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The Care Act Consultation on Draft Guidance Link to the draft guidance on adult safeguarding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 729110Karen.rodgers@cambridgeshire.gov.uk