The Oxfordshire Safeguarding Adults Board policies, procedures and guidance
Policy
Protocol
Procedure
- Oxfordshire Safeguarding Adults full procedures(.pdf format, 245Kb)
- Procedure for Serious Incident Enquiries in Adult Safeguarding
- Criteria for the use of Independent Mental Capacity Advocates (IMCA's) in Safeguarding Adults/Adult Protection cases (.pdf format, 29Kb)
Guidance
- Social and Health Care Team Guidance (.pdf format, 1.34Mb)
- Emergency Duty Team guidance (.pdf format, 19Kb)
- Guidance for all staff booklet (.pdf format, 2.6Mb)
- Responding to and Reporting Abuse (.pdf format, 20Kb)
- Guidance for Managers and Senior Care Professionals in Services for Adults at Risk of Abuse (.pdf format, 36Kb)
National policies, procedures and guidance
Safeguarding adults at risk of harm: A legal guide for practitioners (SCIE, 2011)
This guide is aimed primarily at practitioners working in various settings for organisations involved in safeguarding. But it may also be useful for volunteers, family. It aims to equip practitioners with information about how to assist and safeguard people. Knowing about the legal basis is fundamental, because the law defines the extent and limits of what can be done to help people and to enable people to keep themselves safe.
No Secrets (Department of Health, 2000) (.pdf, 1.18MB)
Guidance on developing and implementing multi-agency policies and procedures to protect vulnerable adults from abuse
Standards for Adult Safeguarding: Standards and probes for adult safeguarding peer reviews
These standards are part of a sector-led response in which local government and partners take responsibility for improvement. This process aims to use the skills and expertise of professionals, managers, people who use services, councillors and partners within the sector.
Self-neglect and adult safeguarding: findings from research (SCIE, 2011)
This report was commissioned by the Department of Health (DH) and examines the concept of self-neglect. The relationship between self-neglect and safeguarding in the UK is a difficult one, partly because the current definition of abuse specifies harmful actions by someone other than the individual at risk. Safeguarding Adults Boards’ policies and procedures commonly contain no reference to self-neglect; occasionally they explicitly exclude it or set criteria for its inclusion.
This guide is aimed at frontline practitioners and first-line managers in statutory and independent sector social care services.
Seven Golden Rules for Information Sharing (.pdf format, 210 Kb)
Safeguarding Adults and the role of health services (Department of Health, 2011)
These documents remind health services of their duties to safeguard adults
- Role of managers and boards (.pdf, 2.73MB)
- Role of health practitioners(.pdf, 4.61MB)
- Role of commissioners (.pdf, 2.92MB)
- Self assessment and assurance framework (XLS, 608KB)
- Equality Impact Assessment (.pdf, 118KB)
The Law Commission: Adult Social Care (2011)
In this report, The Law Commission make recommendations for a single, clear, modern statute and code of practice that would pave the way for a coherent social care system.
Download full report (.pdf, 693KB)
The Munro Review of Child Protection:Final Report - A child-centred system (Munro, 2011)
This final report sets out proposals for reform which, taken together, are intended to create the conditions that enable professionals to make the best judgments about the help to give to children, young people and families.
Download full report (.pdf, 2.98MB)
