1. Transitional safeguarding Adolescence to Adulthood
Angela Parton
Operations Director
YSS
Beth Raynor-Smith
ARC Keyworker

2. Who am I? YSS Operations Director YSS designated lead for Safeguarding
Social Worker
Former Head of ST&W YOS

3. YSS who we are and what we do
YSS has been working with children, young people, adults and families in West Mercia for 30 years
YSS offers a person centred and holistic approach offering intensive one to one interventions
YSS working with young people, adults and families who are vulnerable with multiple and complex needs

4. YSS – West Mercia Appropriate Adult
ARC (Accessing Resources in the Community) yr olds
Divert years old
Early Help
Enhanced Support Service (ESS)
Meet and Mentor
Remember Veterans
Young Carers

5. Transition to Adulthood (T2A)
YSS T2A pilot in West Mercia funded by Barrow Cadbury for young adults in the criminal justice system
A distinctive service for young adults offering one-to-one, person- centred mentoring support
Practical support recognising levels of cognitive and emotional maturity
Support in negotiating transition from childrens services to adult

6. Transitional Safeguarding
Adolescents may experience a range of risks and harms, and so may require a distinctive safeguarding response. Harm, and its effects, do not stop at the age of 18. Many of the environmental and structural factors that increase a child’s vulnerability persist into adulthood, resulting in unmet needs and costly later interventions. The children’s and adults’ safeguarding systems are governed by different statutory frameworks, which can make the transition to adulthood harder for young people facing ongoing risk. Young people entering adulthood can experience a ‘cliff-edge’ in terms of support.

7. Contextual Safeguarding
young people experience harm beyond their families
recognises that the different relationships that young people form in their neighbourhoods, schools and online can feature violence and abuse.
Parents and carers have little influence over these contexts, and young people’s experiences of extra-familial abuse can undermine parent-child relationships.
Carlene Firmin University of Bedfordshire

8. Contextual Safeguarding

9. Contextual Safeguarding
peer on peer and relationship abuse
criminal/ sexual exploitation/ online abuse
missing episodes
risks associated with gangs
risks associated with radicalisation
safeguarding risks in public spaces
trafficking and modern slavery

10. Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are stressful events occurring in childhood including
domestic violence
parental abandonment through separation or divorce
a parent with a mental health condition
being the victim of abuse (physical, sexual and/or emotional)
being the victim of neglect (physical and emotional)
a member of the household being in prison
growing up in a household in which there are adults experiencing alcohol and drug use problems.

11. Adverse Childhood Experiences

12. those with 4 or more ACEs are more likely to
have been in prison
develop heart disease
frequently visit the GP
develop type 2 diabetes
have committed violence in the last 12 months
have health-harming behaviours (high-risk drinking, smoking, drug use).

13. Why are ACE’s important?
When children are exposed to adverse and stressful experiences, it can have a long-lasting impact on their ability to think, interact with others and on their learning.
ACEs should not be seen as someone’s destiny. There is much that can be done to offer hope and build resilience in children, young people and adults who have experienced adversity in early life.
Research has found that a relationship with one trusted adult during childhood can mitigate the impacts of ACEs on mental and physical wellbeing.

14. We can help reduce ACEs by
preventing household adversity
supporting parents and families
building resilience in children and wider communities
enquiring about ACEs routinely in our services to respond appropriately
encouraging wider awareness and understanding about ACEs and their impact on health and behaviour
using encounters with adults in services such as homelessness services, addiction, prison or maternity services, to also consider the impacts on their children or future children.
Ref NHS Scotland

15. ANY QUESTIONS?