Safeguarding adults: information for service providers

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Keeping people safe in Wiltshire is everyone’s responsibility.

However, organisations that provide services to people who may be at a higher risk of abuse have a particular responsibility to ensure that they understand about abuse,

This includes:

• understanding what is meant by abuse
• working in a way which actively prevents abuse
• knowing how to report any concerns.

The information listed below is intended to assist service providers to do this.

Safeguarding adults’ MOT

This is a check list to help you to review how you deal with safeguarding adults’ concerns in your organisation

Keeping people safe in your organisation; Guidance for service providers

This section is to assist your organisation to develop good practice in respect of safeguarding adults.

Guidance on why your organisation needs a policy and procedure for safeguarding adults

This section explains why you need to have clearly defined policy, procedure and guidance for safeguarding adults and offers some advice on the pitfalls to avoid.

Guidance on what an organisation should include in a policy and procedure for safeguarding adults

This section outlines what you need to include in a safeguarding adults - policy and procedure document.

Further information for service providers on safeguarding adults in Wiltshire

“No Secrets in Swindon and Wiltshire”

This is booklet is intended for staff and volunteers who work with people who may be at risk of abuse. Wiltshire Council expects all trustees, directors, managers, staff and volunteers of organisations providing services to people who may be at risk of abuse to have a copy of this booklet and to have demonstrated to their line manager or volunteer coordinator that they have read it.

“Keeping People Safe in Wiltshire” 1mb

This booklet is easy to read and organisations providing services to people who may at risk of abuse are encouraged to make this booklet available to people who use their service.

“Policy and procedures for safeguarding vulnerable adults in Swindon and Wiltshire” 1mb

The “Policy and procedures for safeguarding vulnerable adults in Swindon and Wiltshire” (Safeguarding Adults’ Procedures) has been developed by Wiltshire Council and Swindon Borough Council in partnership with the local NHS services, the Wiltshire Probation Area and the Wiltshire Police.

This document describes the way in which Swindon Borough Council and Wiltshire Council work in partnership with other agencies to investigate allegations of adult abuse.

The “Safeguarding Adults’ Procedures” should always be used when there is an allegation or suspicion that a vulnerable person, over the age of 18, is being abused or neglected - that is being caused ‘significant harm’ - by another person or group of people.

The “Safeguarding Adults Procedures” applies to all residents of Swindon and Wiltshire even if they are funding their own care services, or are being funded by an authority outside Swindon and Wiltshire.

Although the document should be understood as a whole, it is particularly important that trustees, directors and managers have read the following sections:

• Section O: Agency roles and responsibilities
• Section T: Allegations against staff

See also:

www.crb.gov.uk for further information on CRB checks.

http://www.isa-gov.org.uk for further information on the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act (2006) and the work of the Independent Safeguarding Authority.

Last updated: 2 December 2010