Recognising and Reporting Abuse

Home / Recognising and Reporting Abuse Your concerns will always be taken seriously All organisations that work with people in Warwickshire are committed to preventing the abuse of adults. “Adult safeguarding” is working with adults with care and support needs to keep them safe from abuse or neglect. It is an important part of what […]

Prevent in Warwickshire

Home / Prevent in Warwickshire Warwickshire is a relatively safe place to live, and most crime types are continuing to reduce. However, we also live in a global community which means we are affected by trends and events that occur at the international level. At present, we need to consider the international threat of terrorism […]

Safeguarding Adults Reviews (SARs)

Home / Safeguarding Adults Reviews (SARs) Safeguarding Adult Reviews (SARs) provide a process for all partner agencies to identify the lessons that can be learned from particularly complex or serious safeguarding adults cases, where an adult in its area with needs for care and support has died or been seriously injured and abuse or neglect has […]

Recognising and Reporting Abuse

Home / Recognising and Reporting Abuse Your concerns will always be taken seriously The term “abuse” can be subject to wide interpretation. It may be physical, verbal or psychological, it may be an act of neglect, or occur where a person is persuaded to enter into a financial or sexual transaction to which they have […]

Making Safeguarding Personal

Home / Making Safeguarding Personal Making Safeguarding Personal (MSP) is a shift in culture and practice in response to what we now know about what makes safeguarding more or less effective from the perspective of the person being safeguarded. It is about having conversations with people about how we might respond in safeguarding situations in […]

Adult Safeguarding and Domestic Abuse

Home / Adult Safeguarding and Domestic Abuse About Domestic Violence and Abuse Domestic violence and abuse is the abuse of someone within an family or intimate relationship (including ex-partners). It is the repeated, random and habitual use of intimidation to control a person. Domestic abuse can include, but is not limited to, physical, coercive, emotional, […]

Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking

Home / Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Modern slavery or human trafficking is the movement of a person from one place to another (this could be country to country, town to town, or even as simple as one room in a building to another) into conditions of exploitation, using deception, coercion, abuse of power or […]

Hoarding and Self-Neglect

Home / Hoarding and Self-Neglect Below are some frequently asked questions regarding hoarding and self-neglect: What does self-neglect mean? The Care Act 2014 defines self-neglect as wide ranging & covering: Neglecting to care for one’s personal hygiene Neglecting to care for one’s health Neglecting to care for one’s surroundings Hoarding This could also involve refusal […]

Mental Capacity and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards

Home / Mental Capacity and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards The Mental Capacity Act 2005, covering England and Wales, provides a statutory framework for people who lack capacity to make decisions for themselves, or who have capacity and want to make preparations for a time when they may lack capacity in the future. It sets out […]

Local Support Networks

Home / Local Support Networks Warwickshire County Council have designed an easy tool to find information about local organisations, groups and agencies that provide activities, advice, services and support for you. This feature is maintained by Warwickshire County Council. As well as it being manually updated on an annual basis by the administrators, Warwickshire County […]