Amendments
2023
September 2023
In September 2023, a link to the Practitioners Learning Event was amended to Practitioners Reflective Session. Link to updated document was also changed. | |
In September 2023 A link in Section 2.2 was added for more information on Safeguarding Children. A link was added in section 3.1 for the Safe in Salford Domestic Abuse service and another in 3.2 for working with perpetrators. Additionally Section 3 ‘Specialist Domestic Abuse Services and Support’ and section 4 ‘MARAC’ were both updated. A link was added in 4.2 for the referral form and DASH Risk Checklist. | |
In September 2023, a link and reference was made to the Domestic Homicide Reviews. | |
In September 2023 Section 5, Further Information and Resources, a link was added to the Local Government Association (LGA) Transitional safeguarding resources webpage. | |
In September 2023, an error in the vulnerability table in section 7, Other Matters for Consideration was corrected. | |
In September 2023 Section 5, Be Self Aware in Your Practice has been updated to include proportionality. | |
In September 2023 Section 1, Adults with Dementia was refreshed. Further information about mental capacity, and a new section ‘Further Guidance’ was added to include a link to the government guidance ‘Supporting people living with dementia to be involved in adult safeguarding enquiries’. | |
In September 2023, the abbreviation (MAPPA) was removed from the main title and a new Section 1 was added to provide information about the Serious Violence Duty under the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022. | |
In September 2023, a link to the Home Office Forced Marriage Resource Pack was added to Section 5, Additional Information and Resources. | |
In September 2023 An error in the vulnerability table in Section 2, The Safeguarding Duty was corrected. | |
In September 2023 A new section was added to include the Local Government Association Guidance ‘Council guide to tackling modern slavery’. |
March 2023
In March 2023, the table in Section 5, Deciding who should make Enquiries, was updated to include links to Social Work England, the Nursing and Midwifery Council and the HCPC. | |
In March 2023, Section 1, Local Guidance, the link to Salford’s self-neglect guidance was updated. | |
In March 2023, this new chapter was added. | |
In March 2023, a link to the ‘Homelessness code of guidance for local authorities’ has been added to section 2. A new section has also been added ‘Domestic Abuse’. | |
In March 2023, a new section has been added ‘The Domestic Abuse Commissioner’. | |
In March 2023, Section 7, Other Matters for Consideration, was updated to include information about the Safeguarding and Quality Guidance, which can be found in the Contacts and Practice Resources area. | |
This chapter has been substantially updated in March 2023, 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. | |
In March 2023, Section 3, FGM and the Law, was updated to include information about the duties and measures of the Serious Crime Act 2015. | |
In March 2023, this chapter was amended to include both policy and procedure. Content has been completely refreshed to reflect local processes and requirements. In addition, the previously separate chapter ‘Discretionary Reviews’ has been deleted and the content incorporated here. | |
In March 2023, 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 was issued in July 2022. A new section 5 has also been added that provides a link to additional resources and information |
February 2023
In February 2023, the adult social care telephone number was updated. |
