Information for professionals

• Policies and procedures
• Documents to Support the Cheshire East Adults Safeguarding Referral Process (PDF, 509KB)
• Revisiting Safeguarding Practice (PDF, 2.79MB)

Alcohol Change UK

• How to use legal powers to safeguard highly vulnerable dependent drinkers

Alzheimer's Society

• Walking About. Why a person with dementia might be walking about.
• Sundowning

Bereavement

• 2Wish Services (96.4KB) Support for those affected by sudden death in young people.
• 2Wish Support for Professionals (105KB)

Care Homes

• Creating a Safeguarding Culture - Safeguarding Adults in Care Homes
• NICE Good Practice in safeguarding training. A quick guide for registered managers of care homes

Coercive Behaviour

• Controlling or Coercive Behaviour Statutory Guidance Framework Home Office

Complex Safeguarding Forum 

• Complex Safeguarding Forum Referral Process

Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLs)

• Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLs) (PDF 631 KB)
• The Mental Capacity Act (PDF 439 KB)

Disability Awareness

• Enhance the UK

Discriminatory Abuse

• What is Discriminatory Abuse? A briefing for practitioners

Domestic Abuse and Safeguarding

Information about domestic abuse can also be found on the Cheshire East Live Well site. Please see guidance below on how to recognise and respond to domestic abuse.

• Cheshire East Safeguarding Adults Board Domestic Abuse Guidance (PDF, 684KB)
• NICE Guidance on Recognising and responding to domestic abuse and violence
• Domestic Abuse Act 2021: overarching factsheet
• Domestic Abuse Commissioner
• Whole Housing Response to Domestic Abuse (PDF, 2.79MB)
• What to do About Domestic Abuse - A Whole Family Approach (PDF, 165KB)
• Domestic Abuse. A Toolkit for Employers (PDF, 6.24MB)
• Improving Support for people with Learning Disabilities Experiencing Domestic Abuse (PDF, 5.32MB)
• Child to Parent Violence. A Resource Booklet for Parents and Carers (PDF, 603KB)
• Eggshells. YouTube short film produced by Oldham Safeguarding Adults Board

Domestic Abuse and Caring for an Older Person living with Dementia

Research is showing that there is a definitive link between domestic abuse and dementia, and that domestic abuse occurs more often in partners or families when someone is living with dementia. Please see helpful tools and guidance to support people in identifying and responding to these concerns. 

• Domestic abuse leaflet 2020 (PDF, 191KB)
• Care Provider Response to Domestic Abuse and supporting people living with dementia and their carers booklet. (PDF, 3.31MB)
• Supporting People Living with dementia through safeguarding processes
• What happens when a Domestic Abuse concern is reported? (PDF 8.00MB)
• Guidance for Using Older Persons Supplementary Questions to the Domestic Abuse, Stalking, Harrassment and Honour Based Abuse Risk Identification Checklist (PDF, 173KB)
• Supplementary Questions to the DASH RIC for Older People of Domestic Abuse (PDF, 129 KB)

Economic Abuse

• SEA Surviving Economic Abuse

• What is Economic Abuse? -short film by SEA 

• Supporting someone. Information for professionals

Falls

• Falls advice in Cheshire East - Information from Steady on Your Feet

Fire Safety

• Cheshire Fire and Safety News

• Heightened Risk Home Fire Safety Referral

• Thematic Review of Deaths Following Accidental Dwelling Fires in Cheshire East (Feb 2020-March 2021 PDF, 536KB)

Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Communities

• Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Communities Cheshire East Council

• Fighting Financial Exclusion in the Gypsy and Traveller Community A short film from The Financial Times

• Gypsies and Travellers in England and Wales Lived Experiences ONS Report

• Gypsies and Travellers Lived Experiences 2022 (Vimeo) Short film ONS 

Hate Crime

• Remedi UK 

• Remedi Step Up Beat Hate Crime Poster (PDF, 10.7MB)

• Hate Crime - A 7 Minute Briefing (PDF, 468KB)

Hoarding

• Clouds End

• Hoarding Conference 2019

• Hoarding disorder - NHS

• Hoarding Support

• My Hoarding Mum and Me - Obsessive Hoarding Documentary

Homelessness

• Adult Safeguarding and Homelessness - A briefing on positive practice

Information Sharing

• Multi-agency Information Sharing Agreement between Cheshire East Safegaurding Adults Board and Relevant Partners (PDF, 421 KB)

• Data Protection Impact Assessment (PDF, 109 KB)

Leaflets and Posters

• Stop Adult Abuse - Easy Read Leaflet (PDF, 5MB)

• Adult safeguarding leaflet (PDF, 728KB)

• Cheshire East Safeguarding Adults Board poster (PDF, 501KB)

• Cheshire East Harmful Practices Group (PDF, 298KB)

• Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Centre (RASASC) Information Leaflet (PDF, 2.33MB)

 LeDeR - Learning from Lives and Deaths, people with a learning disbility and autistic people

• About LeDeR NHS

• Hear my voice video series NHS

• Report the death of someone with a learning disability or an autistic person NHS

Making Safeguarding Personal

• Making Safeguarding Personal in Cheshire East

• Resources to support Making Safeguarding Personal Local Government Association

• Making Safeguarding Personal. What 'good' might look like for Advocacy? (PDF, 324KB)

• Making Safeguarding Personal. What 'good' might look like for Health and Social Care Commissioners, and Providers? (PDF, 430KB)

• Making Safeguarding Personal. What 'good' might look like for the Police? (PDF, 281KB)

• Making Safeguarding Personal. What 'good' might look like for those working in Housing? (PDF, 313KB)

Modern Slavery

• Modern Slavery Strategy Cheshire 2017-19 (PDF, 4.47MB)

• Joint Protocol for Cheshire Police, Local Authority Social Care and Housing Services responding to adults identified at ridk of modern slavery (PDF, 328KB)

• Modern Slavery: Statutory Guidance for England and Wales (under s49 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015) and Non-Statutory Guidance for Scotland and Northern Ireland

• Modern Slavery

• Do you know the signs of modern slavery? Skillset

• Baby Harvesting (PDF, 306KB)

Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA)

• MAPPA General Awareness Briefing (PDF, 435KB)

One Minute Guides

• Confidentiality and Anonymity (PDF, 170KB)

• Cuckooing (PDF, 289KB)

• Domestic Abuse Hub (PDF, 177KB)

• Modern Day Slavery (PDF, 312KB)

• A Guide for Pharmacies
  

• Radicalisation and Extremisim (PDF, 310KB)

• Safeguarding Concerns (PDF, 299KB)

• Stalking (PDF, 70.6KB)

Predatory Marriage

• Justice for Joan 

• Predatory Marriage: What can we do to prevent it? (PDF, 2.28MB) Hourglass

Preparing for Adulthood

• Preparing for Adulthood - Livewell

• Preparing for Adulthood Booklet (PDF, 829KB)

Prevent

• Prevent / Channel Referral Process in Cheshire East

• Get help if you're worried about someone being radicalised - Home Office 

Professional Curiosity

• Professional Curiosity Guidance for Practitioners (PDF, 647KB) - Produced by Cumbria SAB

Reporting Safeguarding Concerns

• Guidance on Reporting Safeguarding Concerns (PDF, 704KB)

Safeguarding Adults Reviews (SAR)

• SAR National Library 

• Safeguarding Adult Reviews - Social Care Institute for Excellence 

Scams and Fraud

• Scams and fraud awareness in Cheshire East

Self-Neglect

• Responding to self-neglect. A short animation for professionals.

• Identifying and working with Self-Neglect in people experiencing homelessness. London Network of Nurses and Midwives Homeless group

• Self-neglect - An Overview (PDF, 253KB)

• Self-neglect and Engagement (PDF, 218KB)

• Self-neglect and Hoarding (PDF, 224KB)

• Self-neglect and Homlessness (PDF, 249KB)
• Self-neglect and Self Care (PDF, 246KB)

• Self-neglect and Substance Abuse (PDF, 257KB)

• Self-neglect and Trauma (PDF, 188KB)

Suicide Prevention

• Suicide Prevention, Support and Information in Cheshire East

• Suicide Prevention Resources MIND

• Zero Suicide Alliance 

• PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide

• Spot the Signs (PDF, 788KB)

• Conversation Starters (PDF, 42.0 KB)

• AMPARO Support following suicide

Technology-facilitated Abuse

• What is technology-facilitated abuse? - Refuge 

Transitional Safeguarding

• Bridging The Gap. Transitional Safeguarding and the role of Social Work with Adults (PDF, 9.33MB)

• Preparing for Adulthood - Adult Social Care booklet (PDF, 822KB)

Violent extremism

Violent extremism/Prevent e-learning

Violent Extremism/ Prevent E-Learning is now available – E-Learning (cescp.org.uk) provides details on who needs to complete the new registration form and who already has access. 

You will then receive login details which will allow you entry to the e-learning platform. If you are experiencing any difficulties please contact lscbtrainingadministrator@cheshireeast.gov.uk.

Mental Capacity Act – YouTube Resource

Our partners at Mid Cheshire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust have produced the following two excellent short video clips focussing on the application of the Mental Capacity Act (MCA). The videos explain the key principles of the MCA and how they work in practice within the hospital setting.

Useful Websites

• 2wish

• Age UK Cheshire East

• Alcohol Change

• Ann Craft Trust

• Be Gamble Aware

• Intersectionality in social work for adults

• Migrant Help UK

• My CWA

• Older Drivers Forum

• Remedi UK

• Stop Loan Sharks

• Surviving Economic Abuse

• The Gang Masters and Labour Abuse Authority 

• Zero Suicide Alliance