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.
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. November 2025 Suicide Concerns around suicidal ideation a...
On this page you will find resources which relate to specific areas of safeguarding practice. Please note that documents denoted with an asterisk (*) contain a link to an old version of the Sussex Safeguarding Adults Policy and Procedures website. Please access the Sussex Safeguarding Adults Polic...
Develop your understanding of key adult safeguarding themes, and working as part of an effective multi-agency team. Summary guidance: multi-agency working (PDF, 175KB) Exploring concerned curiosity (PDF, 202KB) Exploring person-centred approaches (PDF, 279KB) Exploring risk assessment (PDF, 163...
Version: 4 Published: December 2025 Review due: November 2028 Contents Introduction The guiding principles Roles and responsibilities The provider concerns stages Stage 1: Decision to initiate provider concern Stage 2: Initial provider concerns meeting Stage 3: Findings meeting Stage 4: Quality 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 Support schemes in West Sussex Blog
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....
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. Issue 42 | February 2026 In this issue: Our December Board meeting Shaw Trust Web Accessibility Accreditation LAUNCHED: New for 2026,...
This January the Board Support Team are taking part in the Turning Tides 11 in January challenge; a challenge designed to shine a light on the daily reality faced by people experiencing homelessness. Turning Tides say that a person who is rough sleeping walks an average of 11 miles every day searc...
Last year we launched our learning pathway, designed to take you on a journey through our key adult safeguarding learning resources. Alongside the pathway, we also launched our learning pathway workbook. Knowing that not everybody has the same learning style, we wanted to trial printed versions of...
What is vicarious trauma? You’ve probably heard the term ‘vicarious trauma’ in the course of your work, either during continual professional development training, supervisions, or maybe even in our 2023 Safeguarding Adults Week bulletin on the subject. But, what does it really mean? The British Me...
