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Safeguarding adult review (SAR) Sub-group

Purpose

To ensure that the Board undertakes safeguarding adult reviews (SARs) when appropriate, that agreed processes are followed and that lessons are learned. 

Remit

 

The Safeguarding Adults Review Sub-Group is a formally constituted arm of the SSASPB. It fulfils the following responsibilities and will:

  • Implement the agreed SAR protocol for conducting reviews.
  • Consider cases that do not meet the criteria for a formal review but from which lessons can be learned and recommend how this might be achieved.
  • Use the agreed selection process to appoint a SAR reviewer. Agree the type of review process to be utilised.  
  • Establish the lessons learned from the review and submit a draft action plan to the Board via the Executive and monitor its implementation.
  • Be responsible for the dissemination of lessons learnt across the partnership and ensuring that action plans are implemented.
  • Quality assure the final report before submitting to the Board for approval.
  • Liaise with the other Sub-Groups via the Executive to progress agreed delegated actions.
  • Consider published national SARs and ensure learning is promoted among local front line practitioners.
  • Contribute to the National SAR Repository hosted by the National SAB Chairs Network
  • Acknowledge the SCIE Quality Markers once the revised version has been produced
  • Review procedures against regional and national policy changes and amend if necessary.
  • Provide an update on current progress against workstreams to the Executive sub-group meetings which occur prior to Board meetings.
  • Contribute to the Annual Report by producing an overview of the SARs finalised in the relevant year (specifically the learning) and also what has been achieved during the reporting period.

Membership and Accountability 

 The sub-group will:

  • Be comprised of named representatives of key partner agencies of the Board who have the skills and knowledge of conducting case reviews.
  • Be extended to include other organisations by agreement of the Board.
  • Be chaired by a member or officer of the Board and the Sub-Group will elect a Vice Chair. The chair will be a member of the executive group and will attend Executive meetings.
  • Meet a minimum of six times a year.
  • Be accountable to the Executive via the Chair and Vice Chair.
  • Be attended by the Board Manager and the Administrator to the Board
  • recognise that SARs are not inquiries into how an incident happened or who is culpable. This is a matter for coroners and criminal courts respectively to determine
  • act in a manner that promotes the confidentiality of all of those involved in the process and which recognises the sensitivity of the information being shared
  • retain an adult at risk (as defined by the Care Act 2014) focus to its work and have a regard for racial diversity, language, culture, sexual identity, age and gender in its approach to all its activities

Principles 

The Sub-Group will;

  • Recognise that SARs are not inquiries into how an incident happened or who is culpable. This is a matter for Coroners and criminal courts respectively to determine.
  • Act in a manner that promotes the confidentiality of all of those involved in the process and which recognises the sensitivity of the information being shared.
  • The sub-group will retain an adult at risk (as defined by the Care Act 2014) focus to its work and have a regard for racial diversity, language, culture, sexual identity, age and gender in its approach to all its activities.

 

Approved Jan 2022