Professionals
Welcome to the New Professionals Area
The information in this section is for all staff engaged in safeguarding adults.
West Sussex SAB Polices, Procedures and Protocols
NEW – Operational Framework for Managing Provider Concerns
Pan Sussex Policy and Procedures
Safeguarding Adults – Guidance on Raising Concerns about Abuse and Neglect V5
Safeguarding Adults Board Safeguarding Procedures Briefing (June 2018)
NEW – Sussex multi-agency procedures to Support Adult who Self-Neglect
Sussex Safeguarding Adult Review Protocol
West Sussex Safeguarding Adult Review Referral Form
Executive Strategic Plan 2016-2019
Safeguarding Professional Zone On West Sussex Connect to Support (including Safeguarding Concern Forms, Body templates, Cause of Risk guidance, etc.)
National Mental Capacity Act – Bournemouth University and The National Centre of Post-Qualifying Social Work and Professional Practice
National Competency Framework for Safeguarding Adults – Comprehensive and Concise – Bournemouth University and The National Centre of Post-Qualifying Social Work and Professional Practice
Adult Safeguarding: Roles and Competencies for Health Care Staff 2018 – Intercollegiate document
Reporting procedures
Safeguarding Adults Reviews
Safeguarding Adult Reviews (West Sussex)
Sussex Safeguarding Adult Review Protocol V2 (May 2018)
Safeguarding Adult Review Referral Form
Other West Sussex SAB Resources
Safeguarding Training Standards
West Sussex Safeguarding Adults Board Quality Assurance Framework
Top Tips
The Care and Business Support Team from West Sussex County Council have created a series of top tips aimed to support care providers with current ‘hot topics’:
- Our top tips for CQC Inspections Domiciliary Care
- Our top tips for CQC Inspections Residential Services
- Our top tips for using agency staff
- Our top tips for residents meetings
- Our top tips for care plans
- Our top tips for using social media
- Top Tips for learning and development
External Reports and resources
Learning From Experience Database – Serious Case Reviews – SCRs around the country as compiled by Hampshire Safeguarding Adults Board
Modern Slavery Awareness & Victim Identification Guidance – The Home Office have produced guidance,aimed primarily at public sector staff setting out key facts about modern slavery.
Times to Sew Up the Holes in this Safety Net: A Report on Safeguarding in West Sussex October 2016 – Healthwatch and Independent Lives Report
Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy Services leaflet – produced by POhWER
Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) in BSL sign language – a YouTube video BSL, audio and subtitles
