Tools for professional development in safeguarding

We’re constantly looking for ways to develop our learning and embed good practice throughout our work, using both our own range of training guides and working in partnership with others to develop practical tools that support our staff in real-world situations.

To mark #SafeguardingAdultsWeek #SAW2024 we’ve rounded up some of our top resources that are regularly used by our team of advocates. These are all rooted in the Advocacy Charter, NICE Guidance for Advocacy in Health and Social Care (2022) and our safeguarding policies and procedures. Click on the links to access them:

• Your Voice Counts Guide to Professional Curiosity (pdf)

• Your Voice Counts Guide to Safeguarding Adults for Advocates (pdf)

Safeguarding Adults Boards

We're proud to sit on all three of our local Safeguarding Adults Boards (read more about this partnership at Advocacy and safeguarding - where do we fit in?) and collaborated to develop these seven minute guides:

• Your Voice Counts Seven Minute Guide to Advocacy for Gateshead Safeguarding Adults Board (pdf)

• Your Voice Counts Seven Minute Guide to Advocacy for Newcastle Safeguarding Adults Board (pdf)

• Your Voice Counts Seven Minute Guide to Advocacy for South Tyneside Safeguarding Adults Board (pdf)

Seven minute self-neglect guides developed by North-East SAR Champions

These seven minute self-neglect guides provide invaluable strategies to help advocates who are supporting people facing self-neglect, trauma, homelessness, substance misuse, hoarding and challenges related to self-care:

• Self-neglect guides

For more information about our advocacy services, visit www.yvc.org.uk/advocacy.