Oxfordshire Safeguarding Adults Board Provider Meeting Briefing 1

What is safeguarding? Safeguarding means protecting an adult’s right to live in safety, free from abuse and neglect. It is: • people and organisations working together to prevent and stop both the risks and experience of abuse or neglect • making sure that the adult’s wellbeing is promoted including having regard to their views, wishes, feelings and beliefs in deciding on any action. 2

What is safeguarding? Professionals should work with the adult to establish what being safe means to them and how that can be best achieved. Professionals and other staff should not be advocating ‘safety’ measures that do not take account of individual well-being (or lack of safety measures that increases the risk of significant harm). 3

What safeguarding isn’t… Safeguarding is not: • A substitute for issues relating to safe, effective care and support by staff with the right skills. • In place of ensuring that the right services are available in the right places. • Monitoring the safety and effectiveness of services, ensuring that everyone meets their legal requirements. • A substitute for the core duties of the police to prevent and detect crime and protect life and property. Criminal offences should be reported to the Police. 4

The Local Picture… Total alerts Apr 2016 % Increase Apr 2015 377 552 46% May 2015 Jun 2015 Jul 2015 Aug 2015 Sep 2015 Oct 2015 Nov 2015 Dec 2015 Jan 2016 Feb 2016 Mar 2016 303 May 2016 648 114% 421 Jun 2016 631 50% 435 Jul 2016 575 32% 305 Aug 2016 640 110% 415 Sep 2016 593 43% 547 Oct 2016 611 12% 411 431 To date: 1447 (52%) increase in alerts 505 (Apr-Oct comparison) 514 492 5

The Local Picture… Alerts Progressed to Safeguarding No. Progressed % Nov 2015 114 28% Dec 2015 120 28% Jan 2016 170 34% Feb 2016 216 42% Mar 2016 186 38% Apr 2016 167 30% May 2016 203 31% Jun 2016 194 31% Jul 2016 165 29% Aug 2016 185 29% Sep 2016 163 27% Oct 2016 153 25% 6

The Local Picture… Care Home Nov 2015 9% Dec 2015 20% Jan 2016 19% Feb 2016 22% Mar 2016 18% Apr 2016 16% May 2016 17% Jun 2016 25% Jul 2016 20% Aug 2016 14% Sep 2016 13% Oct 2016 21% percentage going to enquiries Family & Provider Health. Housing LA Other Police Friends Agency 40% 24% 67% 50% 33% 31% 27% 46% 21% 25% 68% 33% 38% 17% 46% 35% 38% 35% 44% 57% 28% 60% 44% 46% 44% 60% 35% 40% 59% 41% 50% 60% 52% 55% 37% 35% 36% 85% 40% 36% 53% 19% 33% 35% 47% 50% 33% 43% 28% 39% 30% 67% 57% 29% 20% 21% 37% 31% 55% 32% 25% 41% 20% 43% 27% 50% 57% 27% 33% 23% 33% 28% 13% 28% 43% 32% 26% 41% 27% 24% 22% 25% 15% 23% Self 38% 33% 47% 53% 42% 40% 27% 56% 50% 54% 33% 7

What Abuse Can Look Like? Abuse and Neglect can include: • Inappropriate restraint • indecent exposure • withdrawal of services or supportive networks • internet scamming • coercion in relation to an adult’s financial affairs or arrangements, including in connection with wills, property, inheritance or financial transactions (financial abuse) • failure to provide access to appropriate health, care and support or educational services • Neglect of oneself 8

How to Support Safeguarding • Have clear roles and responsibilities and professional boundaries • Create strong multi-agency partnerships • Ensure a positive learning environment • Enable access to mainstream community resources that can reduce the social and physical isolation • Clarify how responses to safeguarding concerns deriving from the poor quality and inadequacy of service provision should be responded to 9

What to do if you have a concern 1. take any necessary immediate action to keep the person safe 2. Seek advice from the Adult Safeguarding Service if you’re unsure it’s a safeguarding issue 3. Record and report any safeguarding concerns appropriately within your organisation 10

What to do if you have a concern Adult Safeguarding issues can be reported online or by telephone. Please visit the OSAB website (www. osab. co. uk) and click the “Concerned About An Adult” button. Consultation Service: you can call 01865 328232 and ask to speak to the triage team for a safeguarding consultation. This is only for consultations on issues where you are unsure if it is a safeguarding issue or not. 11