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Safeguarding Adults Reviews

There are a number of key documents which relate to all work of the Telford and Wrekin Safeguarding Partnership.

All of the multi-agency policies and procedures for practitioners working with adults within Telford and Wrekin are compliant with The Care Act 2014. Some of the policies are for use across the West Midlands, and there are some local policies and procedures too.

West Midlands Policies and Procedures

Within the West Midlands, there are fourteen local authorities and Safeguarding Adults Boards/Partnerships work together to introduce a consistent approach and practice within the adult safeguarding environment.

Visit the West Midlands policies and procedures which the Telford and Wrekin Safeguarding Partnership have adopted for use.

Local policies and procedures

West Midlands ADASS - Directory for Safeguarding and Well-being Services

West Midlands ADASS is pleased to announce the launch of thier new Directory for Safeguarding and Wellbeing Services, featuring key national services and councils in the West Midlands.

This provides information about a range of services from preventing ill health, to getting information about abuse and crime. There are also organisations that provide support to people directly, including those whose behaviour may be causing harm to others. It will help anyone who needs to find support for others (or themselves) particularly if they have been affected by any type of crime.

It was produced as part of the West Midlands International Recruitment Programme 2024/25 but can be applied much more widely. It is designed to provide quick access to help and advice because safeguarding is a shared responsibility and we may also need these services ourselves.

You can access the Directory via WM-ADASS here: https://www.wm-adass.org.uk/media/wvwh0uji/wm-safeguarding-wellbeing-directory-29th-april-2025.pdf

Safeguarding Adults Reviews

A Safeguarding Adult Review (SAR) is a statutory duty of the Telford and Wrekin Safeguarding Partnership (TWSP) under Section 44 of the Care Act 2014, and must be undertaken when:

  • An adult or adults with care and support needs die as a result of abuse or neglect and there is a concern that partnership agencies could have worked more effectively to protect the adult(s); OR

  • An adult or adults with care and support needs has not died, but the TWSP knows or suspects that the adult has experienced serious abuse or neglect with a concern that partnership agencies could have worked more effectively to protect the adult. SARs are not enquiries into how an adult died and who is responsible. That is a matter for the Coroner or criminal courts.

The purpose of a SAR is to:

  • Learn from cases where agencies could have worked together more effectively;

  • Consider whether serious harm could or could not have been predicted or prevented, and develop learning that enables the partnership to improve its services, and prevent abuse and neglect in the future; • Identify any issues in multi or single agency policies and procedures;

  • Agree on how the learning will be acted on, and what is expected to change; and

  • Publish a summary report, which is available to the public. SARs help to improve services, multi-agency working, share best practice and lessons learnt, and to better safeguard adults from risk of abuse and neglect.

What happens when I refer a case for a SAR?

  • Information will be requested from agencies known to be or have been involved in the case, as part of the initial scoping exercise;

  • The SAR Review Panel will meet to discuss the referral, and consider whether the case meets the SAR criteria;

  • The SAR Review Panel will make a recommendation to the TWSP Independent Chair;

  • Where the criteria is met, the individual or organisation that requested the SAR will be notified and engage in the proceedings of the review. Families will also be invited to contribute to the review; and • If the criteria is not met, the individual or organisation will be notified, and the SAR Review Panel will ensure that any learning from the scoping exercise is retained by TWSP for future improvement. Equally where the criteria is not met the SAR Review Panel may still recommend to the TWSP Independent Chair that a learning exercise or discretionary SAR be undertaken, dependant on the case circumstances.

Key documents:

Data and Statistics:

Our published SARs

Safeguarding Adults Reviews – themes and implications from a national analysis: in discussion with Professor Michael Preston-Shoot

In this ‘in conversation’ Alex Ruck-Keene talks to Professor Michael Preston-Shoot about the second national analysis of safeguarding adults reviews he recently led with Professor Suzy Braye. They talk about the background and context, and Michael draws out some of the key themes, before they conclude with asking whether SARs actually achieve anything.

Watch the recording with Professor Michael Preston-Shoot.

The three reports coming from the analysis can be found here:

Stage 1: Case characteristics; nature of the abuse and neglect; SAR reviewing process

Stage 2: Analysis of learning

Stage 3: Conclusions and improvement priorities

The Safe Care at Home Review Michael talks about can be found using this link.

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