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  • Care and support statutory guidance (external link)
  • The Care Act: Safeguarding adults (external link) - Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)
  • ADSS Protocol for Inter-Authority Investigation of Vulnerable Adult Abuse (external link)
  • A National Framework of Standards for good practice and outcomes in adult protection work (external link)- Association of Directors of Adult Social Service (ADASS)
  • Real safeguarding stories (external link) - Telling survivors’ stories through anonymised, actor led videos is a compelling way to engage people on safeguarding issues.

The Care Act

  • The Care Act 2014 (external link)
  • The Care Act 2014 - Frequently asked questions (external link)
  • The Care Act 2014 Legislation (external link) - The whole Act
  • The Care Act 2014 Legislation (relating to Safeguarding Adults at risk of abuse or neglect) (external link)
  • Department of Health: The Care Act – Protecting adults from abuse or neglect Factsheet 7 (external link)
  • 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) - Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)

Safeguarding in housing

  • Frontline housing staff, local authority staff and contractors (external link)
  • Housing LIN (external link).

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