Contents

Context

Definitions

Introduction

Care and Support Needs

Types of Abuse and Neglect

Principles and Values

The Process

Concerns

How to raise a concern - appears under Concerns

Response by Local Authority - Scroll down the page under How to raise a concern

Alternative Frameworks - Scroll down the page under Response by Local Authority

Enquiry

Multi-agency Meetings/Discussions - appears under Enquiry

Enquiry process - Scroll down the page under Multi-agency Meetings/Discussions

Safeguarding Plan and Review

Closing the Enquiry

Closing enquiries when other processes continue - appears under Closing the Enquiry

Responding to organisational failure and abuse

Dispute Resolution

Roles & Responsibilities

Making Safeguarding Personal

Consent and Capacity

Safeguarding and Advocacy

Carers and Safeguarding

Safeguarding when the adult has died

Information Sharing

Safeguarding Adult Reviews (SARs)

Glossary of Terms