HSAB Annual Report 2017 – 2018 Published (December 2018)

HSAB has published its annual report for 2017/18. This outlines the activities undertaken by the Board over the past year to enable it to fulfil its statutory responsibilities regarding the strategic development and oversight of adult safeguarding across Hampshire.  The report highlights the Board’s progress and achievements in delivering its strategic priorities and objectives and provides a review of its business plan highlighting challenges and also key achievements. It also outlines the areas requiring focus for the coming year.

The report can be found by clicking the link below:

icn_web HSAB Annual Reports

Government Guidance on female genital mutilation (FGM) published – October 2018

Guidance on female genital mutilation (FGM) for all persons and bodies in England and Wales has been released on GOV.UK.  It was first published in 2016 but has just been updated (October 2018). The guidance can be found here:

icn_web Multi-Agency Guidance on Female Genital Mutilation

You must read and follow this guidance if you are under statutory duties to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. You should read this FGM guidance along-side other safeguarding guidance, including (but not limited to):

icn_web Working Together to Safeguard Children (2015) in England

icn_web Safeguarding Children: Working Together under the Children Act 2004 (2007) in Wales

New resources available linked to Serious and Organised Crime

Please find below links to information supplied from the Home Office regarding a number of recently published sector based resources for frontline staff on serious and organised crime. The guidance is aimed at supporting policing and other statutory frontline staff – particularly those who work with children, young people and vulnerable adults – in identifying potential victims of this type of criminal exploitation. It sets out the signs to look for in potential victims, and what action staff should take so that potential victims get the support and help they need. The document supplements an organisation’s existing safeguarding policies.

 

This is the guidance:

Criminal Exploitation of children and vulnerable adults: County Lines guidance Sept 2018

 

Alongside the guidance, there are also resources for frontline professionals to help policing and statutory staff recognise the signs to look out for, that could indicate that someone is a victim of county lines gangs:

Protecting vulnerable people from exploitation resources for frontline professionals Sept 2018

 

The Home Office is also raising awareness of county lines across a range of non-statutory sectors. Here are the resources for staff working in the following sectors:

Materials for the social housing sector are currently being developed and will be available shortly.  Finally, there are also some social media resources: Social media resources.

Free CAMHS Courses

Please see links below which provide information on free courses provided by CAMHS for any professional working in any agency in the Hampshire Local Authority area.

 

Introduction to Mental Health in Children and Young People

Introduction to Attachment Difficulties and Developmental Trauma in Children and Young People

Introduction to Self-Harm in Children and Young People

Introduction to Mental Health in Children and Young People with Learning Difficulties / Disabilities

Introduction to Eating Disorders in Children and Young People

Introduction to Anxiety Disorder in Children and Young People

Introduction to Autism in Children and Young People in a CAMHS context

Introduction to ADHD

 

To book a place please follow the link.

 

Anyone outside of Hampshire County Council should use this form to request a place:-   Application form

HRDA: High Risk Domestic Abuse

HRDA is a daily meeting of professionals from a variety of agencies, including police, social workers, domestic abuse services, health and housing. You have been identified as being potentially at high risk of harm and will be/were discussed at one of these meetings. The aim of the meeting is/was to ensure that all agencies are aware of your situation and the risk you face so that actions can be taken immediately to try to keep you safe. Professionals will share/shared information relating to risk from any known history of the domestic abuse, the perpetrators offending, their records and current police reports on a confidential basis. This information, along with what you may have asked your specialist domestic abuse worker to share, is used to assess your risk, who that risk is from and to, and which professionals are best placed to help you stay safe.

High Risk Domestic Abuse (HRDA) meetings

Colleagues in the Hampshire Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) are working closely with partner agencies to introduce daily High Risk Domestic Abuse (HRDA) meetings.

These are multi agency meetings that will consider high risk domestic abuse incidents on a daily basis.

The HRDA meeting will be chaired by police and have a core attendance of:

  • Children’s Services, via MASH
  • Adult Health & Care, via MASH
  • A MASH Health professional and
  • A specialist domestic abuse worker.

The HRDA meeting will relocate work from MARAC to MASH, which will ensure that those families affected by domestic abuse will receive a faster, more co-ordinated response, with support and the required intervention being provided closer to the timing of the incident. The specialist domestic abuse worker will ensure that the voice of the victim/survivor is represented at the planning stage.

Introduction of HRDA meetings aims to reduce duplication of work for police, health, Children’s Services Department (CSD) and Adults’ Health and Care (AHC), as there will be fewer cases needing research. This, in turn will reduce the time spent on MARAC attendance. As well as securing early specialist domestic abuse involvement, the HRDA will ensure a consistent threshold is applied to high risk domestic abuse cases.

There will be a two week pilot of the HRDA daily meetings process in late September 2018. Subject to positive response and outcome from all parties, it is anticipated that the process will be rolled out shortly afterwards.

Modern Slavery Protocol for Local Authorities

Please find links to the newly published Modern Slavery Protocol for Local Authorities in the Practice Guidance and Resource webpage. These resources have been produced to help improve the Local Authority’s response to human trafficking and modern slavery, in particular the identification and support offered to adult survivors. The guidance provides non-prescriptive steps to follow when a potential victim of human trafficking or modern slavery is identified. It should be adapted to each local authority’s internal structures.

Domestic Abuse Referral Pathway for NHS staff

The Hampshire Domestic Abuse Partnership has developed a Domestic Abuse Referral Pathway for NHS professionals. The guidance reflects the NICE DVA Pathway which recommends that trained staff in antenatal, postnatal, reproductive care, sexual health, alcohol or drug misuse, mental health, children’s and vulnerable adults’ services should ask service users whether they have experienced domestic violence and abuse as a routine part of good clinical practice, even where there are no indicators of such violence and abuse. The Board is asked to endorse the referral pathway.

HSAB - Report of the Workforce Subgroup dva-questions-and-pathway-final-07_03_18

Consensus statement between Policing, NHS and Social Care

NHS England has supported the launch of a joint consensus statement between policing, health and social care organisations.

It commits partners to working together to use our shared capabilities and resources more effectively to improve people’s health and wellbeing, prevent crime and protect the most vulnerable people.  An action plan is now being developed to progress the commitments of the statement, which include identifying and supporting vulnerable people and their families; improving trust, knowledge sharing, best practice and training across the system; and working with partners to commission and deliver preventative services in response to assessments of threat, harm, risk and vulnerability.

 

https://news.npcc.police.uk/releases/policing-health-and-social-care-consensus

 

Publication of the Mr C SAR and the Thematic Review of Learning from SARs related to Learning Disability and Physical Health Care

Statement from the Hampshire Safeguarding Adults Board

 

Safeguarding Adult Review – Mr C

 

The report into the findings of the Mr C Safeguarding Adult Review is published today. Robert Templeton, the independent chair of the Hampshire Safeguarding Adults Board has provided the following message:

 

“At its meeting on 12th December, the Board considered the findings of the Safeguarding Adult Review regarding the case of Mr C as well as the Thematic Review of Learning from Safeguarding Adult Reviews related to Learning Disability and Physical Health Care, and the series of recommendations for how the agencies involved in providing support could work better together in the future.

 

Mr C had complex health and care needs and was receiving support from a number of different agencies. This report identifies learning which agencies can use for future improvement. Hampshire Safeguarding Adults Board is committed to working alongside commissioners and care providers to implement the report’s recommendations.  The Hampshire Safeguarding Adults Board wish to express their deepest condolences to Mr C’s family for their loss.”

 

icn_web Mr C SAR and Thematic Review Reports

 

Note:

The Hampshire Safeguarding Adults Board is a multi agency partnership which commissions Safeguarding Adult Reviews in a very small number of cases where an adult with care and support needs has died or has been seriously injured, in order to identify lessons to improve future practice and partnership working.

New guidance on Modern Slavery

New guidance has been published by the LGA and Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner on modern slavery. The purpose of this guide is to increase awareness of modern slavery and provide clarity for councils their role in tackling it. Whilst it has been produced specifically for Local Authorities, the guidance will also be helpful for a wider range of partners.

HSAB - Report of the Workforce Subgroup Modern Slavery – A Council Guide

HSAB Annual Report 2016-2017

HSAB has published its annual report for 2016/17. This outlines the activities undertaken by the Board over the past year to enable it to fulfil its statutory responsibilities regarding the strategic development and oversight of adult safeguarding across Hampshire.  The report highlights the Board’s progress and achievements in delivering its strategic priorities and objectives and provides a review of its business plan highlighting challenges and also key achievements. It also outlines the areas requiring focus for the coming year.

The report can be found by clicking the link below:

HSAB - Report of the Workforce Subgroup HSAB Annual Report 2016-2017

Hate Crime – A guide for those affected

A guide has been created jointly by Tell MAMA and Community Security Trust regarding Hate Crime.

The guide’s focus is anti-Muslim hatred and antisemitism. Its advice can, and should, be used by anybody who has suffered any kind of hate crime, which can occur due to race, religion, sexuality, age, disability, gender or any other characteristic.

The guide can be found in our Resource Zone:

Resource Zone

Safeguarding Adults

If you, or another vulnerable adult you know is being harmed in any way by another person please do not ignore it.

 

Report concern about abuse

If you have concerns or want to report abuse phone Hampshire Adult Services on 0300 555 1386 or the police on 101 In an emergency, or if you suspect you or someone else is in immediate danger, phone 999.

 

Speak Out

Speak out… If we know, we can help

Information about what to do if you suspect someone is being abused or someone is abusing you.

 

Find information and advice

Hampshire Safeguarding Adults Board (HSAB) we have information about Safeguarding Adults in Hampshire, including advice, leaflets and policy documents.

We are partnership committee, coordinated by the local authority to:

  • provide strategic leadership for adult safeguarding across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight
  • meet the requirements of The Care Act 2014
  • support current good practice in adult safeguarding

 

Your rights

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) monitors, inspects and regulates health and social care services, protecting people’s health, wellbeing and human rights, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect.

Your rights explained

 

Safe Place scheme

Safe Place scheme is for vulnerable people and people with learning difficulties. This scheme provides a safe place to go for people feeling scared or upset while out on their own.