WYFEAT offer a free 1hr training session to professionals regarding financial abuse and exploitation. The session explores in depth at how financial abuse comes under The Care Act 2014, and how as professionals we can safeguard service users from doorstep crime and financial abuse.
We aim to address the stigma attached to being scammed and how we can change this. The training session has real case studies from victims in West Yorkshire that have been financially abused. This is to illustrate the kind of work WYFEAT undertake.
The role of WYFEAT and the referral process will also be explained in detail and the session explores what practical measures are available to victims in West Yorkshire in order combat financial abuse.
If you are interested in this training, please contact wyfeat.training@wyjs.org.uk