Under the Freedom of Information Act (2000), please provide responses to the following requests, in respect of the time period 1st February 2020- 1st December 2020.
1. Number of adult safeguarding concerns or referrals received.
There was 4890 Safeguarding Concerns started between 1st February 2020 and 30th November 2020 (inclusive)
2. Number of adult safeguarding enquiries commenced under section 42 of the Care Act 2014.
There was 949 Safeguarding Enquiries started between 1st February 2020 and 30th November (inclusive)
3. In respect of adult safeguarding enquiries commenced under section 42 of the Care Act 2014, please provide:
a. Whether the adult at risk was a new referral, or already known to social care services.
Of the 949 Section 42 enquiries started between 1st February 2020 and 30th November (inclusive) 493 clients were not known to Devon County Council ie did not have an active service at the time of the enquiry (this is a unique client count not a form count)
b. Who was the referral from? (police, health, self-referral, family or friends, other)
See below for the referral numbers for the 949 Section 42 enquiries started between 1st February 2020 and 30th November (inclusive)
Care Agency: 94
Care Home: 202
Community Health (Comm Nursing/Rapid Intervention): 66
Care Quality Commission: 19
Devon County Council: 71
Devon Partnership Trust: 115
Family / Friend / Neighbour: 90
Financial Services: 5
GP Practice: 32
Hospital: 92
Housing: 31
Legal Agency: 10
Other local authority: 12
Police: 49
Self-referral: 7
SW Ambulance Service/111: 41
Other/ Not Known: 12
c. What type of abuse was the safeguarding referral regarding? (e.g. Neglect and acts of omission, physical abuse, financial abuse, psychological abuse, sexual abuse, self-neglect, organisational abuse, domestic abuse, sexual exploitation, discriminatory abuse, modern slavery).
See below for the type of risk information for the Section 42 enquiries started between 1st February 2020 and 30th November (inclusive). Please note that some of the forms will have more than one type or risk so the count will be higher than 949.
Sexual Exploitation: 25
Discriminatory Abuse: 8
Organisational Abuse: 122
Psychological Abuse: 313
Physical Abuse: 243
Neglect and Acts of Omission: 370
Sexual Abuse: 77
Domestic Abuse: 146
Institutional Abuse: 0
Self-Neglect: 101
4. In relation to adult safeguarding enquiries under section 42 of the Care Act 2014 concluded during this time, in how many was the risk removed, and in how many did the risk remain?
In respect of the number of safeguarding enquiries concluded between 1st February 2020 and 30th November 2020 (inclusive) where a risk was identified. The Risk Outcome is
Risk remained 62
Risk removed 184
Grand Total 246