Policies, plans, reports and strategies

Board annual reports

Communications and engagement strategies

The Communications Strategy (PDF 154Kb) outlines the way the SSCP and SSAB will work to promote safeguarding through the use of communication to both professionals and the public within Stockport.

The Communication and Engagement Strategy (PDF 203Kb) outlines the way in which Stockport’s Safeguarding Boards will share information with children, young people, families, adult at risk, partner agencies, the media and the wider public to ensure clear information is available about its work along with national and local safeguarding aims.

The Information sharing protocol (PDF 128Kb) to provide a framework for the sharing of data, information relating to the protection of adult at risks from abuse, in line with The Social Care Institute for Excellence’s Adult Safeguarding; Sharing Information Guide.

The Safeguarding awareness days 2021 calendar (PDF 258Kb) provides details of the awareness days which are promoted via our own and the Stockport Safeguarding Children Partnerships twitter feeds. To follow us on twitter search for @StockportSAB and @StockportSCP.

Complex Safeguarding

The Complex Safeguarding Strategy 2018 – 2020 (PDF 77Kb) – the importance of transitions and the increasing evident number of adults who are at risk of complex safeguarding concerns highlights the need to ensure that there is an informed and co-ordinated response, which spans the needs of all people in Stockport regardless of age. In acknowledgement of this, the sub group is now a joint one, which
reports to both the Children and Adult safeguarding boards.

So-called ‘Honour’ Based Violence Abuse and Forced Marriage Strategy (PDF 1Mb) – to raise awareness across Stockport communities and its workforce, to identify the risks and to make sure that victims have confidence in our services.

Stockport DVA Strategy 2017 – 2020 (PDF 121Kb) – to raise awareness about dometsic abuse, to educate children, young people and families and to make there’s an effective response to domestic abuse for our communities.

Financial abuse screening tool

The purpose of this screening tool (PDF 536Kb) is to identify adults who are at high risk of financial abuse. The tool can be used by a worker in any organisation and is to be used in conjunction with the Multi-agency guidance to support adults at high risk of financial abuse.

Legislation and government guidance

Multi Agency Strategy and Guidance for Self-Neglect and Hoarding

The multi–agency self neglect strategy aims to be part of the growing work around early intervention and preventative agendas. As such it directs collaborative multi-agency discussions of self-neglect and/or hoarding cases to be addressed at the early stages. To encourage a more preventative approach to cases of self-neglect and/or hoarding view the self neglect strategy for more details.

Published alongside the strategy is a Practitioners Guide. This guide is intended as a toolkit to support practitioners from a range of agencies with management of cases where an adult is deemed to be at risk due to self-neglecting and/or hoarding behaviours.

The Practitioners Guide includes:

characteristics of self neglect
self neglect and hoarding two page guide
self neglect legal literacy
the Clutter Image Rating Scale (CIRT)
guidance for practitioners
guidance questions which could be used during an assessment

Multi Agency Policy for Safeguarding Adults at Risk

The Safeguarding Adults at Risk Policy (PDF 3Mb) has been designed to make the procedures easy to access and allows you to identify and go to the specific part(s) relevant to your role.

Part 1: context in Stockport
Part 2: safeguarding policy
Part 3: key issues
Part 4: causes of abuse
Part 5: mental capacity and consent
Part 6: prevention of abuse
Part 7: partners
Part 8: transitions
Part 9: information sharing
Part 10: complex safeguarding

North West Safeguarding Policy

The Northwest Safeguarding policy (PDF 290Kb) has been developed by Safeguarding Adults Boards (SABs) across the North West, to meet the requirements of the Care Act and the Department of Health Statutory Guidance.

The policy is designed to support current good practice in adult safeguarding and outlines the arrangements which apply to all local authorities within the North West region.

Other plans, strategies and guidance

Responsible Manager Administrative Support Service guidance

The Responsible Manager Administrative Support Service guidance (PDF 405Kb) provides guidance for all professionals and practitioners who will conduct and manage a safeguarding enquiry.

The purpose of the guidance is to inform and support professionals with this important element of the adult abuse and the investigation process. The guidance is in line, and fully supports Stockport’s Multi-Agency Policy for Safeguarding Adults at Risk.

The guidance directs professionals to the appropriate templates to be used in any investigation process. It’s also a guide for chairs who will manage and safeguard a safeguarding case.

The guidance also provides information for business administrators. It gives clear guidelines on the general standard of minutes that should be produced, and how minutes from a safeguarding meeting are to be distributed.

For information on safeguarding training please visit the staff development training pages.

Strategic Plan 2020 - 2023

The Joint Strategic Plan (PDF 126Kb) – to work in partnership to support and safeguard the people of Stockport to enable them to live safe, healthy and, where possible, independent lives

7 minute briefings

7 minute briefings are based on a technique borrowed from the FBI.

Learning for 7 minutes:

is manageable in most services
is more memorable as it’s not clouded by other issues and pressures
means they hold people’s attention
gives managers something to share with their staff

Clearly the briefings will not have all the answers, but it’s hoped that they will act as a catalyst to help teams and their managers to reflect on their practice and systems.

The expectation is that team leaders will present briefings to their staff on a regular basis.