Devon County Council

Protection of Vulnerable Adults

• Introduction
• The Team
• Safeguarding Adults Board (formerly Adult Protection Committee) Meeting minutes
• Annual Report 2007 (293KB - pdf help)
• Annual Report 2005 (164KB - pdf help)
• Annual Report 2006 (67KB - pdf help)
• Safeguarding Adults (Policy & Procedure)
• Policy Summary (2.49MB - pdf help)
• Alerts Pathways:
  • SA1 - For all involved (102KB - pdf help)
  • SA2 - ACS & DPT Staff (97KB - pdf help)
  • SA3 - Managers not in ACS or DPT (98KB - pdf help)
  • SA4 - Care Direct & Care Direct Plus (link not yet available)
• Safeguarding Adults - An ADSS document (373KB - pdf help)
• Factsheet 12 - Safeguarding Adults from abuse

Introduction:

Welcome to the Safeguarding Adults website.  Here you will be able to find out about who is a vulnerable adult, what we mean by abuse and what can be done about it.

You can look at the multi agency policy and guidelines and you can read the public information leaflet which tells you who to contact if you need to report an incident, or share a concern.

You can learn a bit about the work of the Safeguarding Adults Board (formerly the Adult Protection Committee) and see what the Safeguarding Adults Team is doing.

There are useful links to other sites and these will be updated and added to as new information becomes available.

We hope you find it useful - please do contact us if you have any suggestions for improving the site.

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The Safeguarding Adults Team:

Helen Brookes, Team Administrator

Responsible for:

• Keeping us organised with filing systems
• Answering the phone and responding to requests for policy and training materials
• Taking minutes for the Safeguarding Adults Board
• The typing including producing the annual report
• Arranging meetings and booking venues

Emma Craigie, Angela O'Reilly & Joss Hambly, Safeguarding Adults Officers

Responsible for:

• Advice and support to staff involved in adult protection cases
• Chairing case conferences and complex strategy meetings
• Supporting the training strategy
• Assisting the co-ordinator in developing the service
• Contributing to the work of the Safeguarding Adults Board

Angela O'Reilly & Paul Grimsey, Safeguarding Adults Co-ordinators

Responsible for:

• Overseeing the development, implementation and review of the multi-agency 'Protection of Adults at Risk' policy
• Collating and analysing statistical data to inform key players of the situation in Devon
• Taking an overview on complex cases and provide support and advice for staff dealing with such cases
• Encouraging a corporate approach with Plymouth and Torbay
• Supporting and organising the multi-agency Safeguarding Adults Board
• Supervising the work of the independent chair person

Vernon Whitlock, Safeguarding Adults Training Co-ordinator

Responsible for:

• Training strategy and development of new courses
• Delivery of Adult Protection Training
• Co-ordination of Training Pool

What we can't do is chair all the strategy meetings that need to take place, nor support the practical arrangements such as providing a venue or a minute taker, though we are intending to provide training in chairing skills to support staff who will be expected to chair some meetings.

The Safeguarding Adults Team are all based at County Hall: Adult & Community Services Directorate, The Annexe, Topsham Road, Exeter, EX2 4QR.

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