INVOLVED-Safeguarding Adults At Risk

Question 1

With the implementation of the care act 2014 the safeguarding duties apply to an adult who:

Answer 1

Has needs for care and support (whether or not the local authority is meeting those needs)

Is experiencing, or is at risk of, abuse or neglect and:
As a result of those care and support needs is unable to protect themselves from either the risk of, or the experience of abuse or neglect

Question 2

What could you do if the concern does not meet the safeguarding criteria, yet the person is in need of assistance from health or the local services department.

Answer 2

Consideration should be given to raising a welfare concern

Question 3

What should be done with instances of self neglect such as hoarding (CIR over 5), poor self care and neglected household that put the individual at health and/or fire risk?

Answer 3

Raised as a safeguarding

Question 4

In an event of immediate risk how many people stay with the person?

How do you report a safeguarding concern? Within how long?

How long should it take for the referral process to start?

Answer 4

2 until police arrive

Directly to the BC - or through the officer of the day via RMC - within four hours (immediate risk) or 24 for others

Immediately

Question 5

If there is no available BC what do you do?

If the decision is taken to refer as a welfare concern the BC/DAC will inform the relevant SM who will then do what?

Answer 5

Concern passed to the DAC - or the geographically nearest BC.

Ensure the welfare concern (SOR) process is followed

Question 6

All concerns and correspondence should be marked with what? And copied to who?

Answer 6

OFFICIAL - SENSITIVE PERSONAL DATA.

And copied to the social issues mailbox

Question 7

Adult safeguarding is built on 6 principles that are used to evaluate safety;

Answer 7

Empowerment 
Prevention 
Proportionality 
Protection 
Partnership 
Accountability

Question 8

Further types of abuse have been included recently, which include..?

The care act has also introduced a change by including____ under the legal definition of abuse

Answer 8

Radicalisation & restrain

Self-neglect

Question 9

Three main areas of self neglect?

Does it include hoarding?

Answer 9

Lack of self care

Lack of care of ones environment

Refusal of assistance that might alleviate these issues

Yes - CIR 5+ = safeguarding

Question 10

All actions and decisions taken much comply with what?

Answer 10

Mental capacity act 2005 (MCA 2005)

Question 11

Talk to me about welfare concerns

Answer 11

Evidence of no or inadequate heating, malnutrition, poor housing & living conditions which are not the consequence of either third party abuse and neglect or self neglect.

Signs of cognitive and/or physical impairments which would increase the risk of fire, hinder the ability to recognise the risk of fire and /or escape the fire

Signs of fire risk such as evidence of unreported precious fires, burns on carpets or clothes, unsafe candle use, hoarding level 2-4

Question 12

Raising a concern where it involves a member of LFB staff?

Answer 12

Policy 569. -Confidential reporting - Whistle blowing

Question 13

If you discover a concern and find out it has already been raised by LFB before do you raise it again?

And if by police..?

Answer 13

Yes

Yes

Question 14

Once the decision has been made to refer which form will the BC/duty DAC fill in?

And who must it be copied to..?

And how long does the BC/DAC have to follow up with an email?

Answer 14

The record of adult safeguarding concern form - must be copied to the social issues mailbox

24 hours