{"id":6714,"date":"2017-07-21T08:16:47","date_gmt":"2017-07-21T08:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.talkingmats.com\/?p=6714"},"modified":"2017-07-21T08:16:47","modified_gmt":"2017-07-21T08:16:47","slug":"keeping-safe-and-safeguarding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.talkingmats.com\/keeping-safe-and-safeguarding\/","title":{"rendered":"Keeping Safe and Safeguarding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Talking Mats\u00a0 Keeping Safe Learning Disability projects ends but a resource that promotes safeguarding and well-being\u00a0 continues.<\/p>\n<p>The Keeping Safe Talking Mat provides a structured framework to ask someone \u2019How\u2019s your life going?\u00a0 We are grateful to the Scottish Government Keys to Life monies for funding the trials. Impact of use of the resource was gained by practitioners sending in examples of their use of Keeping Safe, and the outcomes and actions from the Mats were themed.<\/p>\n<p>The resource has been shown as a helpful way to<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>discuss new information (89%). Staff frequently commented that using the Mats revealed things they had not known previously.<\/li>\n<li>discuss and resolve fears (84%) . It provided a framework that was supportive for those more difficult and or sensitive conversations e.g.\u2019 Usually when she expresses her feelings she can get either upset or angry. She did not get upset or angry at any point through doing the Talking Mats, although the subject and things she was saying was at times difficult issues.\u2019<\/li>\n<li>support thinking (89%) \u2018It helps with memory and attention as she has something visual to keep her focused.\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.talkingmats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Relationship.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6717\" src=\"http:\/\/www.talkingmats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Relationship-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Relationship\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>As of June 2017, 609 people who work with adults with a learning disability in Scotland have the Talking Mats Keeping Safe Resource and are trained to use it. This includes a wide range of professions : clinical psychologists, social workers, advocacy workers, community nurses, support workers and allied health professionals.\u00a0 21 people extended their training to become trainers themselves, and are now training people to use Talking Mats and the Keeping Safe resource in their geographical area.<\/p>\n<p>Initially many staff thought using the resource would take too much time but in fact were really surprised to find how much quality information they got in a short space of time.\u00a0 A cost benefit analysis demonstrated that using the Keeping Safe resource is cost effective for organisations i.e. for every \u00a31.00 an organisation spends on the training and the resource, the potential financial benefit to the organisation is \u00a323.00. We believe this is because the Mats create a powerful listening space and so that issues can be addressed timeously and not spiral out of control. This has not only a financial benefit but also a return in terms of an individual\u2019s well-being and access to local non specialist services.<\/p>\n<p>Although this resource was developed with adults with a learning disability, several people have reported\u00a0 that they have found it useful with other client groups e.g. adults with acquired neurological disorders and young people particularly with mental health issues .<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you want to read in more detail about the design process behind the resource then please read this journal article published in the Tizard Learning Disability Review \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.talkingmats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/More-Than-Pictures-TLDR-2017.pdf\">More Than Pictures TLDR 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Talking Mats\u00a0 Keeping Safe Learning Disability projects ends but a resource that promotes safeguarding and well-being\u00a0 continues. 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