West Yorkshire Financial Exploitation and Abuse Team (WYFEAT) offers a comprehensive training session designed to help you understand and address financial abuse and exploitation.

This session delves into how financial abuse is covered under The Care Act 2014 and provides practical measures to safeguard service users from scams and doorstep crime. It includes real case studies from victims in West Yorkshire to illustrate the team’s work and emphasizes the importance of changing the stigma associated with being scammed. Additionally, this session explains the role of WYFEAT, the referral process, and the support available to victims.

Discover what an AP party is and the risks for young people who attend; including: drugs and alcohol, financial exploitation, sexual exploitation and violence. Find out how speak to young people about the risks, how to make a referral and sharing information with other agencies.

This webinar by West Yorkshire Police will outline what County Lines is, signs and symptoms, the police response, and how people working in the third sector can contribute to combatting it.

Cuckooing is a form of exploitation where an individual or a criminal gang target the home of a vulnerable person so they can use the property for criminal purposes. In this webinar by Leeds Safer Stronger Communities, you will hear why and how people are targeted, the work going on in W. Yorks to combat cuckooing and how people have been helped to be safe.

Full details of the reviews that will be covered in this session will be released nearer to the event.

Delivered by Dez Holmes, Director National Children’s Bureau & Research in Practice

Aim of Session:

– Understand what the concept of Transitional Safeguarding is, and what it is not

– Explore research, practice wisdom and expertise from lived experience to understand why Transitional Safeguarding is needed and how it is the basis of ‘early help for adults’

– Deepen their understanding of Transitional Safeguarding as an issue of whole system change, and systems leadership

– Hear how other local areas are trying to develop a Transitional Safeguarding response

– Reflect on how Transitional Safeguarding can transform how Calderdale supports young people into adulthood

Delivered by Ann Brown

Calderdale Safeguarding Partnership invites you to join Ann Brown in a face-to-face discussion where she shares her journey of overcoming domestic abuse and its impact on her children as they grew into young adults.

This powerful story sheds light on the long-term effects of abuse and the resilience of survivors. Be inspired, gain insight, and show your support for those who have endured such challenges. This event is a unique opportunity to reflect on your own practices in sustaining support for children affected by domestic abuse as they transition into young adults and beyond.

This session covers:

– Understanding Modern Slavery, Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation, exploring how it may present within your clients or case load.

– Exploring the statutory response to Modern Slavery and how to gain support for potential victims.

– Understanding how to work with potential victims of Modern Slavery and Human

– Trafficking to ensure trauma informed and safety focused.

– Sharing contacts from around West Yorkshire who can support your victims of Modern Slavery.

This session will focus on:

– Missing themes, and why children run away.

– Reporting strategies and safeguarding planning.

– Exploitation and the correlations