The Suffolk Adult Safeguarding Board is an inter-agency forum
which promotes the protection of vulnerable adults from abusive
behaviour and practice.
It achieves this by
developing, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating procedures and
practice models, which encourage the prevention, detection, and
reporting of abuse in all it forms.
The focus of the
Adult Safeguarding Board is to facilitate effective inter-agency
collaboration and
cooperation at all levels of
safeguarding work. It is essential
that all partners and stakeholders work closely to develop a robust
response in order to protect vulnerable people from abuse and
harm.
The Adult Safeguarding Board is
therefore a catalyst for promoting both the operational systems and
the processes that reduce the risk of abuse. It provides a
strategic overview to ensure a consistent professional response to
abuse and inadequate care.
A primary aim of the Adult
Safeguarding Board is to raise awareness amongst all staff, care
providers, customers, family carers and residents of Suffolk
as to what constitutes abuse, how to respond, and
what actions to take to prevent abuse
reoccurring.
Broadly speaking the work of the
Adult Safeguarding Board focuses on 4 interlocking approaches to
decrease the risk of vulnerable people being
subjected to abusive or unacceptable practice and
behaviour:
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Working in partnership
with vulnerable people to promote their levels of awareness,
assertiveness and empowerment.
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Screening out and
preventing potential abusers coming into contact with vulnerable
people.
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Development of policy and best practice for staff
and care providers.
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Training
opportunities in order to make sure that all staff members
understand their roles and responsibilities in recognising and
responding to abusive practice.
The emphasis for Adult Safeguarding
within Suffolk is to ensure that preventative measures are
implemented as the key to best practice but should abuse occur then
the focus of any intervention will be to achieve the best possible
outcome for vulnerable people following any allegation or
disclosure.
The Adult Safeguarding Board was
formed during 2006 and replaces the Vulnerable Adult Protection
Committee. Membership of the Adult Safeguarding Board includes
representatives from Suffolk County Council, Suffolk Constabulary,
Suffolk Mental Health Partnership Trust, Suffolk and Great Yarmouth
and Waveney Primary Care Trusts, Suffolk Fire Service, Age Concern,
Suffolk Carers Association, Private Sector Care, Commission
for Social Care Inspection, and Suffolk Association of Voluntary
Organisations.
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Suffolk is
divided into three areas, Each area has an Adult
Safeguaring Manager and the Adult Safeguarding Managers are based
in Police Victim Care Centres where they work in partnership with
the Police. To check who is the contact for your area
click
here to download the boundary map and parish
lists. Contact details for the Adult SAfeguarding
Maangaers can be found by
clicking
here.
The three areas have a locality comittee which is chaired by
the Adult Safeguarding Manager for that area.
For information about the Eastern
area
click
here.
For information abut the Western area
click
here.
For information about the Northern
area
click
here
If any download or link fails to work
contact
Wendy
Winchester
to
report.