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Keeping safeSafeguarding adults - Protection of vulnerable adults in KirkleesSarah Carlile - December 2011protection@kirklees.gov.uk Latest news - SafeguardingPublished 7 Feb 2012
‘How do we prevent financial abuse?
Give us tools and training!’ Read more about: Invitation to Kirklees Safeguarding Adults Network Event
I think a vulnerable adult is being abused - what can I do?
If you are concerned that a vulnerable adult living in Kirklees is being abused you should call and speak to someone
at one of the following numbers:
To report abuse telephone Gateway to Care 01484 414933 (24 hours) Emergency Duty Team (Out of Hours) 01924 326489 You can also email the Emergency Duty Team: gatewaytocare@kirklees.gov.uk For further information or advice please contact Safeguarding Adults Partnership Team: Safeguarding Adults 30 Market Street (3rd floor) Huddersfield HD1 2HG Telephone: 01484 221717 Fax number: 01484 226949 E-mail: protection@kirklees.gov.uk  Keeping vulnerable adults safe (PDF: 244kb)
Information about how to report the abuse of vulnerable adults. Kirklees Safeguarding Adults Board, Multi Agency Policy (PDF: 1mb)
Reporting abuse, full procedures and guidance Leaflet for managers (PDF: 223kb)
Summary of the multi agency safeguarding policy, procedures and guidance for safeguarding managers Leaflet for staff (PDF: 223kb)
Summary of the multi agency policy, procedures and guidance for all staff Information Sharing Guidance for
Practitioners and Managers (PDF: 1042kb)
This guidance is for practitioners who have to make decisions about sharing personal information on a case-by-case basis Safeguarding poster - How to report adult abuse (PDF: 290kb)
Poster with contact details for reporting adult abuse. The Vetting and Barring Scheme Frequently Asked Questions (PDF: 525kb)
This information from the Home Office provides an overview of the vetting and barring scheme. Information from the Home Office about handling cases of forced marriages (PDF: 496)
Revised practice guidelines from the Home Office on handling forced marriages, designed to provide step-by-step advice to frontline workers. Managing large scale investigations (PDF: 515)
The Kirklees Safeguarding Adults Board Procedures and further guidance to assist senior managers undertake investigations, primarily in care homes. Kirklees Multi-Agency Safeguarding Adults Training Strategy 2011-12(PDF: 544):
sets out our approach to learning and development activities that are designed to support the implementation of the Kirklees Multi Agency Safeguarding Adults procedures and the requirements of relevant guidance. Vetting and Barring Scheme Update June 2010 (PDF: 224kb)
A briefing sheet to give an update on the changes to the Vetting and Barring Scheme (VBS). Serious Case Reviews Information Leaflet for Staff (PDF: 396):
Serious case reviews (SCRs) are usually held when a vulnerable adult dies and abuse or neglect are known or suspected to be the cause of the death. Action on Elder Abuse 2011 (PDF: 224kb)
A presentation from Gary Fitzgerald, chief executive of Action on Elder Abuse  Risky things
Short stories showing abuse and how to report abuse. Information to help professionals with training practice.
Safeguarding
vulnerable adults - a tool kit for general practitioners (PDF:207kb)
This tool kit is about promoting the wellbeing of adults who may have difficulty in protecting themselves from harm and abuse and in promoting their own interests. Buying mobility aids on the doorstep (PDF: external site)
Your guide to buying mobility aids on the doorstep or from a salesperson in your home. Buying on the doorstep
- protecting(PDF: external site)
Protecting the people you care about from rogue doorstep traders.
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