INTRODUCTION TO SAFEGUARDING ADULTS (Community Safety)

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INTRODUCTION TO SAFEGUARDING ADULTS(Community
Safety)

• IN WORCESTERSHIRE

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Aims of Presentation

• To provide an overall picture of Safeguarding
  Adults
• To place Safeguarding Adults in context
  nationally and locally
• Look at new developments
• To draw the links with Community Safety
• Look to how we move forwards

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What is Safeguarding Adults?

• An Umbrella Term that encompasses
• Adult Protection
• Vulnerable Adults
• Community Safety
• Domestic Violence
• Hate Crimes
• Mappp/Marac
• Health and Safety
• Etc

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Background to Safeguarding Adults

• No Secrets 2000, DOH (reviewed 2009)
• Safeguarding Adults A national framework of
  standards of good practice and outcomes in adult
  protection work 2005, ADASS.
• Mental Health Act 1983 and Human Rights Act 1998
• Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999
• Mental Capacity Act 2005 and Deprivation of
  Liberty2008
• Houndslow Judgement 2008(overturned 2009)
• Death by Indifference (Mencap)
• Fiona Pilkington

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NATIONAL CASES
Stephen Hoskin 39 year old man with learning
disabilities who suffered extensive abuse before
being pushed to his death from a railway bridge.
Although he had been identified as a vulnerable
adult services failed to intervene appropriately.
Margaret Panting 78 year old woman tortured to
death after moving in to live with her son in law
and his teenage sons. No one was charged with her
murder as it could not be proved who was
responsible. Her case led to a change in the law
with the specific offence of causing or allowing
the death of a vulnerable adult.
James Hughes 22 year old man with learning
disabilities. He dropped out of services and his
body was subsequently discovered in a suitcase at
the family home. His mother took her own life
prior to his body being found.
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LOCAL STATISTICS

• 339 AP Cases between April 2009 and September
  2009. Projected 700 cases for this year.
• 192 of these where over 65 years of age.
• Types of abuse, physical 32.3 and 17.4
  financial abuse.
• Few referrals regarding younger people with
  mental health or drug/alcohol users.

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New Issues

• ISA
• CQC expanding its coverage
• Personalisation
• Forced Marriages
• Domestic Abuse
• Higher profile of Safeguarding Adults
• Serious Case Reviews
• New No Secrets and Adult Legislation?

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Links with Community Safety

• Move towards prevention Staying Safe
• Anti Social Behaviour
• Keeping Safe Learning Disability national
  scheme.
• CQC -moving to look at GPs, Dentists etc.
• ISA will increase who has to be registered.
• Serious Case Reviews 3 in Worcestershire
• Links with Domestic abuse/hate crime etc

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Conclusions

• How do we formalise links between safeguarding
  adults and community safety?
• Training how do we ensure that all those people
  who need to be trained receive appropriate
  safeguarding training?
• Whatever we decide it is clear that the two need
  to work closely together.

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Any Questions?