List of commonly used acronyms

• 4P’s – Prepare, Protect, Pursue and Prevent
• A&E – Accident & Emergency
• AA – Attendance Allowance
• AAR – After Action Review
• ACPO – Association of Chief Police Officers
• ACSP – Adult Carer Support Plan
• ADASS – Association of Directors of Adult Social Care
• ADHD – Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
• ADL – Activities of Daily Living
• AHP – Allied Health Professional
• ALMO – Arm’s Length Management Organisation
• AMHP – Approved Mental Health Professional
• AP – Accredited Programme/ Approved Premises
• AP – Aggrieved Party or Accused Person, GMP Term)
• APAD – Association of Public Authority Deputies
• APSE - Association for Public Service Excellence
• ASB – Anti-Social Behaviour
• ASBI – Anti-Social Behaviour Injunction
• ASC – Adult Social Care
• ASD – Autism Spectrum Disorder
• ASOR – Alleged Source of Risk
• ASU – Adult Safeguarding Unit
• AT – Assistive Technology
• ATR – Alcohol Treatment Requirement
• BAME – Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic
• BAU – Business as usual
• BCF – Better Care Fund
• BCS – British Crime Survey
• BIA - Best Interest Assessor / Assessment
• BLR – Brief Learning Review
• BME – Black and Minority Ethnic
• BPD – Borderline Personality Disorder
• BTP – British Transport Police
• C & C – Coercive and Controlling (Behaviour)
• CAB – Citizens Advice Bureau
• CAF -Community Adult Front Door / Child and Families Assessment
• CAFCASS – Children and Families Court Advisory Support Service
• CAMHS – Children & Adults Mental Health Service
• CAP – Care Plan
• CAS-3 – Community Accommodation Service – Tier 3
• CASS – Community and Accommodation Support Service
• CAT – Contact and Assessment Team
• CBA – Cost Benefit Analysis
• CBO – Criminal Behaviour Order
• CBT – Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• CCG – Clinical Commissioning Group
• CCP – Community Care Plan
• CCR – Co-ordinated Community Response / Community Care Record
• CDT – Complex Dependency Team / Central Duty Team
• CHC – Continuing Healthcare / Community Health Care
• CIC – Child in Care / Community Interest Company
• CICA – Criminal Injuries Compensation Team
• CIN  - Child in Need
• CMO – Chief Medical Officer
• COM- Community Offender Manager
• COP – Court of Protection
• CP – Child Protection / Channel Panel
• CPC – Child Protection Conference
• CPD – Continuous Professional Development
• CPN – Community Psychiatric Nurse
• CPP – Child Protection Plan / Corporate Parenting Panel
• CPS – Crown Prosecution Service
• CQC – Care Quality Commission
• CRAG – Clinical Resource and Audit Group
• CRB – Criminal Records Bureau (now DBS)
• CRT – Community Resilience Team / Community Rehabilitation Team
• CSE – Child Sexual Exploitation
• CSP – Community Safety Partnership
• CTO – Community Treatment Order
• CTPNW – Counter Terrorism Policing North West
• CYP – Children and Young People
• D2A – Duty to Assess
• DA – Domestic Abuse
• DABs – Domestic Abuse Event
• DAPO – Domestic Abuse Prevention Order
• DASH – Domestic Abuse, Stalking and Harassment and Honour Based Violence
• DBS – Disclosure and Barring Service
• DDCV – Destitution Domestic Violence Concession (Now Migrant victims of DA Con.)
• DfE – Department for Education
• DH – Department of Health
• DHP – Discretionary Housing Payment
• DHR – Domestic Homicide Review (Also known as Domestic Abuse Related Death DARR)
• DIAS – Drop in and Share
• DMT – Directorate Management Team
• DN – District Nurse
• DNA – Did not attend
• DoJ – Department of Justice
• DoLs – Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
• DP – Detained Person (GMP) / Direct Payments
• DP – Direct Payment
• DPA – Deferred Payments Agreement
• DPIA – Data Protection Impact Assessment;
• DPP – Director of Public Prosecutions
• DPPO – Designation Public Places Order
• DSA – Data Sharing Agreement
• DSL – Designated Safeguarding Lead
• DV – Domestic Violence
• DV RIM – Domestic Violence Risk Identification Matrix
• DVDs – Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme (Claire’s Law)
• DVPN – Domestic Violence Protection Notice
• DVPO – Domestic Violence Protection Order
• DWP – Department of Work and Pensions
• EI – Early Intervention
• EIA – Equality Impact Assessment
• EPA – Enduring Power of Attorney
• ESA – Employment Support Allowance
• ESOL – English for Speakers of Other Languages
• ETE – Education, Training and Employment
• FA – Financial Assessment
• FABU – Financial Assessment Benefit Uplift
• FAQ – Frequently Asked Questions
• FGM – Female Genital Mutilation
• FLO – Family Liaison Officer
• FMU – Forced Marriage Unit
• FOI – Freedom of Information
• FOIA – Freedom of Information Act
• FSS – Financial Support Service
• FTE – Full time equivalent
• GDPR – General Data Protection Regulations
• GMCA – Greater Manchester Combined Authority
• GMFRS – Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service
• GMMH – Greater Manchester Mental Health
• GMP – Greater Manchester Police
• GP – General Practitioner
• H&SC – Health and Social Care
• HAPs - Heathside Assessment Pathway Service 
• HBV – Honour Based Violence
• HFSRA – Home Fire Safety Risk Assessment
• HMICFRS – His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services
• HOIS – Health Outreach Service
• HTT – Home Treatment Team
• HV – Health Visitor
• HWB – Health and Wellbeing Board
• IAPT – Improving Access to Psychological Therapies
• ICB – Integrated Care Board
• ICF – Integrated Care Fund
• ICPC – Initial Child Protection Conference
• ICU – Intensive Care Unit (also know by ITU)
• IDVA – Independent Domestic Violence Advocate
• IMB – Individual Management Briefing
• IMHA – Independent Mental Health Advocate
• IMR – Individual Management Review
• ISVA – Independent Sexual Violence Advocate
• ITU – Intensive Care Unit (also known by ICU)
• JIU – Joint Intelligence Unit
• JSA – Job Seeks Allowance
• JSNA – Joint Strategic Needs Assessment
• JTAI – Joint Targeted Area Inspection
• KPI – Key Performance Indicator  
• LA- Local Authority
• LAASLO – Local Authority Asylum Seeker Liaison Officer
• LAC – Looked After Child
• LADO – Local Authority Designated Officer
• LD – Learning Disability
• LeDeR – Learning from Lives and Deaths, people with a learning disability and autistic people
• LGA – Local Government Association
• LGO – Local Government Ombudsman
• LGSCO – Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman
• LLAMS – Later Life and Memory Service
• LOF – Learning outcomes Framework
• LOI – Letter of Intent
• LPA – Lasting Power of Attorney
• LPS – Liberty  Protection Safeguards
• LSCB – Local Safeguarding Children’s Board
• LTC – Long Term Condition
• MAPPA – Multi-agency Public Protection Panel
• MAPPT – Multi-agency Public Protection Team
• MARAC – Multi -agency Risk Assessment Conference
• MASH – Multi-agency Safeguarding Hub
• MASS – Multi Agency Safeguarding Service
• MASSA – Multi-Agency Safeguarding Arrangements
• MATAC – Multi -agency Tasking and Coordination
• MCA – Mental Health Act/ Mental Capacity Assessment
• MDT – Multi- disciplinary Team
• MFFD – Medically Fit for Discharge
• MFH – Missing from home
• MH – Mental Health
• MHTB – Mental Health transformation Board
• MHURT – Mental Health Urgent Response Team
• MOU – Memorandum of Understanding
• MSP – Making Safeguarding Personal
• NAFAO – National Association of Financial Assessment Officers
• NCA – National Crime Agency
• NCDV – National Centre for Domestic Violence
• NDCAN – National Dementia Carers Actions Network
• NEET – Not in Education. Employment or Training
• NFA – No Further Action / No Fixed Abode
• NHS E – NHS England
• NICE – National Institute of Health and Care Excellence
• NPS – National Probation Service
• NQSW – Newly Qualified Social Worker
• NRTP – No Recourse to Public Funds
• NWAS – North West Ambulance Service
• OCD – Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
• OCG – Organised Crime Group
• OFSTED – Office for Standards in Education
• ONS – Office of National Statistics
• OOH – Out of Hours
• OP – Older People
• OPG – Office of the Public Guardian
• OT – Occupational Therapist
• PA – Personal Assistance
• PALS – Patient Advice and Liaison Service
• PC – Pension Credit/ Primary Care
• PCSO - Police Community Support Officers
• PCT – Primary Care Trust
• PD – Personality Disorder / Physical Disability
• PDU – Probation Delivery Unit
• PHE – Public Health England
• PHSO – Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
• PIP – Personal Independence Payment
• PIPOT – Person in a Position of Trust
• PIs- Performance Indicators
• PLO – Public Law Outline
• PMMD – Provider Management and Market Development
• PO- Probation Officer
• POC – Package of Care
• POM – Prison Offender Manager
• PoP- Person on Probation/ People on Probation
• PP- probation practitioners
• PSIRF – Patient Safety Incident Response Framework
• PSPO – Public Spaces Protection Order
• PSR – Public Service Reform (now Prevention Hub)
• PSW – Principal Social Worker
• QA – Quality Assurance
• QAF – Quality Assurance Framework
• QPO – Quality Performance Officer
• RAEI – Royal Albert Edward Infirmary
• RARA – Remove, Avoid, Reduce and Accept (GMP DA Initial Risk Response)
• RCA – Root Cause Analysis
• RCN – Royal College of Nursing
• RNIB – Royal National Institute of the Blind
• RP – Retirement Pension
• RPR – Relevant Person’s Representative
• RVR – Rapid Video Review
• SAAF – Safeguarding Accountability and Assurance Framework
• SAB – Safeguarding Adult’s Board
• SAR – Safeguarding Adults Review / Subject Access Request
• SARC – Sexual Assault Referral Centres (St. Marys for GM)
• SAS – Supported Accommodation Services
• SCIE – Social Care Institute of Excellence
• SCMHT – Specialist Community Menta Health Team
• SCO – Social Care Officer
• SCR – Serios Care Review
• SDS – Standard Determinate Sentences
• SEN – Special Educational Needs
• SG - Safeguarding
• SICO – Significant Information on Open Case
• SLA – Service Level Agreement
• SMT – Senior Management Team
• SOBS – Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide
• SP – Support Plan
• SPA – Single Point of Access
• SPO – Stalking Prevention Order
• SPOC – Single Point of Contact
• SSA – Supported Self-Assessment
• SSSC – Strategic Safeguarding Sub-Committee
• SW – Social Worker / Support Worker
• TOCH – Transfer of Care Hub
• TYSS – Targeted Youth Support Service
• UC – Universal Credit          
• UEC – Urgent and Emergency Care
• VARM – Vulnerable Adult Risk Management
• VCS – Voluntary and Community Sector
• VCSE – Voluntary, Community, Social Enterprise
• VLO – Victim Liaison Officer
• WAWY – We Are With You (drug and alcohol service)
• WBDAS – Wigan Borough Domestic Abuse Service
• WSAB – Wigan Safeguarding Adults Board
• WSCP – Wigan Safeguarding Children’s Partnership
• WWLTH – Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals
• YC – Young Carer
• YOT – Youth Offending Team
• YTD – Year to date