Please visit our dedicated family, friends, and carers webpage if you are concerned about the safety or wellbeing of an adult with care and support needs, or if you would just like to know more about adult safeguarding and the work of the Safeguarding Adults Board.
Modern slavery includes slavery, human trafficking, forced and compulsory labour and domestic servitude. Traffickers and slave masters use whatever means they have at their disposal to coerce, deceive and force individuals into a life of abuse, servitude and inhumane treatment. A large number of a...
Please note that the following contact details should not be used to raise a safeguarding concern. You can find information about how to raise a safeguarding concern on our 'Raise a concern' webpages . If you would like more information about the work of the Safeguarding Adults Board, you can cont...
To support the Board to achieve its Strategic Plan and focus on the Board's priorities, we have a team of Board support staff. Board Support Team Manager The Board Support Team Manager has oversight and manages the work of the Board. This includes facilitating a multi-agency approach to Board busi...
The West Sussex Safeguarding Adults Board Strategic Plan sets out: the vision of the Board, and the outcomes we would like to achieve for the people of West Sussex our aims and objectives for a three year period how we will work towards these objectives in the form of an annual business plan Suppo...
On this page you will find resources that should provide an introduction to safeguarding. On this page Making Safeguarding Personal Safeguarding early warning signs What is safeguarding? An introduction to the West Sussex Safeguarding Adults Board Next page: Safeguarding practice learning resourc...
Introducing our new learning pathway Not sure where to start with our learning resources? Want to expand your adult safeguarding knowledge, but just have the feeling that you 'don't know what you don't know'? We've designed a learning pathway to take you on a journey through our key adult safeguar...
Introduction This is the accessibility statement for the West Sussex Safeguarding Adults Board website. This website is run by West Sussex County Council. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. This website should allow users to: Change contrast levels and size of text....
Making Safeguarding Personal (MSP) is an outcomes focused approach and can be considered part of person-centred support. Essentially this means ensuring that the person whom the safeguarding concern refers to, is engaged with by professionals who should ensure that the person concerned has a choic...
This toolkit provides staff with necessary guidance and information around working with adults with complex needs, including signposting to useful resources and policies. There are also various accompanying templates, which can be used and adapted by all agencies. Please note, the toolkit should be...
Take a more in-depth look at applying theory to practice and explore some key resources designed to support your practice. Summary guidance: safeguarding young people (PDF, 228KB) Summary guidance: Safeguarding Adults Review referrals (PDF, 203KB) Explore quality and safeguarding (PDF, 185KB) E...
