OSAB training: supporting your practitioners with risk management - TAAs and the TRAM protocol
Together, we can build confidence, consistency and effective multi-agency responses to adults experiencing the highest levels of risk
Who Should Attend?
Do you supervise or manage practitioners who work with adults who are experiencing risk in their lives? If so, this session is for you.
Designed specifically for supervisors, managers, service managers and anyone with responsibility for supporting frontline staff, this session will help you strengthen your understanding of Oldham’s multi-agency approach to risk management and develop the confidence to lead and support good practice.
Please note: Frontline practitioners should attend the separate session: ‘Risk Management in Oldham: Team Around the Adult and the TRAM Protocol’. You can find the latest dates and book places via eLearning and Training on the OSAB website.
Why Attend?
Managing risk is rarely straightforward. Practitioners often work with adults whose circumstances involve multiple and interconnected risks, requiring careful balancing of safeguarding duties, individual rights, personal choice, and professional responsibilities.
As a manager or supervisor, you play a crucial role in helping practitioners navigate these challenges. This session will explore how the Team Around the Adult (TAA) approach and the Tiered Risk Assessment and Management (TRAM) Protocol can support effective, person-centred and coordinated responses to risk.
You'll gain practical insight into how these processes work and how you can champion their use through multi-agency collaboration, supervision and performance management.
Course Aims and Objectives
By the end of this session, you will be able to:
• recognise the benefits of multi-agency working and shared decision-making
• navigate the Oldham TRAM Protocol with confidence
• understand the purpose and responsibilities of the TAA and the Lead Professional role
• know when information can be shared under the agreed multi-agency Data Sharing Arrangements
• identify when High and Critical risk levels should be considered and applied
• learn from local examples of successful use of the TRAM Protocol
• understand what your role in the TRAM Protocol could involve
• use supervision and performance management processes to positively reinforce the importance of the TRAM Protocol.
Time/Date/Venue
13:00-15:30, 14 September 2026, via Microsoft Teams.
If you are interested in booking a place for this course, please complete the online booking form. You will then be contacted to discuss availability.
Do you know what a local child safeguarding practice review (LCSPR) is?
A local child safeguarding practice review (LCSPR), previously known as a serious case review, is carried out when a child dies or suffers serious harm and abuse or neglect is known or suspected. The aim is to identify learning and improve safeguarding practice across agencies, not to apportion blame.
Oldham Safeguarding Children Partnership (OSCP) has updated Practice Review Guidance in line with Working Together to Safeguard Children 2026 and developed a new Plan on a Page. This provides an overview of the review process, including key stages, roles and responsibilities.
The updated guidance and plan on a page are designed to help partners understand the review process, contribute effectively to reviews and support learning across the partnership.
Further information on case reviews, including the updated guidance and plan on a page, is available on the OSCP website
In case you missed it!…..
Did you know Oldham Safeguarding Adults Board (OSAB) have developed an essential 7-Minute Briefing about modern slavery? The briefing focuses on defining modern slavery; who victims may be; spotting the signs; responding to modern slavery; and where to get further information including the Oldham Modern Slavery Toolkit
7-Minute Briefings are based on research which suggests that seven minutes is an ideal time span in which to concentrate and learn. Learning for 7 minutes is manageable in most services and often more memorable as it is necessarily brief and not clouded by other issues and pressures. These short, safeguarding snapshots can be a helpful way to support team learning. Please discuss this briefing within your teams, complete the OSAB 7-Minute Briefing Team Discussion Feedback Form to record and evidence how you have used the briefing and send a copy to OSAB.
MAPPA training – public protection is everyone’s business
Did you know that all agencies have a duty to cooperate under the Multi-agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA)? Regardless of your role, you may come into contact with a MAPPA registered individual or someone connected to them.
Following recommendations from our Child Safeguarding Practice Review process, we are encouraging all staff groups to increase their awareness and understanding of MAPPA and their role in protecting children, young people and communities.
This 90-minute bite-size training session, delivered by Probation service specialists, provides an introduction to:
• What MAPPA is and why it matters
• The different MAPPA management levels
• Information sharing and disclosure responsibilities
• Your role within the MAPPA framework
• How agencies work together to manage risk
Suitable for all professionals, practitioners and managers across the partnership
Visit the OSCP website for details of upcoming dates and further information and book via the online booking form
Last chance: public survey about safeguarding awareness and communication
OSAB are asking people in Oldham to take part in a short survey about safeguarding awareness and communication. The aim is to improve how we share important messages, understand what people already know, and reach more people in our communities. Can you support us to share details of the survey with residents?
There’s a poster available which might help!
It only takes about 10 minutes to complete, and feedback will help shape improvements to safeguarding information locally. People can take part by scanning the QR code on the poster or via this link:
The survey is open to all residents and community groups and closes on 19 July 2026. Residents’ views really will make a difference. People can send us an email if they’d like to arrange for us to call them so they can answer the survey questions by telephone.
Finally, do you live in Oldham?! If you do, click on the link and tell us your thoughts!
Keeping children safe online this summer
During the summer holidays, without the distraction of school, internet usage for many young people can increase all the way up to September. SKIPS Safety Net has produced a guide to keeping children safe online during summer holidays, this guide is designed to help parents with a realistic approach to help keep their children safe when using the internet, social media and playing online games.
They also have an information guide on how to report if parents have any concerns about their child's safety online.
Please share these resources with the parents and carers you work with to help keep children safe online during the summer holidays and beyond.
Organised drug-facilitated sexual assault
You may be aware of recent media coverage on what the police are referring to as Organised Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault. This hidden but serious form of abuse is a growing issue, where victims are subjected to non-consensual sexual acts while incapacitated or unconscious due to alcohol and/or drugs.
As further cases are brought to court and media interest grows, this may result in an increase in disclosures and presentations in NHS settings. Equally, early recognition and trauma-informed support can improve outcomes for victims and help disrupt ongoing abuse.
The NHS GM Integrated Care team have therefore asked for awareness of this issue to be raised, for services to prepare for a potential increase in demand and be aware of and respond accordingly to any signs and symptoms of people who may be experiencing this form of sexual offending and domestic abuse.
Please familiarise yourself with sexual assault referral centre (SARCs) and how people can access these services. SARCs are available across England for anyone who has been raped or sexually assaulted at any time in their life. Individuals can contact them 24/7 to book an appointment and it is their choice whether to involve or report to the police.
A briefing aimed at NHS staff is available with further details and guidance, as well as a SARC information leaflet
Helping Oldham residents find the right financial support
The Money Advice Referral Tool (MART) is a financial support finder for residents of Oldham. It helps people identify the most appropriate local advice and services when they are experiencing financial difficulties.
Financial hardship is always linked to a lack of income, but supporting someone in this situation can feel complex, particularly for organisations that do not specialise in money guidance.
To address this, the MART was developed for use across Oldham. It is designed for any organisation working with people on low incomes, including GP surgeries, schools, hospitals, community groups and voluntary organisations. Individuals can also use the tool directly to find financial support.
To address this, the MART was developed for use across Oldham. Practitioners can access the accompanying Oldham MART guide for referral information and support.