1. Worcestershire Safeguarding Adults Board Bridget Brickley Board Manager
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2. Statutory Requirements Care act (2014)
Statutory Partners
Local Authority,
National Health Service (Hospital, CCG, and Community and Mental Health Trust)
Police
3 core duties:
Publish strategic plan (3 years)
Publish annual report (How we have done that year)
Undertake Safeguarding Adults Reviews (SARs)
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3. Care Act (2014) Safeguarding Adults Review (SAR) -Commissioned when:
• there is reasonable cause for concern about how WSAB members or other agencies providing services, worked together to safeguard an adult,
and
• The adult has died, and WSAB knows or suspects that the death resulted from abuse or neglect (whether or not it knew about or suspected the abuse or neglect before the adult died) or
• The adult is still alive, and WSAB knows or suspects that the adult has experienced serious abuse or neglect.
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4. Safeguarding Adults Reviews
A multi-agency review process which seeks to determine what relevant agencies and individuals involved could have done differently that could have prevented harm or a death from taking place.  
The purpose of a SAR is not to apportion blame.  It is to promote effective learning and improvement to prevent future deaths or serious harm occurring again.
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5. SAR Process Overseen by Case Review Sub-group
Scoping (establish if meets criteria and provides information of who was involved and level of involvement)
Appoint an Author
Draw up Terms of Reference
Author and Board Manager meet with family
Author undertakes review
SAR signed off by Board
SAR and/or Learning Brief Published
SAAPs and MAAPs– implemented and reviewed
Family notified when completed
Further possible learning and reviews
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6. Thematic Review Rough Sleeper Deaths Current Status and Approach
Author appointed – Social Care and Housing background
Drafting Terms of Reference and Key Lines of Enquiry
Approach:
Pathways to Hope / Safety (systems approach)
Identifying family and relevant parties
(e.g. People with lived experience)
Specialist advice
Meetings and Interviews
Learning events – with practitioners involved in cases – reflective and test hypothesis –’hindsight bias’
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