Professionals

• Every Covid visit matters – Guidance Notes
• Every Covid visit matters – Feedback Form

• Safeguarding Induction Booklet
• Supporting people with dementia through safeguarding: Practice Toolkits
• HCCC Safeguarding Leads
• Safeguarding process for GP Surgery’s
• Concerning Discharge Form – Domiciliary Care
• Concerning Discharge Form – Care Homes
• Concerning Discharge Form
• GP Surgery Safeguarding Concern and Outcome Form
• SCIE Safeguarding during lockdown
• North West Safeguarding Adults Policy
• Safeguarding Adults in Halton: Procedures
• Criteria for Reporting Adult Safeguarding and Provider Led Concerns
• Provider Led Enquiry Guidance
• Provider led Concern Guidance
• North West Policy for Managing Concerns around People in Positions of Trust with Adults who have Care and Support Needs
• Self-Neglect Policy
• Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Policy
• Key Safe Policy, Procedure & Practice
• Safeguarding Adults Case File Audit Policy
• Making Safeguarding Personal Commitment Leaflet
• NHS adult safeguarding booklet
• Skills for Care: practical tools and support for adult social care organisations and employers
• Halton Safeguarding Adults Review Policy
• Pan Cheshire Risk of Radicalisation Strategy
• How to use legal powers to safeguard dependent drinkers
• Allegations against People in a Position of Trust (PiPOT) Referral Form
• Allegations against People in a Position of Trust (PiPOT) Referral Form – information gathering tool from disclosures made from the public
• 2023 Halton Adults Safeguarding Prevention Strategy
• Adult Social Care Safeguarding Thresholds Guidance
• MARAM Policy

• Care Act Statutory Guidance for Safeguarding

Useful Resources

• The Mental Capacity Act Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Guidance to the Forms – ADASS
• Identifying a deprivation of liberty: a practical guide – The Law Society
• Good Practice in the Implementation of the DoLS Safeguards – Care Quality Commission
• HRCH Using The Mental Capacity Act in the community booklet
• Show How to Know How: A training film about using the Mental Capacity Act in the community
• Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) authorisations- YOUR RIGHTS

Useful Websites

• Social care institute for excellence – Mental Capacity Act (MCA) resource
• Mental Capacity Law and Policy
• Essex Chambers – Mental Capacity Law

Useful Resources

• Resources to support Making Safeguarding Personal: guidance for Health and Social Care; Police; Advocacy; Housing; supporting involvement of service users
• Making Safeguarding Personal: topics include awareness raising; mental health; hoarding; dignity and respect; mate crime; and forced marriage

The IASU leads on adults safeguarding and dignity work across Halton: details on what the team does and useful contact details can be found here.

Concerning Discharge Process and Guidance Note

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HSAB training programme

• Current safeguarding adults training course availability for Halton Borough Council staff can be accessed via the Learning & Development area on the intranet. 
• There are also a variety of e-learning courses that are available through Halton Borough Council’s Adult Social Care e-learning platform
• Halton Safeguarding Adults Board Training Programme is offering FREE multi-agency training free of charge to those living and working in Halton who have a direct involvement in the care and support of adults with additional needs. This includes volunteers, carers, those employed through a personal budget and those who use services.
• 7 minute briefings. Free downloadable resources for your teams, on the following themes:
  • Modern Day Slavery
  • Self-Neglect
  • Domestic Abuse and Older people
  • Human Rights
  • Making Safeguarding Personal’

Other providers training

• Research in Practice for Adults RiPfA Delivery Programme: Allocated places at training and network events are included for Partners. They are also available to purchase without taking out membership. Please visit their website for details of all learning and development resources that support people working in social care and health.
• Maintaining your own Mental Health and Wellbeing

• Financial Abuse Toolkit
• GP Adult Safeguarding Toolkit
• Know your human rights – The British Institute of Human Rights
• Self-Neglect Toolkit
• Domestic Abuse Toolkit – Care Providers
• Modern Slavery Toolkit

• The Spoken Word: A video by Cheshire East Service Users
• Real Safeguarding Stories. A free online resource for professionals
• Transition from child to adult services,(NICE)
• Hoarding: Keith’s Story a film by Birmingham Safeguarding Adults Board
• SCIE Social Care TV video series on a large range of safeguarding adults and related topics
• Show How to Know How: A training film about using the Mental Capacity Act in the community
• Making Safeguarding Personal: topics include awareness raising; mental health; hoarding; dignity and respect; mate crime; and forced marriage