Adult Safeguarding Conference 2025

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Overview

As The Care Act 2014 enters into its 10th year of implementation, it remains the cornerstone of adult safeguarding in the UK.

While significant improvements have been made since its introduction, ongoing challenges persist in protecting the most vulnerable adults. Recent guidance from the Local Government Association underscores the need for strong partnership working, especially in light of the Integrated Care Systems, to ensure that at-risk adults receive the comprehensive support they need.

With strong socio-economic headwinds, exacerbated by the cost-of-living crisis, vulnerable adults face increasing risks. NHS Digital & ONS Data shows a steady annual increase in safeguarding issues & enquiries:

• 192,090 Section 42 cases opened during 2023-2024, an increase of 0.5% from 2022-23
• 615,530 concerns of abuse reported during that period—a 5% rise from the previous year
• According to Age UK, nearly half a million people aged over 65 are susceptible to abuse or neglect
• ONS data reveals that, on average, 77 female victims per year have been killed by a partner or ex-partner over the last decade.

At the Adult Safeguarding Conference 2025, experts from across the public and voluntary sectors will come together to discuss the latest strategies and initiatives to enhance safeguarding practices. Through best practice case studies, interactive sessions, and dedicated networking breaks, we will explore key challenges such as effective multi-agency working, streamlining transitional safeguarding processes, and developing robust safeguarding measures for those most at risk.

Agenda

• 8.20am

  Registration

• 9.20am

  Chairs Opening Remarks

• 09.30am

  Keynote: Trends and Data in Adult Safeguarding

  • Analysis of 2023-2024 safeguarding data
  • Regional trends: Why do some areas have higher safeguarding concerns?
  • The rise in Section 42 enquiries – What does it mean for practice?
  • The most reported types of abuse – What’s driving the increase?

  Senior Representative, British Association of Social Workers (Invited)

• 10.00am

  Keynote: Addressing Continual Failures: Neglect and Acts of Omission

  • Why is neglect and omission the most reported safeguarding issue?
  • Case study reviews: Learning from Safeguarding Adult Reviews (SARs)
  • Self-neglect vs. neglect by others: Understanding the fine line
  • Addressing neglect in healthcare, social care, and family settings
  • Early intervention strategies: How can safeguarding teams prevent neglect before it escalates?
• 10.30am

  Questions & Answers 

• 10.50am

  Comfort Break 

• 11.10am

  Different Settings & Different Approaches: Addressing Safeguarding in High-Risk Settings

  • Care home safeguarding concerns: How do we ensure high standards?
  • Domiciliary care risks: Recognising hidden neglect and abuse
  • Community-based safeguarding: Protecting isolated and vulnerable adults
  • Role of family members vs. professionals: Who should intervene and when?
  • Multi-agency responses to safeguarding failures
• 11.40am

  Case Study: Technology & Safeguarding: Dating app Dangers

  • Hear the latest approaches used by online scammers to target already vulnerable people
  • Remote safeguarding & novel approaches to reaching those who are not in traditional care settings
  • Evidence & Case Studies: Review recent statistics and real-world examples to identify early warning signs and trends in online exploitation.
  • Discuss multi-agency collaboration for intervention – such as digital literacy training, and technological tools to enhance monitoring and protection on dating platforms.

  Anna Rowe, Subject Matter Expert (Invited)

• 12.10pm

  Questions & Answers 

• 12.30pm

  Lunch

• 1.10pm

  Breakout Networking 

• 1.40pm

  Supporting the Workforce: Training, Wellbeing, and Leadership

  • The emotional impact of safeguarding roles – How do we prevent burnout?
  • Training gaps: Are safeguarding practitioners adequately supported?
  • Recruitment and retention challenges in adult safeguarding
  • The role of leaders and supervisors in maintaining safeguarding standards
  • Safeguarding culture: How do we ensure a proactive approach?
• 2:10pm

  Transition from Youth to Adult Services – Filling in the Gaps

  • Learn best practise for supporting vulnerable individuals across this transitional period
  • Hear how best to ensure that young people continue to feel empowered & a trauma informed approach is still taken once the ’18 Threshold’ is passed
  • Discover innovative ways to ensure that these young individuals remain engaged with the relevant services

   

• 2:40pm

  Questions & Answers 

• 3:00pm

  Comfort Break 

• 3:20pm

  Learning from Multi-Agency Reviews: Best Practices and Challenges

  • Exploring complex safeguarding cases and multi-agency learning
  • How agencies can work better together to protect vulnerable adults
  • Learn how reviews can lead to new approaches to protecting vulnerable adults
• 3:40pm

  Case Study: Domestic Abuse & Financial Abuse – Signs & Strategies for intervention

• 4:00pm

  Questions & Answers 

• 4:20pm

  Chairs Closing Remarks 

• 4:30pm

  Conference Close

Previous Speakers

Mthoko Ngobese

Senior Lecturer in Social Work

University of West London

Kenny Gibson

National Director of Safeguarding

NHS England

Emily Konstantas

Founder and CEO

The Safeguarding Alliance

Saskia Lightburn-Ritchie

CEO

My CWA (Cheshire Without Abuse)

Testimonials

Why you Should Attend?

✓ High-level keynotes on the latest initiatives to improve safeguarding practices and upskill staff in responding to concerns from leading experts and policymakers
✓ Case studies showcasing best practice in developing multi-agency approaches
✓ A wide range of topics including improving safeguarding policies in care homes, bridging the gap between child and adult safeguarding, and identifying signs of abuse and neglect
✓ Network with senior colleagues from across the sector to share common challenges and improve your safeguarding practices
✓ CPD (gain 8 hours of CPD points towards your yearly quota)

Who Should Attend?

Pricing Options

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Virtual vs F2F

Whilst F2F provide better options for networking, there are many distinct advantages of sponsoring our online conferences including:

• Wider geographical reach of delegates and a different audience who prefer online to f2f
• Lower sponsorship package costs
• No travel/accommodation
• Less time out of the office
• No stand materials required (lower costs)
• 1 of only 2 sponsors involved – less competition on the day
• Prime speaking slot in the morning of the conference including Q&A – less distractions and easier for delegates to hear/absorb information
• Receive all delegate data after the conference to follow-up directly with those who attend and don’t attend (small % but still key stakeholders)
• Ongoing exposure via OnDemand access (coming soon)

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