Information has been produced to help if you need urgent police help through the 999 service, but are unable to speak. If you’re in an emergency situation and need police help, but can’t speak, Make Yourself Heard and let the 999 operator know your call is genuine.
Information and guidance can be found in the documents below:
The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) have produced a FAQ document to accompany their Safeguarding Factsheet. It is designed to address specific concerns that people involved in supporting their community may have at this time, and is split into two sections:
The factsheet can be viewed here:
The purpose of this briefing is to assist senior leaders, such as members of Safeguarding Adults Boards (SABs), as well as commissioners, practitioners and operational managers who are working across relevant sectors and agencies in this field, to support people who are homeless and at risk of or experiencing abuse or neglect. This is a complex area of safeguarding adults’ practice. It requires an integrated whole system response. The intention is that the briefing will support and improve practice and encourage debate about policy and service development.
There are 11 sections in this briefing. Particular focus is given to working with people experiencing multiple exclusion homelessness. The eleven sections include an outline of relevant law and a summary of learning from safeguarding adult reviews. Effective practice is explored through a focus on working with individuals, the multi-agency and multi-disciplinary team around the person, organisations around the team, and governance.
The briefing forms part of a sector-led improvement project. The briefing concludes with a list of resources and identifies how the project will be taken forward to further inform policy, service and practice development.
At a local level Homelessness is a priority for the HSAB this year, with the HSAB Housing subgroup working on the production of Homelessness guidance, as well as campaign materials being designed by the Stakeholder subgroup for circulation to raise awareness of the links between homelessness, abuse and safeguarding.
Unscrupulous criminals are exploiting fears about COVID-19 to prey on members of the public, particularly older and vulnerable people who are isolated from family and friends. National Trading Standards is warning people to remain vigilant following a rise in coronavirus-related scams that seek to benefit from the public’s concern and uncertainty over COVID-19.
Trading Standards have produced the social media pack below, alongside a press release (https://www.friendsagainstscams.org.uk/article/505/beware_of_covid_19_scams) and letter template.
Please share the posts in the media pack to draw attention to the infographic, which provides information on how to protect yourself and others from coronavirus scams. The Friends Against Scams training has been updated to include further information on the types of coronavirus scams the team have seen and actions to take to protect yourself and others.
The poster below provides information for vulnerable adults, whilst self-isolating. The poster provides a reminder about keeping safe if offered support, or if an individual needs to seek help.
The Safeguarding Adults National Network has produced guidance regarding the Corona Virus in 21 different languages. Please view the advice at the link below and share with your own networks.
Sharing of information is critical to developing a clearer picture of local and wider issues, to inform the actions police need to take to reduce threat, harm and risk.
Hampshire Constabulary are seeking the support of partners, education staff and practitioners to share information known to them which, often without realisation, could provide crucial links where gaps in intelligence might exist.
To help improve information sharing, the CPI form gives professionals a safe and direct way to share non-urgent information with police relating to children/adults at risk of:
The CPI Form: Use and Process Summary
If the information known to you is non-urgent, not a crime and a child/adult is not at immediate risk, this is appropriate to be shared as police intelligence using the CPI form. The CPI form is not a referral form, it is for sharing non-urgent information only specific to the risks listed above.
Upon receipt of a CPI form, intelligence handlers assess it to determine the level of risk and priority, this process can amount to one of the following outcomes:
For more information, and access to the CPI forms, please click here
Hampshire County Council’s Trading Standards Service have been made aware of false claims, on the phone and at the door, by people purporting to be officers from Hampshire County Council, regarding Care Packages/Carers.
In this case the resident, who is already in receipt of a private care package, received a call from a person who claimed to be from Hampshire County Council. The caller said they would be visiting the resident to discuss their care package. This was followed up by a visit to the resident’s home at 7pm by 1 male and 1 female.
The resident had previously checked with their care provider, who confirmed there was no problem with their care package, that this was not Hampshire County Council, and not to open the door to anyone. This was confirmed by Adults’ Health and Care. The resident did not let them in, even when the male made the treat that they would have no care provision from the following week if they did not do so.
Residents are asked to be vigilant to this type of scam, and to question any such calls by checking with their care provider using a telephone number they have sourced themselves, not one given by the caller.
Best practice at the door:
To report scams, obtain advice or request a ‘We do not buy goods or servies at the door’ sticker, contact our partners at the Citizens Advice Consumer Service on 0808 223 1133.
Doorstep Crime can also be reported to Hampshire Police on their non-urgent number 101 or dial 999 if you feel threatened or intimidated.
Free multi agency Reducing Parental Conflict training is now available in Hampshire. Please see the E-Flier below for further details, including how to book onto the training.
Are you working with families where parental conflict is a concern?
The Reducing Parental Conflict Training Programme (RPCP) is part of the Government’s commitment to reducing conflict between parents – whether they are together or separated.
What is parental conflict?
Evidence shows that parental conflict puts children’s mental health and long-term future life chances at risk, regardless of whether the parents are together or separated, or are biologically related to the child, such as in blended or foster families.
Who should attend?
Any professional working with children, young people and families is well placed to be able to spot, intervene and support families where there is conflict in the relationship of parents, whether they are birth parents or step-parents or carers.
Why attend?
Quite simply, for the benefit of vulnerable children and young people whose lives you are helping to improve. Parental conflict is known to be a risk factor for poor child outcomes, particularly when conflict is frequent, intense and poorly resolved.
Please promote this training amongst your staff/agency. The training is available via both half day face to face sessions across Hampshire and E Learning. Please direct any queries to cs.nominations@hants.gov.uk or call 01962 715669.
The Every Sleep Counts programme has been commissioned by Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Safeguarding Children Partnerships. The programme was commissioned in response to findings from a range of Serious Case and Child Death Reviews which highlight the need for professionals to work effectively together to provide parents/carers with consistent safe sleep messages for babies to achieve better outcomes for families across both areas.
The training will help professionals to:
Practitioners that should attend this event include;
Children’s Services professionals, Early Years providers, Childminders, Children’s Centres, Schools Inc. Primary, Secondary, Special and Independent Schools, Colleges, Police, Housing, Military, Faith organisations, Voluntary sector, Probation, Public Health, CAFCASS, Judiciary, District and Borough Councils, Domestic Abuse Services, Adult Services, GPs and Primary Care Nurses, Health Visitors, Midwives, Paediatricians, A&E staff, Family Nurse Partnership, School Nursing, Drug and Alcohol Services, Sexual Health Services, Ambulance Trusts, Child and Adult Mental Health Services, Pharmacists, Fire and Rescue.
The sessions are taking place on the following dates:
To book your place please follow the link below;
https://hampshirescp.event-booking.org.uk/events-list
Please note that each member of staff wishing to attend HSCP training will need to register for a new account at the Event Booking Landing Page. Please note that you can’t book multiple tickets for the same course or book on someone’s behalf; an individual account needs to be created for each person.
We are pleased to announce that the Hampshire Safeguarding Adult Board (HSAB) Annual Report 2018/19 has now been published and can be viewed via the HSAB website here:
Please share the link to the report widely within your organisation, including any internal safeguarding committees and governance boards to ensure they are sighted on the strategic priorities agreed by the HSAB.
Thank you.
The Government has recently launched a new online portal to strengthen support to charities handling safeguarding concerns or allegations. Every organisation that delivers charitable activities has a responsibility to safeguard people from harm or abuse, whether they are staff members, volunteers, or other people who come into contact with the charity through its work.
The portal can be found here:
It offers a step by step guide to help charities in England correctly manage their concerns and handle the reporting of safeguarding allegations about the behaviour or actions of a person in their charity. It also helps identify the right people to contact if needed and access helpful resources and advice. The portal will be promoted by six organisations across England to champion the importance of good safeguarding and locally available sources of advice and support.
We are happy to announce the second issue of the HSAB Newsletter is now live!!
In this edition, we provide updates on recent developments, including National Adult Safeguarding Week in November, and discuss the topic of the Board’s Campaign for 2019; Social Isolation & Loneliness.
Please visit the Keeping Safe Resources page on our website for further information.
This publication provides the findings from the Safeguarding Adults Collection (SAC) for the period 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019. Safeguarding Adults is a statutory duty for Councils with Adult Social Services Responsibilities in England under the Care Act 2014, in order to safeguard adults from abuse or neglect. The data is collected directly from these councils, also known as ‘local authorities’ in this publication.
The aim of this publication is to inform users about aspects of safeguarding activity at national, regional and local level. It is labelled as Experimental Statistics as, due to local variation in how safeguarding activity is defined and reported, there are limitations in the interpretation and usage of the data.
The Adult Social Care Analytical Hub, which is an interactive business intelligence tool published alongside the data tables, presents further insight of the data, including breakdowns by local authority.
The National Referral Mechanism (NRM) is a framework for identifying and referring potential victims of modern slavery and ensuring they receive the appropriate support.
Modern slavery is a complex crime and may involve multiple forms of exploitation. It encompasses:
An individual could have been a victim of human trafficking and/or slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour.
Victims may not be aware that they are being trafficked or exploited, and may have consented to elements of their exploitation, or accepted their situation. If you think that modern slavery has taken place, the case should be referred to the NRM so that the Single Competent Authority (SCA) can fully consider the case. You do not need to be certain that someone is a victim.
This guidance explains how to complete the referral form before it is considered by the relevant SCA within the Home Office.
All local authorities within Wales, Greater Manchester, West Midlands Combined Authorities, East Midlands, Croydon, Hampshire and Isle of Wight have become Early Adopter Sites of Independent Child Trafficking Guardianship Service.
Independent Child Trafficking Guardians (ICTGs) are professionals who support children who have potentially been trafficked, and the role of an ICTG is outlined in Section 48 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015, and within the following interim guidance.
ICTGs will provide one-on-one support to trafficked and potentially trafficked children within the Early Adopter Sites where there is no-one with parental responsibility for that child.
On 1st October 2019, the new ‘Notification of Deaths Regulations 2019’ came into force.
The below link is the gov.uk guidance for registered medical practitioners on meeting their duties under the Notification of Deaths Regulations 2019;
Notification of Deaths Regulations 2019 Guidance
A copy of the Regulations can be found on the legislation website, or by clicking here.
As part of #SafeguardingAdultsWeek, we’re delighted to announce the release of our animated scribe video. This has been produced by the four local Adult Safeguarding Boards , alongside ICEcreates.
The animation gives an overview of the world of Adult Safeguarding:
This is the eleventh Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) hate crime report, and brings together information on CPS performance in prosecuting racist and religious hate crime, homophobic and transphobic crime, crimes against the older person and disability hate crime. Underlying data contained in this report can be found in the data section of the CPS website (www.cps.gov.uk)
The Local Government Association (LGA), in partnership with the Campaign to End Loneliness and Age UK, have produced Combating Loneliness; A Guide for Local Authorities.
Over 9 million people in the UK across all adult ages – more than the population of London – are either always or often lonely. Half a million older people go at least five or six days a week without seeing or speaking to anyone at all.
If you know someone is lonely or socially isolated, they may be vulnerable, or open to forms of abuse, such as mate crime. There is help and resources available to them. The HSAB campaign for 2019 addresses loneliness and social isolation. For more information visit Connect to Support Hampshire or to report a concern, please contact Hampshire Adults Health & Care on 0300 555 1386.
Click on the links below to view and/or download the posters for the 2019 Loneliness and Social Isolation Campaign:
The term ‘Unidentified Adults’ refers to an adult who agencies are not aware of, or not engaging with. They could be living within a household where children live or with someone who has regular contact with children. This can be in any capacity (such as parent, partner, grandparents, non-family member etc.)
The risk of not engaging effectively with adults who have regular contact with children or live within the family home includes understanding:
The following resources have been produced to assist workers in this area:
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Hampshire & the Isle of Wight and Southampton’s Hate Crime Network have teamed up to make Southampton’s hate crime reporting app available to all Hampshire and Isle of Wight residents.
This week’s National Hate Crime Awareness Week (12th-19th October) sees the app being updated with details of more than 70 Third Party Reporting Centres, which will give victims of hate crime anywhere in the Hampshire Constabulary policing area easy access to their nearest reporting centre. Third Party Reporting Centres are independent of the police and offer confidential support to victims of hate crime, including reporting and signposting to specialist support services.
The hate crime reporting app was originally launched last year by a partnership of 29 organisations in Southampton as part of a community-wide anti-hate campaign.
The app, which is available to download on Google Play and Apple, allows its users to immediately report a hate crime to the nearest third-party reporting centre. Users can also use the app to learn more about what a hate crime is and the types of hate crimes that can occur. A list of all Third Party Reporting Centres as well as detailed information about hate crime for the public and also businesses and organisations is available on the Commissioner’s website.
The 2018/19 Annual Report, and summary/infographic, for the Hampshire Safeguarding Children Board (HSCB) has now been published and can be viewed below. This will be the last such report published by the HSCB as local safeguarding has now transferred to the Safeguarding Partners and Relevant Agencies (September 2019). These documents provide an overview of safeguarding activity carried out between April 2018 and March 2019.
The first joint NHS England and NHS Improvement Safeguarding Accountability and Assurance Framework (SAAF) has just been published. This framework builds on its predecessor by strengthening the NHS commitment to promoting the safety, protection and welfare of children, young people and adults.
This framework has been developed in partnership with other organisations and professional bodies. It is intended to clarify the roles and responsibilities of those we work with in a system that is developing rapidly. In addition, it provides the flexibility needed at local level to support professional practice and the partnerships needed to promote healthy behaviours to keep individuals and communities safe from harm.
Safeguarding Children, Young People and Adults at Risk in the NHS
The latest issue of the CPS Hate Crime Newsletter can now be downloaded from the CPS website here:
If you would like to contribute to the next issue, which will be published in November, please contact HateCrime.Policy@cps.gov.uk
Please feel free to share this newsletter wider.
In 2017, 5,507 deaths in England were directly attributable to alcohol, an increase of 11% since 2006, while hospital admissions caused primarily by alcohol were 17% higher over the same period. The total number of hospital admissions for which alcohol was a factor was close to one million, or about 7% of all hospital admissions. Serious cuts to alcohol treatment services are making things worse, with many people in desperate need of support falling through the gaps.
Vulnerable adults are particularly at risk. They can be deeply affected by alcohol, whether as a heavy drinker themselves or as someone who is negatively affected by another person’s drinking.
This report covers an in-depth analysis of 11 Safeguarding Adult Reviews (SARs) published in England in 2017 in which alcohol was identified as being a significant factor in the person’s life and/or death.
Please see below the refreshed 2019 Affiliated Football LADO Information leaflet, which provides LADO’s with a topline insight into affiliated football, safeguarding within the game and an overview of The FA’s Case Management process.
The Portsmouth Safeguarding Adults Board has just published a Safeguarding Adults Review of “Mr D”. This review considered the care and support in Portsmouth provided by agencies between 2012 and 2017 to a young man with a learning disability. Key themes identified included transition, mental capacity, MSP, professional curiosity, and the need for a family approach.
The executive summary report and briefing for practitioners is available on the PSAB website here: http://www.portsmouthsab.uk/scrs-2/
This will be added to the SCIE SAR library in due course.
The Safe Car Wash app is a new tool that will enable the largest community intelligence gathering exercise ever attempted in the United Kingdom.
Download the free app onto your smartphone. When you are using a hand car wash, simply open the app and complete a short survey about the working conditions of the car wash.
The app will ask a series of questions related to the indicators of modern slavery and if there is a high likelihood that modern slavery is occurring in the hand car wash, you will be asked to report your concerns to the Modern Slavery Helpline. The data the app collects will be anonymised and shared with the National Crime Agency and the Gangmasters & Labour Abuse Authority, two law enforcement agencies who are leading on efforts to stamp out modern slavery across the UK.
Further information and a link to download the app can be found here:
Yellow Door and Southampton Women’s Aid have merged into one specialist charity committed to preventing and responding to domestic and sexual abuse. There are no significant changes envisaged any to services other than that they will all now come under the umbrella of Yellow Door. Any further relevant changes will be communicated as they arise, but for the time being all contact details for both services remain.unchanged.
Please pass on this communication to your relevant teams and contacts as appropriate.
If you have any questions, then please contact Yellow Door at:
t: 02380 636312
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