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Who we are
Safeguarding Adults Boards (SABs) have been set up in every Local Authority. SABs are a multi-agency partnership that lead on adult safeguarding across its locality, and oversee and co-ordinate the effectiveness of the safeguarding work of its members and partner agencies. The West Sussex SAB is led by Independent Chair, Annie Callanan.
The overarching purpose of a SAB is to help and safeguard adults with care and support needs. It does this by:
assuring itself that local safeguarding arrangements are in place as defined by the Care Act 2014 and statutory guidance
assuring itself that safeguarding practice is person-centred and outcome-focused
working collaboratively to prevent abuse and neglect where possible
ensuring agencies and individuals give timely and proportionate responses when abuse or neglect have occurred
assuring itself that safeguarding practice is continuously improving and enhancing the quality of life of adults in its area
Every SAB has three core duties that it must do in order to fulfil its statutory requirements. Click on the core duties below to find out more about each one.
You can find out more about the work of the West Sussex Safeguarding Adults Board on our website(opens in new window).
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Who we are
Safeguarding Adults Boards (SABs) have been set up in every Local Authority. SABs are a multi-agency partnership that lead on adult safeguarding across its locality, and oversee and co-ordinate the effectiveness of the safeguarding work of its members and partner agencies. The West Sussex SAB is led by Independent Chair, Annie Callanan.
The overarching purpose of a SAB is to help and safeguard adults with care and support needs. It does this by:
assuring itself that local safeguarding arrangements are in place as defined by the Care Act 2014 and statutory guidance
assuring itself that safeguarding practice is person-centred and outcome-focused
working collaboratively to prevent abuse and neglect where possible
ensuring agencies and individuals give timely and proportionate responses when abuse or neglect have occurred
assuring itself that safeguarding practice is continuously improving and enhancing the quality of life of adults in its area
Every SAB has three core duties that it must do in order to fulfil its statutory requirements. Click on the core duties below to find out more about each one.
You can find out more about the work of the West Sussex Safeguarding Adults Board on our website(opens in new window).
Alternative formats and accessibility
If you require any of this information in an alternative format, then please contact us via email atsafeguardingadultsboard@westsussex.gov.uk and I will do my best to assist you. If you are deaf or hard of hearing and have an NGT texting app installed on your computer, laptop or smartphone, you can contact us on01243 777100.
Please note you can use the Google Translate option in the top left hand corner of the Your Voice Engagement Hub to specify which language you would like to use to access this page.
In February 2024 the West Sussex Safeguarding Adults Board (SAB) published a Safeguarding Adults Review in respect of Clare (opens in new window). This Review made a recommendation in relation to the SAB seeking assurance of the training received by staff in our partner agencies. The recommendation is as follows:
Recommendation 3: Training programmes on risk, safeguarding adults, mental capacity and autism: WSSAB, Learning & Policy subgroup, to oversee compliance with training provision, commensurate with specific roles; covering Risk Management, incorporating professional curiosity and active listening; Safeguarding Adults, incorporating reporting and threshold decisions; Mental Capacity Assessments and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), incorporating risk-based and decision-specific judgements; and learning disability and autism mandatory training.
To seek this assurance we have created a short survey for professionals. This should take no more than 15 minutes to complete and only needs to be completed by one person on behalf of your agency.
Many thanks in advance for your time completing this. Your response is necessary and key in providing assurance on behalf of your agency.
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