Coronavirus

• See latest updates and advice about coronavirus (external link)

The Care Act

• The Care Act 2014 (external link)
• Care and support statutory guidance (external link)
• The Care Act - Factsheet on adult safeguarding (Department of Health) (external link)

Social Care Institute for Excellence(SCIE)

• Gaining access to an adult suspected to be at risk of neglect or abuse: a guide for social workers and their managers in England (external link)
• The Care Act: Safeguarding adults (external link)

Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS)

• Safeguarding Adults: A National Framework of standards for good practice and outcomes in adult protection work (external link)
• Protocol for inter-authority investigation and protection arrangements (external link)

Care Quality Commission (CQC)

• Using surveillance: Information for providers of health and social care on using surveillance to monitor services (external link)

Competence Frameworks in Safeguarding Adults

• National Competency Framework for Safeguarding Adults – Comprehensive version (external link)
• Roles and Competencies for Health Care Staff - Royal College of Nursing (external link)

Co-ordinated Action Against Domestic Abuse (CAADA - DASH)

• Risk identification checklist (external link)

General

• Herbert Protocol (external link) - A simple risk reduction tool to be used in the event of an adult with care and support needs going missing.
• Understanding non-engagement with services
• Professional Curiosity and Challenge
• How professionals can communicate more effectively with individuals
• Prevent Duty and Channel Factsheet.
• Domestic Abuse strategy 2021 - 2024 - a strategy of the partnership response to Domestic Abuse. Within this wider strategy a section is dedicated to the new duties as outlined in the Domestic Abuse Act 2021.