Cherry Dale Chair Birmingham Safeguarding Adults Board What

Cherry Dale Chair – Birmingham Safeguarding Adults Board

What is Safeguarding Adults? “Safeguarding means protecting an adult’s right to live in safety, free from abuse and neglect” Care Act 2014 Statutory Guidance 14. 7

What is your role? Preventative Reactive Developmental Co-coordinating

What’s do you do? Publish a Strategic Business Plan Conduct any Safeguarding Adults Reviews Publish an Annual Report detailing

Who does this effect? Many people are at increased risk of abuse, but who do not have care and support needs Other organisations maybe more appropriate such as : • The Police Carers, people whoservices self-neglect, homeless people, and survivors of • many Domestic abuse domestic abuse……. . • The National Referral Mechanism for victims of modern slavery • Third sector, community and support groups • authority Other social services teams. A local safeguarding response is not the only, or always the most appropriate, response to keeping people safe

BSAB Priorities 2019 -21 1. Communication and involvement 2. Prevention and early intervention 3. Empowerment and enablement 4. Learning through Development and Assurance

Is risk always this bad?

What about this?

and this…. . . ?

is this better………. ?

The tension at the heart of RISK ENABLEMENT: adult safeguarding is Duty of care: to identify Duty to support, enable an risk and take steps tobalancing risk adult to have independence, and ensure safety choice and control. enablement WELLBEING

How can BSAB work better with you and other organisations? What can BSAB offer you to strengthen your role in safeguarding?

Thank You