seekers’ journey within maternity services.
Audience: The session is suitable for professionals in North Yorkshire only.
Booking Link: Asylum Seekers’ Journey within Maternity Services Tickets, Thu, Jun 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM | Eventbrite

“This session is delivered by ERSAB and the East Riding Making a Change Team and explores the issue of cuckooing. It will explore:
· What is cuckooing?
· Who is at risk? Who do criminals target for cuckooing?
· Cuckooing and consent
· How does cuckooing work?
· Signs of cuckooing at a property
· What to do if you think someone is a victim of cuckooing
· Preventing and disrupting cuckooing toolkit
This session is suitable for Young Adults, Parents and Carers, Community Members and professionals.”
Audience: The session is suitable for everyone
Booking Link: Cuckooing Overview Tickets, Thu, Jun 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM | Eventbrite

“This webinar will focus on identifying and addressing domestic abuse within the military community. It will explore the unique challenges service members, and their families face and discuss effective strategies for intervention.
The aims:
To raise awareness about domestic abuse within the military community.
To equip participants with the knowledge and skills to recognise and respond to abuse effectively.
To highlight the unique challenges faced by service members and their families.
To promote a culture of safety, accountability, and support within military environments.
The Objectives:
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
Identify Signs of Domestic Abuse: Recognise physical, emotional, psychological, and financial abuse indicators.
Understand Unique Military Challenges: Learn how military culture, deployments, and chain of command influence domestic abuse cases.
Navigate Legal & Support Resources: Gain knowledge of military-specific and civilian legal protections, reporting options, and victim support services.
Implement Effective Intervention Strategies: Understand how to safely support victims, refer them to appropriate services, and ensure confidentiality where required.
Encourage Prevention & Awareness: Learn how to foster a proactive approach to preventing domestic abuse through education and advocacy.”
Audience: This session is suitable for professionals working in North Yorkshire, York, Hull and East Riding
Booking Link: Domestic Abuse in the Military Tickets, Thu, Jun 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM | Eventbrite

Figures suggest that 21% of 3–to 4-year-olds have their own mobile phone. Children are active users of tech from an early age, but the internet wasn’t designed with children in mind, so, like any parenting task, teaching our children to cross the road safely, for example, it is up to all of us to help our children have safer experiences online. Online safety can feel like a minefield to many parents:
75%, more than seven in 10 parents of children aged 3-17 were concerned about their children seeing inappropriate content.
These free workshops aim to help parents understand how children and young people experience the online world, share resources and tools that could help keep them safe and empower parents to guide them on their journey.
In the workshops, we cover:

The risks and benefits of being online for children
Practical tools and resources to keep children safe online
Online grooming
Online bullying
Social media
Gaming
Mental health and wellbeing

Eventbrite booking link: Safeguarding Week 2025: NSPCC Parent Online Safety Session Tickets, Thu, Jun 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM | Eventbrite

Audience:
This session is open to parents and carers, community members, volunteers and professionals across North Yorkshire, York, Hull and East Riding

An introduction to PAPYRUS and suicide prevention
The key objectives are:
To increase awareness of suicide and suicide prevention
To provide information about PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide
To develop Hope and encourage action for a suicide-safer community
To understand the importance of self-care.

Eventbrite booking link: Safeguarding Week 2025: Papyrus – Suicide Prevention Supporting Under 35s Tickets, Thu, Jun 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM | Eventbrite

Audience:
This session is available for parents and carers, community members, professionals and volunteers across North Yorkshire, York, Hull and East Riding

Learning Outcomes.

This session will cover:
 
• The manufacture and distribution of drugs globally and nationally
• The NYDAP drug testing program – in which samples of drugs across our region are tested for contaminants
• Risks related to contaminated drugs
• Risks related to a person’s life and circumstances, and how this can impact their decisions around purchasing and taking drugs.
• Safety planning
Audience: This session is suitable for everyone in North Yorkshire
Booking Link: Safeguarding Week 2025: Providing Information & Support for Drink and Drugs Tickets, Thu, Jun 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM | Eventbrite

This presentation will provide an overview of the Samaritans’ rail suicide prevention programme in partnership with Network Rail and the wider rail network, with examples of multi-agency working across the various local authority areas.  The session will contain information about the Small Talk Saves Lives Campaign and how community engagement is an important part of the programme.
Attendees will learn about the reach of this national programme and how a little small talk can be a life-saving kit.
Audience: This session is suitable for professionals working across North Yorkshire, York, East Riding and Hull.
Booking Link: Samaritans – Small Talk Saves Lives Tickets, Thu, Jun 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM | Eventbrite

Using the medium of storytelling to raise awareness of county lines and associated risks.  An opportunity to gain an insight into Christina’s resources and the collaborative approach with North Yorkshire Police across education in North Yorkshire.
Audience: This session is suitable for professionals and volunteers across North Yorkshire.
Booking Link: Safeguarding Week 2025: County Lines – Early Intervention & Prevention Tickets, Thu, Jun 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM | Eventbrite

Delivered by North Yorkshire’s and East Riding’s Safeguarding Children partnership, this session will look at the importance of being professionally curious when working with children and families. It will explore what professional curiosity is and some of the barriers to achieving it. It will also look at culturally competent practice and trauma-informed practice when being professionally curious.
The session will also look at the importance of exploring and understanding different professional perspectives and how this can enhance our practice. We also look at some learning from National cases and some North Yorkshire learning reviews.

Eventbrite booking link: Safeguarding Week 2025: Professional Curiosity Tickets, Thu, Jun 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM | Eventbrite

Audience
This session is open to all professionals and volunteers across North Yorkshire, York, Hull and East Riding.
The session will look at some North Yorkshire resources and local learning, but is relevant to all Local Authorities.

Crimestoppers is an independent charity giving people the power to speak up about crime 100% anonymously.
www.crimestoppers-uk.org
Our youth service, Fearless, helps to empower young people to speak up about crime, whilst raising awareness of what constitutes a crime, and breaking down the barriers to reporting.
www.fearless.org
Learning Outcomes
· Understanding the foundation of the work that the charity Crimestoppers does.
· Have confidence in understanding our anonymity promise.
· Learn how our youth service, Fearless, can be used as another tool for helping young people understand more about crime.
· Find out how to access the resources on our website.

Eventbrite booking link: Safeguarding Week 2025: Crimestoppers – Fearless Tickets, Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 9:30 AM | Eventbrite

Audience
This session is open to parents and carers, community members, professionals and volunteers across North Yorkshire, York, Hull and East Riding.

“A session for professionals, particularly those working in health.
A session run by the Health IDVA – Lauren Grieveson – at IDAS to introduce and raise awareness of the Health IDVA project and it’s aims. The session will cover:
The IDAS Health IDVA project and what support we can offer to professionals.
The importance of health practitioners in identifying and responding to domestic abuse.
Signs of domestic abuse and risk factors in the context of health.
Asking the question about domestic abuse and referral pathways available for survivors.
Desired Outcomes:
Increased awareness and understanding of the IDAS Health IDVA initiative, aiming to develop partnerships and collaboration between health professionals and domestic abuse support services.
Increased understanding of the importance of the response of health practitioners to domestic abuse.
Information for health practitioners about what support is available to them as professionals responding to domestic abuse.”
Audience: This session is suitable for professionals (particularly those working in Health, in North Yorkshire and York)
Booking Link: Health & Domestic Abuse Tickets, Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 10:00 AM | Eventbrite

“Overview of new “Self-neglect Practice Guidance” for North Yorkshire and City of York. The session is aimed at professionals and volunteers in any partner organisation who work with adults in North Yorkshire and York.
By the end of the session, attendees will:
• Understand types of self-neglect, signs and symptoms and professional curiosity.
• Be able to describe safeguarding duties (Care Act, 2014) and how to report a safeguarding concern about self-neglect (in line with the North Yorkshire and City of York multi-agency safeguarding adults policy and procedures).
• Be aware of the relevant legislation to support people who are self-neglecting.
• Have an overview of practical tasks and tools to support good practice when working with people who are at risk of self-neglect.
• Working with other professionals.”
Audience: This session is suitable for professionals working in North Yorkshire and York only.
Booking Link: Safeguarding Week 2025: Overview of New Self-Neglect Practice Guidance Tickets, Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 10:00 AM | Eventbrite

It takes a village to raise a child – yet in times of crisis or need, we often hear that there is no one else around.

Working Together 2023 and The Children’s Social Care National Framework 2023 clearly highlight the importance of connections and networks for our children and young people.

Our role as professionals is to support children and young people and their families in identifying existing support networks and connections children, young people, and their families have as early as possible, seeking to understand who they define as their family, and who is important in their lives.

This might include non-familial relationships, such as lifelong friends, youth workers, teachers, members of their local community or faith-based organisations. It asks that we work hard to strengthen these relationships and bring them together to improve safety and belonging for children and their families.

Course outcomes

• Understand the importance of connections and networks

• Share tools and guidance on how to identify networks

• Hear about the impact on children and young people

• Understand your role in the partnership when thinking about a child and their network. 

Audience: This session is for professionals and volunteers working in the York area.
Booking link: Booking is via the City of York booking portal (login is required) Course: Safeguarding Week – Signs of Safety – ‘It Takes a Village’ – Networks and Connections

“This session will look at Key aspects of self-neglect:
• Lack of self-care
• Wide range of behaviours
• How Self-neglect can manifest
• The potential for serious consequences
• Underlying factors
• The need for support and intervention
• Examples of self-neglect
• Importance of addressing self-neglect
• Promoting safety and well-being
• Supporting independence and autonomy
The session will also examine a Safeguarding Adult Review that centred around self-neglect to explore discussion around alternative outcomes.
Audience: This session is suitable for professionals in Adult Health and Social Care across North Yorkshire, York, Hull and East Riding
Booking Link: An exploration of self-neglect Tickets, Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 10:00 AM | Eventbrite

This session is presented by East Riding Adult Social Workers and will explore the subject of hoarding. It will also showcase the East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Hoarding Toolkit.
Audience: This session is suitable for Adult Health and Social Care Professionals in East Riding only.
Booking Link: Hoarding overview and toolkit Tickets, Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM | Eventbrite

The session aims to raise awareness of Nepacs as a whole and also the new ‘By Your Side’ service. Which aims to improve the well-being of young people and families who access the service. The project also has the intention to prevent criminal behaviour and animosity towards the police/justice system by providing very early intervention support to those individuals in the aftermath of the arrest of a family member/parent.
Nepacs are a charity, 140 years-young, working in the North of England, providing emotional, social and practical support to people who are impacted by contact with either the criminal justice or care systems, particularly the families and children of people in prison, at risk of intergenerational offending, and young people living in care and at risk of offending. Building on Nepacs existing work with families and young people in court and prison visitor settings, providing, for the first time, direct family intervention at a much earlier stage in the justice process.
The aim of the Helpline By your Side project is to improve wellbeing and prevent criminal behaviour and animosity towards the police/justice system by providing very early intervention support to the families and children of individuals in the aftermath of the arrest of a parent/family member.

Booking link: Safeguarding Week 2025: nepacs Tickets, Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM | Eventbrite

Audience: As this is a North Yorkshire service, this session is open to community members, professionals and volunteers across North Yorkshire only.

Join us for a 1-hour session where professionals will gain firsthand insight into the detrimental impact of gambling on individuals and their loved ones. Sam Starsmore, Ygam’s Programme Lead for Education, will share his personal journey, which began with gambling harm at the age of 16. This session offers a unique opportunity to hear Sam’s story and ask questions to deepen your understanding of this emotive issue. This session comes with a trigger warning with discussions around suicide, gambling products, and mental health. If you’re impacted by gambling or someone else’s gambling, please contact the National Gambling Helpline on 0808 8020 133.
Ygam are an award-winning national charity with a mission to safeguard our digital generation. We provide fully funded workshops to professionals to prevent gaming and gambling harms among young people through awareness, education and research.

Eventbrite booking link: Safeguarding Week 2025: YGAM Gambling Lived Experiences Tickets, Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM | Eventbrite

Please note for the YGAM sessions: Our training will be delivered online via Microsoft Teams. At Ygam, we require delegates to register onto our workshops via a booking link (see below). Once you have completed the online form, you will be sent the meeting invite to the email address you provided when you registered with us. The details are in the link below:
Alumni Bespoke Workshop Booking | Ygam

Audience:
This session is open to parents and carers, community members, professionals and volunteers across North Yorkshire, York, Hull and East Riding

Hoarding and self-neglect is increasingly recognised as a source of extreme distress to individuals and their families. The underlying causes are often very varied and long-term. Multi-agency working is usually essential. Dr Walker will share some case examples from his 20 years’ experience in community mental health work.
Audience: This session is suitable for everyone
Booking Link: Safeguarding Week 2025: Hoarding and Self-Neglect Tickets, Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM | Eventbrite

“This session will be presented by Natalie Ratcliffe (Cats Protection Lifeline) and Jodie Hooker (Dogs Trust Freedom). Both of which are specialist, temporary fostering services supporting victim-survivors and their pets to live free from abuse. They are also founding members of the Pet Fostering Links Group. It will cover:
How and why perpetrators use animals in the context of domestic abuse. The significance of animals and implications of animal abuse for all victim-survivors – adults, children and animals. Animal-related risks and safety planning. Research, practical tools and resources to support professionals in their practice”
Audience: This session is suitable for professionals working across North Yorkshire, York, Hull and East Riding
Booking Link: Animal Abuse as a Strategy for Coercive Control Tickets, Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM | Eventbrite

“The aim of the MARM procedure is to provide professionals with a framework to facilitate effective multi-agency working with adults who are at significant risk. It is a process to manage risks when working with adults deemed to have the capacity to make decisions for themselves, but who are at risk of serious harm or death through:
· Self-neglect (Care Act 2014)
· Risk-taking behaviour/chaotic lifestyles; or
· Refusal of services.
The Hull Safeguarding Adults Partnership Board has developed a MARM procedure to help professionals who meet adults they think may fall under the MARM criteria. If this is you, sign up for 1 of the briefings to understand the procedure and your part within it.”
Audience: This session is suitable for professionals working in Hull only.
Booking Link: MARM Bite size briefing Tickets, Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM | Eventbrite

North Yorkshire Safeguarding Children Partnership have a series of recorded learning events on their YouTube Channel, which can be accessed here: NYSCP – YouTube
A selection of free e-learning courses (both from NYSCP, its partners and National Organisations) is available here: NYSCP

Free training from other Providers is accessible here: NYSAB

Channel and Prevent Training Resources: Channel & Prevent Training Resources | North Yorkshire Partnerships

Working with Adolescents – Dez Holmes: As part of the launch of the City of York Safeguarding Children Partnership Contextual Safeguarding Strategy, Dez Holmes, Director of Research in Practice, delivered a keynote focused on effective strategies for working with adolescents, particularly those facing risks and harm beyond their immediate families. Drawing on her expertise, Dez explored the challenges practitioners may encounter when supporting young people affected by extra-familial harm, offering valuable insights and evidence-informed approaches for making a meaningful impact.
 
If you would like to access a copy of the recording, please email CYSCP@york.gov.uk. Please note, you will need a Microsoft OneDrive account.

Multi-Agency Training: These free e-learning Courses, from a variety of providers, aim to provide practitioners with a basic awareness of the issue concerned. Some require an account to be created. Most provide a certificate on successful completion.
We do not host, endorse or have any responsibility for these external courses. Learning and development – CYSCP

Further resources and information can be accessed here: Working to safeguard adults with care and support needs – SAB

There are various external e-learning providers available for professionals working with children in the East Riding. The content of these courses is not the responsibility of the ERSCP but they have been deemed relevant for East Riding professionals.External training offer

On this page, you will find information about the Riding Safeguarding Adults Board (ERSAB) training offer Training

Training course directory Training Courses – Learning and Development

Training course directory Training Courses – Learning and Development