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.
The Care Act 2014 states that Safeguarding Adult Boards have a statutory responsibility to arrange a Safeguarding Adult Review (SAR) when an adult dies as a result of abuse or neglect (whether known or suspected), where there is concern that partner agencies could have worked more effectively toge...
The Strategic Plan is reviewed and reported on every year via the publication of an Annual Report. This is the key mechanism by which the West Sussex Safeguarding Adults Board is held to account for the work it carries out. The Annual Report is shared with the Chief Executive and Leader of the Loc...
On this page you will find a summary of the learning resources, reports, and other materials published by the West Sussex Safeguarding Adults Board in the last three months. Please refer to this page for anything that you may have missed. August 2025 Safe and Habitable Homes Toolkit The Safe and...
Here you can find our latest newsletters, bringing you all the headlines and new policies, procedures and guidance from your West Sussex Safeguarding Adults Board. Special Edition | Two years on: what Tom has taught us It's been two years since the Safeguarding Adults Board received the referral ...
This page has been written to provide families, friends, and carers with information about adult safeguarding. You can refer to this page 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 ...
If you are looking for information for family, friends, or carers , please visit our dedicated webpage. Safeguarding adults is the process of enabling adults with care and support needs to protect themselves from abuse or neglect. This includes adults with care and support needs who are already ex...
Thank you for joining us for this short podcast, produced on behalf of the West Sussex Safeguarding Adults Board. Today, we’ll be looking at our Provider Learning Review, including the findings and key recommendations made by the reviewer. Our Provider Learning Review was commissioned following a ...
Here you can find the latest news from the West Sussex Safeguarding Adults Board, as well as key partner initiatives and information about Safeguarding Adults Week. Newsletters Cost of living Safeguarding Adults Week Recently published
The information in this section is for professionals who work with adults with care and support needs. On this page you will find the core safeguarding policies and procedures, which should inform and underpin all of your work. Please note that documents denoted with an asterisk (*) contain a link...
The Safeguarding Young People 17.5+ Protocol is our first joint protocol, with the West Sussex Safeguarding Children's Partnership . The protocol is for Safeguarding Young People who are aged 17.5 and above and provides details of the practice required and process to be followed, by all in West Su...
