OSAB multi-agency training dates

Multi-agency group training promotes better inter-agency working and understanding of how working as a multi-agency team provides the best opportunity for positive outcomes. Oldham Safeguarding Adults Board (OSAB) are excited to share new dates for multi-agency training available between May and July 2025. Take a look at the flyer for all the details.

OASIS Greater Manchester - encounter, PACS and the navigator project 

Oasis Greater Manchester (GM) are doing some fantastic work with children, young people, and their families across GM. They offer a range of support including an online course for parents called Encounter, an 8-week therapeutic offer based on the principles of non-violent resistance (NVR), which explores ‘connection before correction’ and has proven to be effective where a child has anxiety, ADHD, or Autism. NVR is an innovative form of systemic family intervention, which has been developed for aggressive, violent, controlling and self-destructive behaviour in young people. This is a fantastic therapeutic programme that is especially of benefit to parents who are struggling to maintain boundaries and high parental presence in the home. The course is free and is delivered by trained practitioners.


Oasis GM also offers the Navigator Project  which is a youth led violence reduction project open to young people aged 10-25 years old that live or attend school in GM that are impacted by violence. 

For more information, please visit the Oasis GM website. Please share with your networks of parents and carers, as appropriate.

ICYMIS: OSAB 7-minute briefing: record keeping and information sharing 

In case you missed it!.........Did you find seven minutes to take a look at the OSAB 7-Minute Briefing all about Record Keeping and Information Sharing? The briefing includes key messages including the clear purpose of record keeping; the importance of contemporaneous and accurate record keeping; sharing relevant information, documenting meetings and sharing actions, including out of area information sharing; and sharing information in a safeguarding context including when consent must be overridden.

Hate and how to effectively challenge session

Hate crime is an act of violence or hostility that is directed at a person or group because of who they are or what they think they are, and it can come in many different forms such as physical attacks, a threat of attack and verbal abuse or insults.

The aim of the 'hate and how to effectively challenge' session is to provide information, resources and learning experiences to raise awareness of hate incidents/crimes. There are various dates available:

  • Tuesday 15 July 2025, 1–3pm
  • Wednesday 15 October 2025, 9.30–11:30am
  • Wednesday 4 February 2026, 1–3pm

All sessions will be delivered face to face at Oldham Council Offices, Spindles. Book your place via the online booking form 

Further information can be found on the Oldham Safeguarding Children Partnership (OSCP) website and the Oldham Council website 

Free virtual sessions during national hoarding awareness week (12-16 May 2025)

Learn how to better support individuals with hoarding behaviours. OSAB and Clouds End CIC are offering free training and seminars to educate practitioners with the correct information around hoarding throughout National Hoarding Awareness Week.


One of the main aims of the awareness campaign is to highlight the need for training for practitioners who support clients with the condition, get them to understand that by being educated on what hoarding behaviours are, how they affects those with them and how to appropriately offer support, it will allow for better outcomes that can last long term for both the client and the practitioner.

Find out more including how to book places to attend the OSAB training or the Clouds End CIC seminars online.

Stalking and harassment

OSCP Training Officer Ellen Weedon has been out and about and recently delivered a safeguarding awareness session to year 10 and year 13 at Hulme grammar school in Oldham. The Alice Ruggles Trust stalking and harassment session gives students the foundations to recognise what stalking is, understand why it should be taken seriously, know where to go for support and how to support others. Please contact Ellen for more information about sessions in your setting ellen.weedon@oldham.gov.uk 

You can also visit the Alice Ruggles Trust  for free quality assured resources and help and support for stalking and coercive behaviours.


National referral mechanism (NRM) referral form updates - prompt sheet and guidance

Following consultation with a range of stakeholders, the Home Office has updated the NRM referral form for potential victims of modern slavery. Key improvements include the ability to attach documents within the form, updated prompt sheets for First Responders, improved and more trauma-informed language, additional prompts to support information gathering across all exploitation types, and new fields to help identify linked or duplicate cases, as well as those still in exploitative situations.

These updates aim to improve the quality of referrals, support more informed decision-making, and ensure the form better reflects the experiences of potential victims in a trauma-informed way.

A prompt sheet and guidance document have been produced by the Home Office and are available via Programme Challenger - Practitioner

Neurodiverse padlet for workers and families

A Neurodiverse Padlet can be a valuable resource for both workers and families, providing a central hub for information, support, and connection. It can be used to share insights into neurodiversity, offer practical tips for working with or raising neurodivergent individuals, and connect individuals with resources and peer support networks. POINT have developed a QR code for families to navigate through the ND pathway and support on offer in Oldham which is really helpful for both practitioners and families alike. The QR code can be accessed via the OSCP website. Please share with wider professionals.

Ann craft trust safeguarding adults bulletin

The Ann Craft Trust Safeguarding Adults Bulletin has been released in January, April, July and October every year since 1992. The latest bulletin includes:

  • Safeguarding Adults Week 2025 – Themes and areas of focus
  • Safeguarding Adults Conference 2025 – Early bird tickets available
  • New eLearning course – an Introduction to the Mental Capacity Act
  • Safeguarding in higher education

Access the Latest Ann Craft Trust Safeguarding Bulletin

Reporting threats of arson to Greater Manchester Police 

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) work with Greater Manchester Police (GMP) to protect residents who are at risk of arson in their homes. GMFRS do this by ‘target hardening’ the home to reduce the potential risk and to protect householders and the property, in the event of an attack. Their interventions can include fitting additional smoke detection, fitting a metal letter box cover and delivering a Home Fire Safety Assessment.

Support your service users to report any known or suspected threats of arson to GMP immediately and they will decide whether to contact GMFRS to support the target hardening process.