Nottinghamshire Safeguarding Adults Guidance

• ABE in Criminal Proceedings

• Communicating with Service Users

• Complaints

• Complex Abuse

• Defining 'vulnerable adult' and abuse'

• Hospital Social Work Teams

• Inter Authority Arrangements

• Internal Procedures

• Investigations as Part of the Assessment

• Is a Referral Required?

• Legal Framework

• Medical Examinations

• Potential Indicators of Abuse

• Preserving Evidence

• Prevention and Minimising Abuse

• Receiving a Disclosure of Abuse from a Vulnerable Adult

• Record Keeping

• Role of CSCI and HC

• Role of the Police

• Safeguarding Adults Investigation

• Safeguarding Assessment Strategy

• Safeguarding Plan Meeting

• Service Users who Choose to Remain in an Abusive Situation

• Staff as Alleged Perpetrators 

• Support for Individuals who have been Abused

• The Referral

• The Role of the Safeguarding Manager

• Timscales for Response

• Vulnerable Adults as Alleged Perpetrators