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Safeguarding Update September 2014 Karen Rodgers Adult Safeguarding Training and Development...
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Safeguarding Update September 2014 Karen Rodgers Adult Safeguarding Training and Development Manager
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MakingSafeguarding Personal - developing person-centered, outcome focused responses to safeguarding adults. Feedback from people using safeguarding services - emphasis was on process and procedures More focus needed on engagement and control Safeguarding is not a term that people recognise or understand Conversations with the person being safeguarded about the outcomes that they want is important in the early stages of the intervention and to be continued
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Safeguarding UpdateSeptember 2014
Karen RodgersAdult Safeguarding Training and Development Manager
Safeguarding Adults Board Annual Reporthttp://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/downloads/download/147/cambridgeshire_safeguarding_adults_board
SoVA and MCA Newsletterhttp://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/info/20100/safeguarding_adults_and_mental_capacity_act/523/adults_at_risk_from_harm
MARU to MASH
Making Safeguarding Personal - developing person-centered, outcome focused responses to safeguarding adults.
Feedback from people using safeguarding services -emphasis was on process and procedures
More focus needed on engagement and controlSafeguarding is not a term that people recognise or
understandConversations with the person being safeguarded about
the outcomes that they want is important in the early stages of the intervention and to be continued
People need to know when the safeguarding process has finished, what the outcome is and what happens next
People need continuity of staff involved in the processes
People should be made aware that they can ask a friend or advocate to support them at meetings.
Making Safeguarding Personal, LGA, 2013
The Care Act 2014 Enquiry by local authority Safeguarding Adults Boards Safeguarding Adults reviews Abolition of local authorities power to remove
persons in need of care (section 47) New definitions – Adults “at risk of abuse or
neglect” (no longer a Vulnerable Adult). Principle of “Well being”)
Protecting property of adults being cared for away from home
The Care Act Consultation on Draft Guidance Link to the draft guidance on adult safeguarding
can be found at: http://careandsupportregs.dh.gov.uk/category/adult-safeguarding/
Response from Government by end Oct. Cambridgeshire County Council Adult
Safeguarding Policy and Procedure Update Sign up form: http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/info/20077/adults_
and_older_people_practitioners_and_providers_information/418/adult_safeguarding_policy_and_procedures
Adult Safeguarding Training Level One to Three training is refreshed every
three years for all staff that have regular (once a month or more) direct contact with vulnerable adults.
Good practice that managers carry out knowledge checks annually.
Training Strategy including standards and knowledge check forms:
http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/info/20077/adults_and_older_people_practitioners_and_providers_information/424/adult_safeguarding_training/3
Guide includes: ● Top tips for workers 9 ● Advice and support 12 ● Flowchart of whistleblowing process 14 ● Guidance for Managers 15 ● What to do when a worker reports a concern 16 ● Top tips for managers 16 ● Employer guidance 19 ● Responsibilities of employer 19 ● Standards for policies 21 ● Model policy for small organisations 23 ● Settlement agreements 25 ● What does good practice look like? - Some
Karen Rodgers - Adult Safeguarding Training andDevelopment ManagerTel: 01223 [email protected]
