Safeguarding Adults and Children

Childrens leaflet

Help and Support to Children and Families (974KB, PDF file)

Bexley Social Services provides services to children and families who are experiencing difficulties. The service given depends on the need, and can range from simple advice and helping with playgroup fees to arranging for a child to live with foster carers.

Alerters’ Guide

Alerters' Guide (92KB, PDF file)

Do you work with Vulnerable Adults? If so, it is your duty to help safeguard them from Abuse. All vulnerable adults have a right to be safeguarded and the right to equality of treatment, opportunity and inclusion.

The Alerters' Guide helps you to:

Identify who is a Vulnerable Adult
Identify how a person may be vulnerable
Identify abuse and the different types of abuse
Be alert to indicators of abuse
Make a referral to report abuse
Make a referral in office hours
Make a referral to the out-of-hours Emergency Duty Team
Contact the Police
Contact the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI)

The Alerters' guide also sets out your responsibilities to:

Alert your line manager and others to an abusive situation
Deal with any immediate needs including medical treatment
Listen to the abused person, preserve evidence and make a record

and sets out line manager responsibilities concerning:

Checking on immediate needs including medical treatment
Clarifying essential facts with staff member
Making a record
Contacting Social Services
Contact with the client’s service manager and (where appropriate) relatives
Preserving evidence

Safeguarding Adults Multi Agency Procedures

Safeguarding Adults Multi Agency Procedures (1.72MB, PDF file)

The Safeguarding Adults Multi Agency Procedures sets a standard for best practice when working with Vulnerable Adults. Good practice in Safeguarding Adults is about how agencies work together in partnership to ensure vulnerable adults are made safe. All employees and agencies are expected to comply with these procedures.

Safeguarding Adults from Abuse

Safeguarding Adults from Abuse (638KB, PDF file)

Is someone treating you badly? Are you afraid to speak out about what is happening to you? Are you worried that someone you know is at risk of harm or mistreatment?

Please download our leaflet, which explains the help and support that is available to vulnerable adults in Bexley.