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 […]

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 […]

Adult Safeguarding Posters and Leaflets

Home / Adult Safeguarding Posters and Leaflets Posters for display in all organisations WSAB: Safeguarding Adults – Everyone’s ResponsibiltyWSAB: Safeguarding Adults – Everyone’s Responsibilty WSAB: Types of Abuse Poster WSAB Financial Abuse Poster WSAB: Neglect Poster Refuge: Domestic Abuse Helpline Refuge: Warning signs of domestic abuse Safe Haven / Mind: Struggling to Cope? A4 poster […]

Homelessness and Rough Sleeping

Home / Homelessness and Rough Sleeping WSAB Policy The WSAB Self-Neglect Policy recognises Homelessness and Rough Sleeping as form of self-neglect. Adult Self-Neglect Best Policy Guidance Ministerial Recommendations for Safeguarding Adults Boards Links to useful documents and resources The Local Government Association have published the following information on Rough Sleeping and Homelessness: Adult safeguarding and […]