Training & Learning Events

In addition to the BSAB multi-agency programme and ME learning offer we would like to share with you local, regional and national learning opportunities. We hope that the varied training offer below would be of interest to you and/or your teams. As a Board we would welcome your feedback on any of the following training you may attend - please do let the Board Manager know if you register for any of these.*

*Please note: whilst we aim to share learning opportunities that are made widely available, the options below are not directly commissioned by the BSAB and therefore we cannot assume responsibility for their content.

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BSAB Safeguarding Workshop for Bromley Practitioners - Tuesday 15 July 2025, 10:00 - 15:30 BST

The Bromley Safeguarding Adults Board, Bromley Healthcare and London Borough Bromley are working in collaboration to host a Safeguarding Workshop. This is an opportunity for professionals from health and social care in the London Borough of Bromley to come together to explore safeguarding leadership when working with adults at risk with complex safeguarding needs.

The workshop will focus on themes from Bromley Safeguarding Adult Reviews (SARs), including the impact of loneliness on adult safeguarding.

This event offers Bromley practitioners the space to reflect on their current practice and have the opportunity to share good practices alongside the challenges when working with people with complex safeguarding needs.

For venue and registration information please visit here.

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BCWA: drop-in group for the LGBTQ+ community - Tuesday 01 July, 12-3pm

BCWA have set up a drop-in group for the LGBTQ+ community, providing a safe space to discuss the impact of domestic abuse, share stories and get support.

It is held at Community Vision Children Centre on 01 July 12-3pm, you can either register to attend or drop in. Professionals can attend to support clients.

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Oxleas: Mental Health related webinars - various topics and dates from June 2025 to March 2026

These sessions are designed for a broad range of non MH practitioners to help with their understanding of and working with people experiencing MH conditions and substance misuse. These sessions include:

COMHAD- Co-occurring Mental Health, Alcohol and Drugs
Understanding Personality Disorders
Understanding the Mental Health Act
Supporting the Armed Forces community
Basic Psychiatric Medications
Supporting clients with Anxiety and Depression
Supporting Families and Carers
Young people and substance use

For more information please visit here.

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LGA: Partners in Care & Health Webinar on Missing and Safeguarding Adults - Monday 07 July 2025, 2.00pm - 4.00pm

Following the publication of the Missing People Organisation's report - "Missing from Hospitals, Health and Care Settings: An Analysis of Reports to Prevent Future Deaths and Safeguarding Adult Reviews", this webinar will include the key findings and messages from the report. The session aims to provide valuable insights, preventative strategies, and recommendations for improving health, care, and police responses when people are missing. The webinar aims to provide learning and information to support the prevention of future deaths and help participants consider how to improve services and safety nets for adults who might go missing.

Confirmed speakers include:

Chair - Sarah McClinton, Chief Social Worker (Adults)

For more information please visit here.

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CNWL: See me, hear me, believe me - recognising and responding to sexual abuse across all ages - Wednesday 02 July

The CNWL Safeguarding Conference will be held on the 2^nd July from 9am to 3pm. The theme of this year’s conference is responding to sexual abuse across the life course.

For more information please visit here.

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Office of the Public Guardian: Understanding LPAs and deputyships: Carers Week information session - Thu, 12 Jun 2025 13:00 - 14:00 BST

To mark Carers Week 2025, the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) is hosting a free information session for people with caring responsibilities across England and Wales.

If you help manage the finances or health of the person you care for, you may want to learn more about lasting power of attorneys (LPAs) and deputyship orders.

During this session, you will learn about the following:

how to make an LPA or apply for a deputyship order
how much it costs
how to act as an attorney or deputy

For more information please visit here.

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SEL ICB: Celebrating Pride Month - Wednesday 04 June, 15:30 - 16:30

In celebration of Pride Month, we invite you to the next Equalities Forum on Wednesday 04 June 2025, 15.30 - 16.30 PM via Teams.

Pride Month is a vibrant, powerful time to acknowledge the impact LGBTQ+ individuals have had on history, both locally and globally. It's a time to reflect on the ongoing fight for equality and to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community's diversity, resilience, and achievements.

Colleagues are excited to welcome Dr. Layla McCay (Director of Policy for NHS Confederation & Executive Lead of the Health and Care LGBTQ+ Leaders Network) and Nathan Lewis (Programme & Partnerships Manager (Black, Queer and Thriving) for Black Thrive) as their speakers. Dr. McCay will share her career journey, her work with the LGBTQ+ community, and LGBTQ+ considerations in healthcare. Nathan Lewis will be discussing Black Thrive's vital work with the LGBTQ+ community in South East London. A Q&A session will follow their presentations.

This is a great opportunity to engage in meaningful discussions and champion LGBTQ+ equity in your organisation.

For more information please visit here.

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HALT (Homicide Abuse Learning Together): DHR recommendations (HALT) presentation with Professor Khatidja Chantler - Thursday 22 May 2025, 10:15 - 11:30

This presentation will be an in-depth review into the learning from Domestic Homicide Reviews for mental and physical health services, with time for Q&A afterwards.

Professor Khatidja Chantler (PhD) is Professor of Gender, Equalities and Communities at Manchester Metropolitan University. She is Co-director for the Global Perspectives, Marginalisation and Thriving Communities research cluster. Her areas of research expertise are gender-based violence, self-harm, gender and ethnicity. She is also an internationally known expert on forced marriage research.

For more information, see:

https://domestichomicide-halt.co.uk/project-overview/
https://domestichomicide-halt.co.uk/team/

To register your interest please visit here.

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London Safeguarding Children Partnership: Incels - A deep dive into extreme misogyny - Monday 31 March

As incel ideology becomes more mainstream, we must understand its impacts on young people’s mental health and safety.

To register for this online course please visit here.

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Lewisham: Safeguarding Adults Review (SAR) Learning Event – ‘Maria’ and ‘Maureen' - Monday 24 March, 12 - 2pm GMT

Courtesy of our Lewisham colleagues, this joint SAR learning event will be led by the two independent reviewers (Karen Rees and Imogen Blood) who will outline the key learning points from these two cases which have recently been completed in Lewisham.

This is a chance to listen to two experienced practitioners who led the separate reviews and pick up on the learning points which cover a wide range of subject areas: rough sleeping; domestic abuse and coercive control; substance misuse; mental ill-health; mental capacity; serious self-neglect and animal hoarding.

For more information please visit here.

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SEL ICB Equalities Forum Presents: International Women's Day - Thursday 06 March 2025, 14.00 - 15.15

With special guest speakers:

Dr. Navina Evans, CBE
Dame Marie Gabriel

Join via Teams

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Rape Crisis South London: Understanding and Responding to Sexual Violence - Thursday 20 February 2025, 09:30 - 14:30

This free online training, delivered by Rape Crisis South London and co-produced by members of their Service User Advisory Panel, is open to front line professionals working in the following London boroughs: Greenwich, Bexley, Bromley, Lewisham, Southwark, Croydon, Lambeth, Wandsworth, Merton, Sutton, Kingston, and Richmond. The training will be relevant for anyone working in a frontline role with people who may have experienced sexual violence, and will be especially relevant for those working in the health, education, and criminal justice sectors.

For more information please visit here.

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BSAB Self-Neglect Learning Event - Tuesday 11 February 2025, 2 - 4pm

For BSAB partner agencies only.

In this collaborative effort, this learning session will discuss two case examples with a thematic focus on self-neglect and mental health. This is an opportunity for practitioners to join in a reflective space and improve the outcomes for people who self-neglect.

The session aims to:

Share learning from complex case examples
Do a deep dive into the complexities of self-neglect
Discuss the importance of initiating the Complex Case Pathway (CPP) framework at the right time Highlight the benefits of joint working
Explore Executive Functioning Safeguarding & carers - keeping vulnerable people under regular review
How you can benefit from reflective safeguarding supervision

Please register your interest here.

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SafeLives: Non-fatal strangulation (NFS) training for professionals - various dates throughout January & February 2025

Safe Lives have developed non-fatal strangulation (NFS) training for professionals, while working with the Institute for Addressing Strangulation, for a range of professionals who encounter domestic abuse victims and survivors of non-fatal strangulation. There is a mixture of free webinar and half-day learning sessions.

For more information please visit here.

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Academy for Social Justice: Understanding Modern Slavery - Thursday 30 January 2025 16:00 - 17:15

This seminar will give an overview of what modern slavery is in the UK context, using case studies and the speaker's first-hand experience.

For more information please visit here.

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Samaritans: The Internet, Suicide and self-harm - 30 January 2025, 12.30pm - 2pm

Registrations are open for Samaritans Online Excellence Programme's free training webinar session in January. Whether you work in the NHS or voluntary sector, Samaritans are here to help you have safe conversations about online use. This training is aimed at increasing your confidence in supporting people who may be using the internet in relation to their self-harm or suicidal feelings. Learn more and secure your place by registering on their events page.

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LGA: Homelessness and Safeguarding - updates, learning and current issues - Wednesday 15 January 2025, 2.00pm - 4.00pm

The aims of the event are to provide learning from the 2nd National Analysis of Safeguarding Adult Reviews and reviews of deaths of homeless peoples; updates on critical issues and responses to support people with no recourse to public funds and people living in vehicles; insights from current research; and consider strategic responses to safeguarding challenges.

For more information please visit here.

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Homeless Link - London PLUS: Adult Social Care Webinar - 08 January 2025, 4:00pm

Join Safeguarding Circle, START Homeless outreach teams, London Councils and Homeless Link for this free online event to learn how the Adult Social Care system can better support people experiencing homelessness in London.

This event will launch a guidance document on how to navigate supporting people experiencing homelessness.

For more information please visit here.

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Rape Crisis South London (RASASC) - Specialising in Training on Sexual Violence

RASASC deliver training to teams of 5-16 professionals in any organisation that might come into contact with survivors of sexual violence. They can deliver training in person or remotely, and offer a range of session lengths to suit a team’s needs. They will charge a fee for larger organisations, but for smaller organisations they do have some funding to offer free sessions.

For more information about our training, visit https://www.rasasc.org.uk/training/

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Young People Gambling and Gaming Harms

YGAM, an award-winning education charity, is offering FREE online training on the topics of gaming and gambling harms including the blurred lines between the two.

Younger generations now grow up entwined in the digital world, always just a few clicks away from the online galaxy of gaming and gambling. This training will equip you with the knowledge, resources, and confidence to spot the
signs of harm, start informed safeguarding conversations and signpost to support when needed.

Join YGAM’s growing network of trained professionals!

Click here to select your profession and date.

Any questions regarding these sessions, please email training@ygam.org

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Homeless Health London Partnership and Aneema: Improving Access to Services for Clients Experiencing Multiple Disadvantage & Co-occurring Conditions

Backed by the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID), this aneemo course has been created in partnership with the NHS’s Transformation Partners in Health and Care Co-Occurring Conditions Team to support cross-sector professionals in recognising and supporting the multiple and co-occurring needs of people who experience multiple disadvantage.

The comprehensive curriculum will benefit both frontline staff and system leaders across health, social care, voluntary sector and the criminal justice system. You will develop an understanding of the individual, service and system level barriers that exist for people with multiple needs accessing services; recognise the prevalence of trauma and working in a Trauma-Informed way; be given practical and creative approaches to assessment, engagement and support; and recognise the importance of gender informed service models and peer support. The content also covers the use of legislation such as The Care Act, Safeguarding, the Mental Capacity Act, The NICE guidance, Drug Strategy and NHS Long-Term Plan, and what a Trauma-informed Criminal Justice System can look like.

For more information or to sign up, please click here.

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London Borough Bromley Council: Tackling loneliness - February 2023 onwards

Do you work with, assist, or help residents who may benefit from connecting with others in Bromley?

The London Borough of Bromley are pleased to present this free, 1-1.5 hour Tackling Loneliness Workshop for all professionals working with residents across all age groups, backgrounds and in all stages of life who may be at risk of loneliness.

To find out more information and to book onto this course, go online here.

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London Fire Brigade (LFB): A Carers Guide to Home Fire Safety - Learn how to keep people that receive care safe from fire

Sadly, around one third of people who die or are severely injured by fire were in receipt of some form of care or support. If you are a formal (e.g. domiciliary care worker, support worker or clinician) or informal carer (e.g. family member, friend or neighbour) and are caring for someone in their own home, our Carers Guide to Home Fire Safety will help you identify fire risks and show you what you can do to reduce them.

Find out more here.

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Independent advocacy under the Care Act 2014 e-learning course (SCIE) - now available

Under the Care Act 2014 the role of the independent advocate is to support an individual or carer to understand information, express their needs and wishes, secure their rights, represent their interests and support them to obtain the care and support they need.

This course explains what independent advocacy means under the Care Act 2014.

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Thrive LDN is leading a campaign to get 100,000 Londoners to take the FREE online suicide prevention training.

Thrive London have partnered with the Zero Suicide Alliance, who have created a training program to help people to be able to identify warning signs and to feel comfortable having conversations about suicide.

Access this training here.

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