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Welcome to this bulletin from Leeds Safeguarding Adults Board, we hope that you find the information useful. Please share it with your team. If you haven't already subscribed, please do so, and you will receive future editions direct to your email inbox.
In our recent consultation people said they would like to know more about Leeds Safeguarding Adults Board. Some of our Partners have made a short video to say what safeguarding means to them.
A huge thank you to the many organisations across the city that supported Leeds Safeguarding Week in June, raising awareness about abuse and neglect.
We were very pleased to see your posts on social media, including this from Forward Leeds.
If you haven't already told us about your Safeguarding Week activities, get in touch and let us know.
In April, Yorkshire & Humber Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) visited Leeds to evaluate the work of the Board and our partners.
Thank you to everybody who contributed to the review by being interviewed or attending discussion groups. We're very happy to share with you that the review team were supportive of our work, and said
“The peer challenge team consistently identified that people working in Leeds are passionate about supporting and protecting people living in Leeds, with demonstrable energy and commitment to getting it right for them”
Another thank you, this time to everyone who took part in our listening event and our on-line consultations, we really value you taking the time to help us shape our work. In response to your feedback we have included these actions in our Strategic Plan for 2022/23
- Annual event to hear from community organisations and our wider partners
- Quarterly consultation with community groups about safeguarding adults work in Leeds
- Ask the council to review the process for reporting abuse and neglect, and its safeguarding adults training offer, and to involve people from Leeds in the reviews
- Co-produce awareness resources for people with learning disabilities
- Expand our Friends of the Board Network to help us engage with community organisations and members of the public
- Make better connections with universities and colleges
- Seek to better understand how safeguarding adults works to protect people with care and support needs who are involved in sex working.
Our latest Annual Report details the work we have been doing and our achievements.
Increasing numbers of people live with conditions which may impact on their decision-making capacity, so it is vital that professionals are confident in their understanding and use of the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
Bournemouth University and Burdett Trust for Nursing have produced a toolkit to help support health and social care professionals working with individuals whose decision-making capacity is limited, fluctuating, absent or compromised.
The toolkit brings together information from a range of professionals working in the field of mental capacity to provide a comprehensive guide to practice.
Amongst the broader population of dependent drinkers is a smaller group whose alcohol dependency is particularly entrenched and chronic. Some of them may be particularly vulnerable and face significant safeguarding risks, to themselves and others.
Without action, these people and those around them can experience serious dangers, including neglect, abuse, and untimely deaths. They often require more robust support, by using legal powers
This guide from Alcohol Change UK provides an accessible introduction to three pieces of legislation that can be applied to chronic, highly vulnerable, dependent drinkers so as to improve outcomes for them, their families and their communities.
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