Safeguarding: consent issues for HM Passport Office Staff
19 March 2021
The Home Office and HM Passport Office have published guidance for HM Passport Office staff on how to safeguard a customer or child if they
Lasting power of attorney: Your Voice, Your Decision campaign
9 February 2021
The Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) has launched a new campaign called Your Voice, Your Decision, to help raise awareness of a lasting power of
National Safeguarding Adults Week: Monday 16-Sunday 22 November 2020
13 November 2020
Everyone, from all walks of life, should be aware of the role they can play in helping to prevent abuse. We should all know how
Welcome to the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Safeguarding Adults Partnership Board website.
Safeguarding is preventing the physical, emotional, sexual, psychological and financial abuse of adults who have care and support needs, and acting quickly when abuse is suspected. It can also include neglect, domestic violence, modern slavery, organisational or discriminatory abuse.
The Care Act 2014 established the need to have Safeguarding Adult Boards in each local authority area. The Act confirmed that the three statutory safeguarding partners should be; Local Authority, Chief Officer of Police, and Clinical Commissioning Groups.
Safeguarding Adults Boards are responsible for coordinating and ensuring the effectiveness of what partners and relevant agencies, both statutory and non-statutory, does to help protect adults with care and support needs from abuse or neglect