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This event will cover the following topics: 

Training
Chris and Beccy will be joining us to discuss training. They have several topics they wish to cover, and this session will provide you with the opportunity to offer feedback on our training events.

Risk Outside the Home (ROTH)
New guidelines and procedures have been introduced regarding the council’s approach to risk outside the home (ROTH) for our children and young people in care. Helen and Katie will be joining us to present the new ROTH Tool, which is designed to assist professionals in assessing and understanding any concerns you might have about risks faced by children and young people outside their homes.

Kinship Strategy
Following the UK Government's launch of the first-ever National Kinship Care Strategy. Louise will be sharing how this new strategy will impact South Gloucestershire's Kinship Carers (Connected Carers). This session will also provide an opportunity for you to ask any questions or raise any queries regarding the new strategy.

Wellbeing and Support
As a fostering service, we understand the importance of support and are currently reviewing our support and wellbeing offer. Following the 'Fostering Support & Wellbeing' survey sent out on [INSERT DATE], Mercedes will be hosting a discussion table to share the feedback received and gather your thoughts on how we can effectively implement this feedback to improve our wellbeing and support offer.

What to expect
If you are new to our engagement events, here’s what to expect: upon arrival and after grabbing a drink and a biscuit, attendees will be divided into groups. Each group will spend 20 minutes at every table, allowing you the opportunity to engage in discussions on all topics.

By booking onto this course, you are consenting to your contact details being passed onto the trainer. This is so they can send any resources to you.


This workshop is for South Gloucestershire Council Adult Care practitioners ONLY.

The session will explore the importance of legally literacy and defensible decision-making in effective practice. Included will be a focus on:

• defining and developing an understanding of what is meant by both terms, from both a theoretical perspective and from your experience/practice
• ways to continue to develop your knowledge of the legal framework and how to ensure that it underpins your practice
• professional accountability and the importance of accurate analysis, free from bias, to inform your professional opinions and defensible decisions

The multi-agency South Gloucestershire Safeguarding Adults Board oversees the Joint Policy and Procedures for Safeguarding Adults in this area. It is essential that a wide range of staff working in local authority, health and social care agencies are fully aware of the key issues in safeguarding vulnerable adults and of how the policy affects them in their front-line roles. The half-day Raising Safeguarding Concerns course is essential training for all front-line staff and managers who are involved in providing services to adults at risk and who work directly with service users. The course content is mapped to the learning outcomes in the local Safeguarding Adults Training Standards (published Dec 2017) as well as to relevant national occupational standards including the Care Certificate (Standard 10). Course attendance is monitored by the Safeguarding Adults Board. The standard charge for this course is £57. Please refer to our Course Charges on the Home page for information on discounts and exemptions.

We are restricting numbers from each organisation to 4 individuals per course.

If you organisation require a large number of individuals to complete this course, then it maybe possible for in house training to be organised.
Please contact HRlearninganddevelopment@southglos.gov.uk with your requirements.

The multi-agency South Gloucestershire Safeguarding Adults Board oversees the Joint Policy and Procedures for Safeguarding Adults in this area. It is essential that a wide range of staff working in local authority, health and social care agencies are fully aware of the key issues in safeguarding vulnerable adults and of how the policy affects them in their front-line roles. The half-day Raising Safeguarding Concerns course is essential training for all front-line staff and managers who are involved in providing services to adults at risk and who work directly with service users. The course content is mapped to the learning outcomes in the local Safeguarding Adults Training Standards (published Dec 2017) as well as to relevant national occupational standards including the Care Certificate (Standard 10). Course attendance is monitored by the Safeguarding Adults Board. The standard charge for this course is £57. Please refer to our Course Charges on the Home page for information on discounts and exemptions.

We are restricting numbers from each organisation to 4 individuals per course.

If you organisation require a large number of individuals to complete this course, then it maybe possible for in house training to be organised.
Please contact HRlearninganddevelopment@southglos.gov.uk with your requirements.