Course Content
Managing the balance between protecting adults at risk from self-neglect behaviour against their right to self-determination is a serious challenge for services and a complex area of practice.
This course will offer a better understanding of common issues surrounding self-neglect and alongside the Self Neglect and Hoarding Protocol, offers guidance on best practice.
Learning Outcomes
- Know how to recognise and work with adults who self-neglect.
- Explore your responsibly.
- Understand the interface of Self Neglect, Adult Support and Protection (ASP) and other legislation.
- Understanding best practice
- Understanding Dumfries and Galloways Self Neglect and Hoarding Protocol
Who Should attend?
This training is suitable to those in the specific and intensive workforce categories who have direct contact with adults who may self-neglect. For example, housing providers and homeless staff; social work staff; care at home staff, OT's, community nurses, physiotherapists, podiatry, and GP's. It is also suitable for emergency service staff such as police, SAS and SFRS.
If in doubt, please speak to your line manager or contact the public protection team at PublicProtectionTraining@dumgal.gov.uk.
Location and date
Date: Monday 17 November 2025.
Time: 9.30am to 4.30pm.
Location:
Seminar Room 5, Education Centre
2nd Floor
DGRI
Cargenbridge
Dumfries
DG2 8RX
Register for this training
This training is capped at 36 participants.
To book your spot fill in our online form.
This training has been advertised previously with minimal if any changes. So please double check you haven't previously attended prior to booking.
We will confirm in an email whether you are successful or not gaining a spot onto this training. If you have been unsuccessful this time it is due to the training number cap. If you are unsuccessful there will be another opportunity to attend this training in the future.
Once your position is confirmed on our training, it is a mandatory requirement to let us know if you can no longer attend our multi-agency training and the reason why. This is due to the fact our multi-agency training attracts significant preparation time, and we would like to maximise attendance.
If you can no longer attend our training, you may wish to consider nominating a staff member to attend on your behalf from your department. If you do this let us know by contacting us.