For Professionals

Guidance appropriate for professionals working with Adults and Children; Children and young adults with disabilities.

Information and resources on Mate Crime

Information about the Mental Capacity Act and supporting Best Interests

National guidance for safeguarding adults, with reference to The Care Act, The Mental Capacity Act, Deprovation of Liberty Safeguards / Liberty Protection Safeguards, Out of Area Safeguarding Adults Guidance, and Office of Public Guardian.

Information and guidance on Organisational and Institutional abuse in adult care settings

Protocol for those working with Adults and Children to support Perinatal Mental Health (PMH)

The KBSP Prevention and Early Intervention Strategy aims to raise awareness and to promote an outcomes approach in safeguarding adults that results in the best experience possible.

Guidance to support professionals who work with adults at risk in their practice. Includes Escalation of professional disagreements; Information Sharing; Supervision Good Practice Guide; Multi Faith Guide

Guidance for professionals working with Adults, Children and Communities to support a 'Think Family' Approach.

This document provides a good practice guideline for agencies involved in transitions of children to adult services

Includes KBSP guidance on Working with Adults at Risk, Regional Safeguarding Adults Policy, Safeguarding Pathways, and OOA Safeguarding Guide

A Safeguarding Adult Review (SAR) is a multi-agency review conducted by the KBSP to learn lessons from serious cases.

Self neglect is a complex issue for safeguarding. The KBSP has developed Multi Agency Guidance for dealing with adults with care and support needs where there are concerns of Self Neglect.

Joint Child, Adults and Communities guidance for working with parents and families who misuse substances