Free Webinar: Sexual Exploitation & Safeguarding Adults

Partners in Care and Health are hosting a free webinar on Sexual Exploitation and Safeguarding Adults, on Thursday 25^th September 2025, 10:00 – 12:00.

The webinar highlights opportunities and challenges in safeguarding adults who experience sexual exploitation. Speakers draw on casework, experience and research, providing examples of services, partnership working and tools to support practice.

Who should attend:

• Safeguarding Leads
• Members of Safeguarding Adults Boards from all agencies
• Managers
• Safeguarding Adults Review authors
• Practitioners from all sectors
• Staff responsible for reporting adult social care (ASC) performance
• Commissioners
• Council Officers

Speakers:

• Marie Edmonds – CEO of Aspirations and Amy McKenny – Strategic Commissioning Officer (Drug & Alcohol), Southend Adult Social Services
• Gavin Butler – Principal Social Worker, Cheshire West and Chester Adult Social Services
• Dr Alison Gardner – University of Nottingham
• Lisa Smith – Director, Research in Practice
• Kerry Cooke – Safeguarding Adults Manager, SPOC Adult Exploitation concerns within Adult Social Care, Newcastle Adult Social Service