If you follow any case of hoarding back to its roots, you’ll find a complex web of genetics, neurology, history, and psychology. Hoarding has implications for physical and mental health, wellbeing, housing tenure and safety for both children and adults, which is why intervention to help the person change their hoarding behaviour is so important. We must recognise that trauma is one of the biggest triggers of hoarding behaviour therefore a Trauma Informed Approach is crucial.
Dudley Safeguarding People Partnership have launched the Think Family Hoarding Toolkit that can be accessed below:
Partners have been delivering sessions to staff in recent weeks and below is an overview of the process and pathway that can be downloaded and shared within your organisations:
Additionally there is a one hour online briefing on Thursday 11th April and delegates can book on here: https://dudleysafeguarding.event-booking.org/event-detail/%3DEDO0UjM/DSPP-Think-Family—Hoarding-Toolkit-2024—Briefing
