Social Care Conferences UK organises high quality training events specifically for Social Workers and those working in or with social care organisations. These events focus on improving quality and provision of social care services, and integrating services to ensure continuity of care between agencies.

The Journal of Adult Protection is pleased to partner with such a great resource and offer all readers a 20% discount on conferences and masterclasses:

The discount is available by quoting ref: hcuk20jap when booking (*cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer. Full T&Cs available upon request).
Adversity, Trauma and Mental Health

Self Neglect & Adult Safeguarding: Responding to Self Neglect & Hoarding

FRIDAY 7th FEBRUARY 2025

VIRTUAL, Online

Self-neglect can be a complex and challenging issue for practitioners because of the need to find the balance between respecting a person’s autonomy and fulfilling a duty to protect the adult’s health and well-being.
This conference which features extended interactive sessions focuses on the difficult issue of self neglect and adult safeguarding and includes an extended focus on hoarding. Through national updates, practical case studies and extended interactive group work the conference will cover self-neglect, meeting the statutory safeguarding guidance, safeguarding people who self-neglect: the evidence and what works, developing guidance for professionals when dealing with self-neglect and resistance to engage with services, an extended session on hoarding, and an extended session on dealing with the underlying causes of self-neglect working in partnership with people who are self-neglecting in a multi disciplinary way. The conference will also focus on the increasing issue of loneliness and social isolation in older people which evidence shows can contribute to self neglect.
For further information and to book your place visit
https://www.socialcareconferences.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/self-neglect-and-adult-safeguarding-responding-to-self-neglect-hoarding or email [email protected]
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Safeguarding Children from County Lines Exploitation

WEDNESDAY 12th FEBRUARY 2025

VIRTUAL, Online

Join us for an essential one-day conference dedicated to Safeguarding Children from County Lines Exploitation, designed for professionals working on the frontline of child protection. As County Lines operations continue to evolve and target vulnerable children, it's more important than ever to equip staff with the knowledge, tools, and strategies needed to combat this growing threat. Through a combination of expert-led presentations and real-life case studies, this conference will empower safeguarding professionals to identify risk factors, intervene early, and work collaboratively to prevent child exploitation.
https://www.socialcareconferences.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/safeguarding-children-from-county-lines-exploitation or email [email protected]
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A Guide to Social Prescribing

WEDNESDAY 26th FEBRUARY 2025

VIRTUAL, Online

This conference will focus on increasing the scale and impact of social prescribing as outlined in the NHS long term plan. We will take a practical case study based approach to assessing, monitoring and improving the health outcomes of people who typically experience health inequalities.
There will be an emphasis on understanding the evidence base, and through learning from organisations that have succeeded in addressing the challenge of social prescribing for people from economically deprived areas in the country.
https://www.socialcareconferences.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/a-guide-to-social-prescribing or email [email protected]
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Safeguarding Adolescents and Young Adults

FRIDAY 7th MARCH 2025

VIRTUAL, Online

We are pleased to announce this National Safeguarding Adolescents and Young Adults Conference which this year will focus on improving safeguarding practice: delivering a strengths based approach, trauma informed safeguarding, contextual safeguarding and complex safeguarding.
Through national expert sessions and practical case studies the conference aims to bring together safeguarding leads working with adolescents and young people to understand current issues and the national context, address risks faced by vulnerable adolescents and to debate and discuss key issues and areas you are facing in practice in supporting adolescents and young adults.
https://www.socialcareconferences.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/safeguarding-adolescents-and-young-adults or email [email protected]
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Adult Safeguarding Summit 2025: Adult Safeguarding in Health & Social Care Settings, Improving Practice, Decision Making & Outcomes

TUESDAY 29th APRIL 2025

VIRTUAL, Online

The Annual Adult Safeguarding Summit 2024 will focus on Adult Safeguarding – improving practice, decision making and outcomes in a health and social care setting. Through national developments and practical case studies the conference will provide you with an essential guide to improving adult safeguarding in your service.
https://www.socialcareconferences.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/adult-safeguarding-summit or email [email protected] 
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Safeguarding Children and Young People Online: Managing Cybertrauma and Online Risks and Abuse

WEDNESDAY 30th APRIL 2025

VIRTUAL, Online

The online world and digital technologies have become an integral part of children and young people’s everyday lives. However, despite their many opportunities and advantages, digital technologies ranging from social media to artificial intelligence and immersive technologies create new risks and have given rise to new forms of harm and abuse ranging from digital assault to cybertrauma to cyberrape, phantom touch, and digital self-harm. These and other forms of abuse pose significant risks for safeguarding and new challenges for all services and professionals working with children and young people. In fact, NSPCC (2024) indicates that “Almost 87,000 sexual offences against children were recorded by police in the past year.” https://www.socialcareconferences.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/safeguarding-children-young-people-online email [email protected] 
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Improving Mental Health Support for Asylum Seekers and Refugees Conference

FRIDAY 9th MAY 2025

VIRTUAL, Online

This conference will focus on the highly relevant and complex area of improving Mental Health Support for Asylum Seekers and Refugees. By attending this conference, you will gain valuable insights from leading professionals who will share best practice examples of how health services can enhance support for displaced individuals facing barriers to accessing mental health care. https://www.socialcareconferences.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/improving-mental-health-support-for-asylum-seekers-and-refugees or email [email protected] 
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Fighting Grooming Gangs and Youth Exploitation Conference

THURSDAY 12th JUNE 2025

VIRTUAL, Online

This conference provides a vital platform for participants to address the complex challenges posed by grooming gangs, child exploitation, and the broader socioeconomic factors that place children at risk. Building on recent high-profile cases and inquiries, the event equips attendees with the knowledge, tools, and strategies to make a meaningful impact in their roles.
Participants will explore the latest developments in grooming gang tactics, including the use of digital platforms and manipulation of vulnerable communities. Sessions will delve into cultural and socioeconomic drivers, survivor-centred care, and key lessons from real-world inquiries such as Rochdale and Rotherham. Practical discussions will also focus on avoiding discrimination, supporting disadvantaged children, and effectively implementing policy recommendations within professional settings. 
https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/protecting-children-tackling-gangs-grooming-and-exploitation or email [email protected] 

Quality Accreditation, Monitoring and Assurance in Health and Social Care

FRIDAY 13th JUNE 2025

VIRTUAL, Online

This conference focuses quality accreditation, monitoring and assurance. The conference will support you to develop systems and processes for local accreditation for quality. Accreditation can be used as a tool to encouraging ownership of continuous quality improvement, reduce variation and increase staff pride and team working.
This conference will also update delegates on the New CQC Single Assessment Framework
https://www.socialcareconferences.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/quality-accreditation or email [email protected] 
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Masterclasses - All Virtual Online

MON, 24 MAR 2025 Providing Telephone and Voice Only Support
Thu, 13–Fri, 14 Mar 2025 Youth Mental Health First Aid England
Tue, 1 Apr 2025 Responding to Subject Access Requests for Health & Social Care
Wed, 30 Apr 2025 Data Protection Officer in Health and Social Care: What Good Looks Like
Tue, 6 May 2025 Masterclass: Safeguarding Adults at Risk - NHS Level 4
Mon, 12–Tue, 13 May 2025 Safeguarding NHS Level 5
Tue, 10 Jun 2025 Responding to Subject Access Requests for Health & Social Care
Fri, 13 Jun 2025 Quality Accreditation, Monitoring and Assurance in Health and Social Care