Amendments
March 2024
| Updated Procedures | |
| Procedure Title | Details |
| Allegations against People in a Position of Trust | Section 1, What is a Position of Trust has been updated to include people that provide regular coaching, teaching or instruction in sport or religion. |
| Domestic Abuse (including MARAC and MATAC) | Several sections of this chapter have been updated. This has included revising Section 1.1, Definition of Domestic Abuse and adding a dedicated subsection ‘controlling and coercive behaviour’, updating the LGA link in Section 2, adding clarity around domestic abuse and children, and adding information about IDVA’s/ISVA’s. |
| Mate Crime | This chapter has been renamed ‘Mate Crime’. It has been fully reviewed and refreshed. Information about cuckooing (also known as forced home invasion) has been relocated to a new chapter. |
| Exploitation: County Lines | This chapter has been fully reviewed and refreshed in line with updated Home Office guidance ‘Criminal exploitation of children and vulnerable adults: county lines’. |
| New Procedures and Features | |
| Procedure Title | Details |
| Throughout the Manual | A link to the Contacts and Practice Resources has been added to the navigation bar. |
| Cuckooing (Forced Home Invasion) | This chapter has been added to the manual. |
| Fabricated or Induces Illness in Adults | This new chapter has been added to the Safeguarding Adults Practice Guidance section. |
| Offensive Weapon Homicide Reviews | This new chapter has been added to the Learning and Improvement section. |
| Next Update: September 2024 |
September 2023
| Updated Procedures | |
| Procedure Title | Details |
| Responding to a Concern | An update has been made to the provider details in Section 9, Independent Advocacy. |
| Professional Curiosity | Section 5, Be Self Aware in Your Practice has been updated to include proportionality. |
| Safeguarding Adults with Dementia | Section 1, Adults with Dementia has been refreshed to add further information about mental capacity, and a new section ‘Further Guidance’ has been added to include a link to the government guidance ‘Supporting people living with dementia to be involved in adult safeguarding enquiries’. |
| Domestic Abuse (including MARAC and MATAC) | Section 3, Specialist Domestic Abuse Services and Support and Section 4, MARAC have both been updated. |
| Honour Based Violence and Forced Marriage | Section 4, has been renamed ‘Statutory Guidance and Practice Guidelines’. The content has been refreshed to include information about the multi-agency statutory guidance for dealing with forced marriage and practice guidelines for responding to cases that has been issued in July 2022. A new Section 5 has been also added to provide a link to additional resources and information. |
| Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) | Section 3, FGM and the Law, has been updated to include information about the duties and measures of the Serious Crime Act 2015. |
| Violent and Sexual Abuse | The abbreviation (MAPPA) has been removed from the main title and a new Section 1 has been added to provide information about the Serious Violence Duty under the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022. |
| Exploitation: Modern Slavery | A new section has been added to include the Local Government Association Guidance ‘Council guide to tackling modern slavery’. |
| Transitional Safeguarding | In Section 5, Further Information and Resources, a link has been added to the Local Government Association (LGA) Transitional safeguarding resources webpage. |
April 2023
| Updated Procedures | |
| Procedure Title | Details |
| Safeguarding Adult Reviews (SAR) | All links in Section 5, Referral for a SAR have been updated. |
March 2023
| Updated Procedures | |
| Procedure Title | Details |
| Overarching Aims, Duties, Principles | A small text has been made to Section 6, Principles of the Mental Capacity Act. |
| Process Maps and Case Studies | The process map Overall Safeguarding Process including timescales has been updated. |
| Disclosure and Raising a Concern | A change of email address has been made for the Adult Care Staff when needing to raise a concern. A link to the new referral form was also provided. |
| Responding to a Concern | Some typos have been corrected. In Section 7, Other Matters for Consideration text has been added about the impact of protected characteristics. |
| Domestic Abuse (Including MARAC and MATAC) | This chapter has been substantially updated to reflect changes made by the Domestic Abuse Act 2021: Section 1: Change in definition and terminology Section 2: Change in status of children as victims Section 3: Inclusion of additional sources of support Section 4: Change to reflect new guidance around an adult's inability to consent to abuse, even if they have capacity. |
| Violent and Sexual Abuse (MAPPA) | This procedure has been updated to include category 4 offenders and reflect current Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) guidance. |
| Safeguarding Homeless Adults | A link to the 'Homelessness code of guidance for local authorities' has been added to Section 2, The Homelessness Reduction Act. A new Section 4, Domestic Abuse has been added. |
| Safeguarding Adult Reviews (SAR) | This procedure has been updated to provide added clarity around mandatory and discretionary SARs, and to include additional information from Social Care Institute for Excellence and the LGA to support SAB's. The annual report link has been updated to 2021-2022. |
| Domestic Homicide Reviews | A new Section 4, The Domestic Abuse Commissioner has been added. |
| New Procedures and Features | |
| Procedure Title | Details |
| Safeguarding Adults Policy Statement | This new chapter has been added. |
| Removed Procedures | |
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September 2022
| Updated Procedures | |
| Procedure Title | Details |
| Branding | The logo and colour has been changed to reflect the branding of the amalgamated Children's and Adults Board. |
| Overarching Aims, Duties and Principles | Section 6. The Principles of the Mental Capacity Act has been updated to include a link to the local Northumberland Adult Social Care mental capacity guidance. |
| Missing Adults | This chapter has been completely refreshed to provide more comprehensive information and a link to the National Missing Children and Adult Strategy. It has also been localised to include information about the Northumbria Missing Adults Protocol. |
| Domestic Abuse (including MARAC and MATAC) | The procedure 'Domestic Abuse (including MARAC)' has been renamed and a new section added about the MATAC process. |
| Prevent – Safeguarding Adults against Radicalisation and Violent Extremism | The procedure 'Radicalisation and Violent Extremism' has been renamed and information about risks, indicators and the process for making a Prevent referral added. |
| Safeguarding Homeless Adults | Information has been added to include the LGA/ADASS briefing Adult Safeguarding and homelessness: A Briefing on Positive Practice. |
| Safeguarding Adult Reviews (SAR) | Links to local forms have been updated in Section 5, Referral for a SAR. |
| Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) - various procedures | A whole site search and replace has changed all occurrences to 'Integrated Care Board (ICB)' to reflect new arrangements under the Health and Care Act 2022. |
| New Procedures and Features | |
| Procedure Title | Details |
| Professional Curiosity | This new procedure has been added to the Safeguarding Adults Practice Guidance section. |
| Transitional Safeguarding | This new procedure has been added to the Safeguarding Adults Practice Guidance section. |
