Are you, or is one of your colleagues, struggling to work with someone who hoards or self-neglects? Hoarding disorders are challenging to treat, because many people who hoard frequently don’t see it as a problem, or have little awareness of how it’s impacting their life or the lives of others. Many others do realise they…
Dr Elizabeth Bates is a senior lecturer at the University of Cumbria and is interested in understanding men’s experiences of aggression and control, and how these may continue after the end of the relationship. There is an identified gap in this area of research. Dr Bates and their colleague Dr Julie Taylor are looking for men who…
On the 24th January Norfolk County Council’s Mental Health Social Care Team and St. Martins held a joint open session at Webster Court. The scheme is aimed at over 50’s with a history of drug or alcohol use and homelessness, often with a history of anti-social behaviour including hoarding. The provision is funded by housing benefit and adult social care.…
The government has published an easy read guide to the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill. Click here for the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill easy read guide. The Bill amends the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (SCIE at a glance guide), which provides a statutory framework for people who lack capacity to make decisions for themselves (it would do this by…
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have published the latest in their Learning from safety incidents series which looks at the risk of people developing hypothermia and what providers can do to keep people safe. Introducing the latest post, Debbie Westhead, interim Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care, said: “Everyone using health and social care services should expect care and…
Friday (1 February) sees the launch of the annual local Safeguarding Awareness Month which aims to raise awareness of the importance of keeping people safe by reminding everyone that the safety of individuals is everyone’s business. Safeguarding is about keeping children, young people and adults, who are at risk from abuse and neglect, safe and…
The National Crime Agency has revealed that the scale of the “county lines” trade, in which criminal networks exploit thousands of children and vulnerable adults to funnel drugs from cities to towns and rural areas, could be as much as £500 million. The majority of victims groomed into working for gangs are 15 to 17-year-old boys but children as young…
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Safeguarding Adult’s Board would like to find out about what people across the region understand about safeguarding adults at risk of abuse and neglect. This will then help us to get the right information and messages to the community and to professionals to help make Cambridgeshire and Peterborough a safer place to…