Transcript CARE ACT SEMINAR

CARE ACT SEMINAR
SAFEGUARDING
Correct as at March 2015
Safeguarding Adults
Section 42 – 47 of the Care Act
Places Safeguarding Adults on a
Statutory footing
Section 42
Enquiry by local authority
The LA must make enquiries……
……….or cause them to be made
BUT – no power to gain access……
Section 43
Safeguarding Adults Boards
• Establish a board
• Publish a plan/strategy
• Publish an annual report
Section 44
Safeguarding Adults Reviews
Undertake a review where there has been
a death/serious incident and partners
could have acted better
Section 45
Supply of Information
Duty to provide information to the Board
to assist it to undertake it’s functions
Section 46
Abolition of local authority’s power to
remove persons in need of care
Repeal of Section 47 of the National
Assistance Act 1948
Section 47
Protecting property of adults being
cared for away from home
Adult (at Risk)
Safeguarding duties apply to an adult who:
• has needs for care and support (whether or not the
local authority is meeting any of those needs) and;
• is experiencing, or at risk of, abuse or neglect; and
• as a result of those care and support needs is unable
to protect themselves from either the risk of, or the
experience of abuse or neglect.
S.14.2 Care and Support Statutory Guidance – Oct 2014
Adult Safeguarding is….
• Safeguarding means protecting an adult’s right to
live in safety, free from abuse and neglect.
• It is about people and organisations working
together to prevent and stop both the risks and
experience of abuse or neglect, while at the same
time making sure that the adult’s wellbeing is
promoted including, where appropriate, having
regard to their views, wishes, feelings and beliefs in
deciding on any action.
S.14.7 Care and Support Statutory Guidance – Oct 2014
Adult Safeguarding is not….
Safeguarding is not a substitute for:
• providers’ responsibilities to provide safe and high quality
care and support;
• commissioners regularly assuring themselves of the safety
and effectiveness of commissioned services;
• the Care Quality Commission (CQC) ensuring that regulated
providers comply with the fundamental standards of care or
by taking enforcement action; and
• the core duties of the police to prevent and detect crime
and protect life and property.
S.14.9 Care and Support Statutory Guidance – Oct 2014
Abuse and Neglect
‘Local Authorities should not be
constrained in their view of what
constitutes abuse or neglect……..’
S.14.16 Care and Support Statutory Guidance
Types of Abuse
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Physical
Sexual
Psychological
Financial/Material
Neglect/Acts of omission
Organisational
Discriminatory
• Domestic Violence
• Modern Slavery
• Self Neglect
Six Key Principles
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Empowerment
Prevention
Proportionality
Protection
Partnership
Accountability
Making Safeguarding
Personal
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Personalisation of Safeguarding
Use of Advocates
Self determined outcomes
Aggregation of performance information to
the SAB
Safeguarding Outcomes
Following the intervention, did the person feel:
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Listened to?
Informed?
Supported?
Satisfied with the Outcome?
Satisfied with the way people dealt with the concern?
Safer?
Designated Adult
Safeguarding Manager
• Each member of the SAB should have a DASM (who should
keep in regular contact with their counterparts in partner
organisations)
• The DASM is responsible for the management and oversight
of cases where allegations about an employed person (or
volunteer) may pose a risk.
• Liaison between the local authority DASM and the LADO
(Local Authority Designated Officer)
Ref: S.14.175 - 186 Care and Support Statutory Guidance
Presented by:
Sue Bunn
Head of Safeguarding (FOCUS)
For further comments / queries:
[email protected]