Guidance documents which were previously located here have now been moved to the main Contents. If you cannot find what you are looking for, please use the Search facility.
Contents:
1. Local Guidance
LLR Safeguarding Adult Review Guidance
LLR SAR – Guidance for Staff and Managers
LLR SAR – Guidance for Families
Quality Markers
SAR Quality Makers – Guidance for Board Offices
SAR Quality Markers – Guidance for Panels
SAR Quality Markers – Guidance for SAR Chairs
SAR Quality Markers – Guidance for IMR Authors
SAR Quality Markers – Guidance for Review Groups
SAR Quality Markers – Guidance for Safeguarding Boards
Guide to Multi-Agency Meetings
A Guide to Multi-Agency Meetings May 2021
2. Templates
VARM
Record of Initial VARM Meeting Template
Record of Initial VARM Meeting – fillable PDF version (updated April 2019)
Record of Review VARM Meeting – word version (updated April 2019)
Record of Review VARM Meeting – fillable PDF version (updated April 2019)
Referral for VARM Independent Review Process
Section 42 Enquiries
Safeguarding Adults Case Conference Agenda
Professional Report for Safeguarding Adults Conference
Cuckooing
Cuckooing Record of Multi Agency Planning Meeting
Cuckooing -Record of Multi Agency Review Meeting
3. Safeguarding Adults – Competency Framework
The Competency Framework is applicable to staff who work to support and protect adults at risk of abuse and harm. The documents below outline the Competency Framework, how it can be used, how to assess competency relevant and proportionate to role and responsibilities.
LLR Safeguarding Adults Competency Framework
4. ‘How to’ guides to assess Mental Capacity in specific situations
The “How to” guides support staff in completing capacity assessments, relating to specific key decisions common to safeguarding.
The “How To” Guides
The guides cover the following decisions:
- How to: Assess Mental Capacity to decide upon contact with others (PDF)
- How to : Assess Mental Capacity to decide upon contact with others (Word)
- How to: Assess Mental Capacity to manage financial affairs (PDF)
- How to: Assess Mental Capacity to manage financial affairs (Word)
- How to: Assess Mental Capacity for internet and social media use (PDF)
- How to: Assess Mental Capacity for internet and social media use (Word)
- How to: assess Mental Capacity in cases of self-neglect and refusal of services (PDF)
- How to: Assess Mental Capacity in cases of self-neglect and refusal of services (Word)
- How to: Assess Mental Capacity to engage in sexual relations (PDF)
- How to: Assess Mental Capacity to engage in sexual relations (Word)
Organisations within the partnership can use the guides to support practice and can also amended/add to in line with their own local requirements/needs if preferred. They do not replace any existing guides currently used by agencies.
The guides should be used alongside the Mental Capacity Act (2005), MCA Code of Practice (2005) and LLR Safeguarding Multi-Agency Policy and Procedures
Guidance will be reviewed on a regular basis to ensure they remain up to date in line with case law, legal and procedural changes.
