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Safeguarding Children and Young People: Real-Time Monitoring of Substance Abusing Parents

Chris Miller, Chair at Harrow Local Safeguarding Children's Board spoke about monitoring drug and substance abuse in parents as a new way of safeguarding children, at The Child Safeguarding and Young People Conference, 2020.

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Safeguarding Children and Young People: The Barnardos See, Hear, Respond Programme

Amanda Naylor, Head of See Hear Respond Programme at Barnardos, spoke about the impact of the programme at The Child Safeguarding Conference, 2020.

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Adult Safeguarding 2021: Working Together To Create a Committed Safeguarding Adults Board

Annie Callanan, Independent Chair of the Croydon and West Sussex Safeguarding Adults Board, spoke at The Adult Safeguarding Conference, 2021 about creating committed partnerships for safeguarding.

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Adult Safeguarding 2021: Making Safeguarding Personal

Liz Hanley, ADASS Safeguarding Policy Network Co-Lead, spoke about improving safeguarding outcomes through taking a personalised approach at The Adult Safeguarding Conference, 2021.

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Using Technology to Improve Communication Between Health and Social Care Providers 

When implemented effectively, technology can be used in the NHS to improve communication between health and social care providers. This case study looks at the expansion of the East London patient records.

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Real-Time Monitoring of Substance Misusing Parents; a New Way to Protect Children?

This case study examines a pilot in Harrow which utilises technology that gives real time recordings of the alcohol or drugs in an individual’s system. It shows us how we can deploy technology to keep children safe in complex family environments.

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How Barnardo’s See, Hear, Respond Partnership is Safeguarding Children During the Covid-19 Crisis

It is clear that the pandemic has had, and will continue to have, an impact on children’s welfare. Community organisations and institutions such as schools, who would usually be able to monitor and safeguard children, are not having the same contact with children as before.

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Abuse and Neglect of Older People – What can we do to stop it?

The abuse and neglect of older people remains a largely hidden issue, which leaves hundreds of thousands of older people experiencing, or at risk of, avoidable harm. There are now nearly 12 million people aged 65 or over in the UK with the average age of the UK population rising.

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