West Midlands Regional Adult Safeguarding Information Hub
Home / West Midlands Regional Adult Safeguarding Information Hub This page has been established to host copies of all regionally agreed Policies and Procedures relating to Safeguarding Adults. The policies and procedures have been developed jointly by the fourteen West Midlands Safeguarding Adults Board / Local Authority areas working together to introduce a consistent approach […]
Think Family Protocol
Home / WARWICKSHIRE THINK FAMILY Think Family Guidance WARWICKSHIRE THINK FAMILY – Protocol and Practice Guidance The Warwickshire Think Family Protocol is a joint commitment of the Warwickshire Safeguarding Children Partnership and Warwickshire Safeguarding Adults Board. Everyone has a responsibility to take a ‘Think Family’ approach in the context of safeguarding children and adults. The protocol requires that […]
WSAB Practitioner Escalation Policy
Home / WSAB Practitioner Escalation Policy All practitioners working adults with care and support needs and carers have a responsibility to the people they support to make sure that adult’s welfare is a priority at all levels of activity. Practitioners are individually responsible for being satisfied about the substance and progress of safeguarding plans for […]
Easy read resources: coroner’s inquests for people with a learning disability and family carers
Home / Easy read resources: coroner’s inquests for people with a learning disability and family carers The ‘Stop People with a Learning Disability Dying Too Young group’ have published easy to read resources about coroners and inquests for people with a learning disability. These resources have been made available to help people with learning disabilities […]
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 […]
Exploitation
Home / Exploitation Definition of Exploitation When an individual or group unfairly takes advantage of a person to coerce, manipulate or deceive for personal gain, that is exploitation. Exploitation is abuse. Types of Exploitation Exploitation is complex. In many circumstances, a person may not fit into just one of the below definitions and there may […]
Vulnerable Adult Risk Management (VARM)
Home / Vulnerable Adult Risk Management (VARM) Please note: This is not a referral to the Adult Safeguarding teams. Please call 01926 359190 for the Social Care and Support teams who can offer advice and support to you and, where necessary, arrange appropriate services The Partnership have agreed a multi-agency process to facilitate the management of cases […]
Exploitation
Home / Exploitation Definition of Exploitation When an individual or group unfairly takes advantage of a person to coerce, manipulate or deceive for personal gain, that is exploitation. Exploitation is abuse. Types of Exploitation Exploitation is complex. In many circumstances, a person may not fit into just one of the below definitions and there may […]
Upcoming changes to the Front Door – now known as Family Connect
Home / Upcoming changes to the Front Door – now known as Family Connect Family Connect Changes to Our Children and Families Front DoorStarting from 3rd March 2025, Children and Families Front Door will be called Family Connect. Key Changes: No More Written Referrals: Family Connect will no longer accept written referrals, except from emergency services. […]
Preventing Abusive Infant Head Trauma with ICON
Home / Preventing Abusive Infant Head Trauma with ICON Research tells us that persistent crying in babies is a potential trigger for some parents/caregivers to lose control and shake a baby. It also shows that around 70% of babies who are shaken are shaken by men. So, any prevention programme should include male caregivers and […]