Useful publications

Advocacy

• Commissioning advocacy under the Care Act: Emerging good practice - Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) (December 2016)

• Advocacy presentation focusing on safeguarding

Call Blockers and unwanted calls 

• Citizens advice on how to prevent nuisiance calls 

Care Act 2014

• Safeguarding in light of the Care Act  - Research in practice for adults (Ripfa) 

Care Homes 

• NICE guidance - Safeguarding adults in care homes 

County Lines

• Home Office County Lines Criminal exploitation of children and vulnerable adults: county lines

Cuckooing

• A short video produced by Staffordshire Police regarding Cuckooing; what it is, how to identify it and how to report it. 

Dependent Drinkers 

• Alchohol Change, How to use legal powers to safeguard highly vulnerable dependent drinkers in England and Wales. 

Domestic Abuse

• Controlling or Coercive Behaviour in an Intimate or Family Relationship (Statutory Guidance Framework) - Home Office (December 2015)

• Sandwell animated video on a family safeguarding approach especially in domestic abuse situations

Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHRs) 

• Learning from DHRs in Stoke on Trent 
• Learning from DHRs in Staffordshire 

Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS)

Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, forms which may be of interest to care providers who may need to submit a DoLS assessment for those under their care.

• Request a Deprivation of Liberty in Staffordshire

• Request a Deprivation of Liberty in Stoke-on-Trent 
  • Form 1 - Request for standard authorisation and urgent authorisation (351 KB)
  • Form 2 - Request for a further standard authorisation (328 KB)

These forms when completed must be returned to Stoke-on-Trent City Council please email: DOLS@stoke.gov.uk 

Engaging adults 

• This principles of engagment document has been created by Newcastle upon Tyne Adult Safeguarding Board and is reproduced here with their permission. 
• Newcastle upon Tyne have published a short video on the principals of engagement, a best practice approach to responding to people who, for a range of reasons, may not be engaging with services.

Exploitation

• NWG toolkit - Criminal, Civic and Partnership Disruption Options for Preparators of Child and Adult victims of Exploitation

• West Midlands Exploitation toolkit

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)

• Female Genital Mutilation Pocket Guide for health care professionals - NHS England.

Financial matters

• Keep yourself safe  – how to spot the signs of common scams - A series of short films showing some common scams and how to prevent them.

Fire: Causes and Prevention

• Fire Death Factors SAME advice by Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service 

Hoarding

• Clutter Image Rating - Hoarding disorders UK 

• Hoarding from the point of view of the hoarder video clip, produced by Birmingham Safeguarding Adults Board

LeDeR

• Learning from Lives and Deaths; People with a Learning Disability and autistic people (LeDeR)

Legal Literacy

• West Midlands Regional Webinar on Understanding the Legal Framework for Safeguarding Adults

Making Safeguarding Personal (MSP)

• Making Safeguarding Personal health, adult social care and ageing Guide 2014 - Local Government Association (LGA)

'Mate' Crime

Camden People First video on 'mate' crime, a video acted by service users to instruct other service users about the dangers of 'mate' crime and what can be done about it.

Mental Capacity

• Asist Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy including 'My next patient may lack capacity' pocketbook - Asist IMCA Hospital Service

Modern Slavery

• Modern Slavery awareness Booklet - Home Office 

• Help for adult victims of human trafficking - HM Government

Organisational Abuse (Institutional Abuse)

• Guidance that has been created by the SSASPB which gives an overview of what is organisational abuse and how to recognise it. 

Prevent

• Staffordshire Police Prevent Strategy and Referral Form

People in a Position of Trust (PiPoT)

• West Midlands Adult Position of Trust Framework - including other West Midlands documents, West Midlands Adult Safeguarding Editorial Group (December 2018)

Safeguarding 

• What is Adult Safeguarding - a presentation given by Ruth Martin Safeguarding Team Leader and acting Principal Social Worker for Staffordshire County Council hosted by Staffordshire Police about what adult safeguarding is, when to make an adult safeguarding referral and what a good referral looks like.
• What is Safeguarding, an easy read booklet produced by Change
• 39 Essex Chambers, free Safeguarding podcasts

SCIE 

• Safeguarding adults - lessons from the murder of Steven Hoskin

Self-neglect

• West Midlands Self-neglect Guidance - West Midlands Adult Safeguarding Editorial Group (December 2021)

• MPFT Self-neglect Guidance (287 KB)

Section 42 Enquiries 

• Department of Health and Social Care document 'Supporting people living with dementia to be involved with adult safeguarding enquiries' 

Sepsis

• NHS England easy read information on sepsis
• The Sepsis Trust free resources 

Substance Misuse

• Recovery Hub locations - One Recovery

Terrorism/Extremism

• Safeguarding People who are vulnerable to being drawn into Violent Extremism and / or Terrorism in Staffordshire & Stoke-on-Trent - Prevent Channel Guidance (2019)

Tricky Friends 

• A short animated video aiming to help people understand what good friendships are, when they might be harmful and what they can do.

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