Adult Protection

Welcome to the Adult Protection and Safeguarding page, this will contain information, links to websites and forthcoming events. In order to continue to raise awareness of the issues connected to Adult Protection we will provide current information and promote good practice.

Telford and Wrekin now have a new Access Number for when you need to make an Adult Protection Referral. This number covers Older People’s services ( except Learning Disabilities, Substance Misuse, Hospital Team and Mental Health) and the Duty Officer will direct you to the right team. The new ‘phone no. is 01952- 381280 and is open 9am to 5pm, after this time call the Emergency Duty Team as usual.

Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS) – Latest

Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards – two new guides

AEA has joined up with the National Autistic Society and the British Institute for Learning Disabilities to produce two guidance documents. To download this guidance go to www.elderabuse.org.uk guidance for families and carers and guidance for you can be found on the right side of the home page under headlines.

To subscribe to the MCA DOLS enewsletter or to contribute ideas or suggestions for the next MCA DOLS News, please contact Kate Hardy at kate.hardy@dh.gsi.gov.uk

Introduction of the scheme - The plan is that phased implementation would begin at the ‘go live’ of the MCA DOLS in April 2009 with full commencement in early May 2009. As from April 2009, care homes and hospitals would be required to apply for authorisations. Transitional arrangements would be in place for one month
that allow for an extension of the timescale for standard authorisation assessments from 21 to 42 days; or from 7 to 21 days where a urgent authorisation has been given.

The Codes of practice can be found on the dedicated DOLS web pages at: http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_085476

The DOLS briefing sheet containing a summary of the MCA DOLS has recently been updated. The new version replaces the earlier version at:
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_080718

Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards - additional dates - download document here & booking form

Latest from the Independent Safeguarding Authority (March 19th 2010)

Download the latest document from the Indpendent Safeguard Authority here.

Non Statutory Sector Disciplinary Policy

Non Statutory Sector Disciplinary Policy – Temporary withdrawal from the Website pending review

In light of ACAS issuing new guidance in 2009 relating to disciplinary investigations we have decided to withdraw the policy from the website pending review.

If you have adopted the Non Statutory Sector Disciplinary Policy produced by Shropshire Partners in Care in conjunction with Shropshire Council and Telford and Wrekin Council you may now need to review use of that policy in line with the guidance from ACAS www.acas.org.uk

You may wish to refer to your legal advisors to assess whether your current practice is in line with the new guidance.

New Guidance for Use of the Multi Agency Adult Protection Policy

A new document has been approved by the Vulnerable Adult Safeguarding Board (Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin) in 2009 for use by the Independent Sector. The document signposts staff into the main Multi - Agency Adult Protection Policy and Procedure Shropshire Council and Telford and Wrekin Council. The document can be used with your logos in your own organisations policy and procedures file.

Please click here to download the policy.

Access the Multi-Agency Adult Protection Policy and Procedure Shropshire Council and Telford and Wrekin Council

Please go to www.shropshire.gov.uk or www.telford.gov.uk and type adult protection into the search engine. Please ensure that your staff team have access to this Policy and Procedure at all times.

The Multi-Agency Adult Protection Polciy and Procedure Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin has now been revised (October 2009) the document below is a summary of the changes that are now in place.

Please click here to download the summary.

Action on Elder Abuse Conference - Safeguarding and Widening the Agenda

Karen Littleford and Stephanie Holden (Adult Protection Training and Development Workers) recently represented Shropshire Partners in Care at the annual Action on Elder Abuse Conference ‘Safeguarding – Widening the Agenda’. This took place on 23rd and 24th March 2009 at the East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham University. Sarah Hollinshead – Bland, Peter Clarke, Judith McGillivray and Shelia Turner also represented Shropshire Council and Telford and Wrekin Council at the event.
Speakers at the conference included Phil Hope, Minister of State for Care Services, Baroness Young (QCQ), Veronica Monks (Department of Health), Neil Hunt (Alzheimer’s Society) Penny Furness – Smith (ADASS), Caroline Ellis (RADAR) Lynne Phair and Dr Hazel Heath (West Sussex PCT), Bill Nicol (Suffolk County Council) David Hunt (WASH) Chris Tansley (Chair, UNISON). Subjects included forming effective partnerships with the police, the personalisation agenda, how to make safeguarding a reality within the NHS, Independent Safeguarding Authority, implications for safeguarding as the CQC comes into being.
Karen and Sarah delivered two workshops on the Non Statutory Sector Disciplinary Policy developed in Shropshire with Debs Fritzl from Adelphi Care Services Ltd. There will be a follow on article to the workshop in the next Action Points (Action on Elder Abuse Members magazine).
It was highlighted that initial results from the No Secrets consultation (which Shropshire Partners in Care were involved with via the Adult Protection Team, Shropshire Council and the Vulnerable Adult Safeguarding Board, Shropshire Council and Telford and Wrekin Council) will be released by the Department of Health (DoH) at the end of April 2009. Up to 500 responses were received by the DoH on this guidance with the majority of respondents calling for specific Adult Protection legislation. Any changes to the guidance or the introduction of legislation will impact on the Adult Protection procedures in Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin.

To view the conference PowerPoint presentations click the following link
http://www.elderabuse.org.uk/Conferences/National%202009/Nat%20Conf%202009.htm
Other information including other forthcoming events is also available on the Action on Elder Abuse please visit www.elderabuse.org.uk

Action on Elder Abuse

A free copy of Action Points:

Please follow the following link to download a copy of our latest Action Points magazine. This is normally available exclusively to AEA members and covers a wide range of adult protection topics which are of general interest to people working with older people and other adults who might be at risk of abuse:

http://www.elderabuse.org.uk/Media%20and%20Resources/E%20News.htm

Topics in this month’s edition include:

Dignified care in hospitals
Preventing abuse and neglect in institutional care for older people
Dementia and the prescription of anti-psychotic drugs
CQC and the new standards of care
Alzheimer’s in India
The No Secrets Review

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) is on June 15th 2010

This year we are asking your organisations to take the lead on raising awareness. We are therefore asking for you to put on events commemorating WEAAD. Please see the attached flyer for further details and information about how to register your event with SPIC. I look forward to receiving your event details.

Please follow the link to download full details and a registration form here.