Resources
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Equity, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
EEDI: Supporting adult social care staff during times of unrest or when experiencing discrimination
This guidance outlines practical steps that leaders in adult social care should consider taking to support their teams and commissioned providers to ensure the safety and wellbeing of the workforce.
Equity, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
EEDI: Top tips for allyship in adult social care
These top tips aim to give practical advice for staff on how to support colleagues who may be affected by any kind of discriminatory behaviour.
Safeguarding
ADASS Casey Commission deep dive: safeguarding
This briefing sets out ADASS’s position on adult safeguarding as part of the Casey Commission’s deep dive into the future of adult social care. It explores what safeguarding means in practice, the pressures facing councils and their partners, and the reforms needed to ensure that every person at risk of abuse or neglect gets the […]
Safeguarding
ADASS Out-of-Area Safeguarding Adults Arrangements Protocol
This updated protocol aims to compliment statutory guidance by recognising the particular safeguarding risks and needs that arise where people's care and support arrangements cross local authority boundaries.
Safeguarding
Transitional safeguarding briefing
This strategic briefing is for anyone interested in, or responsible for, safeguarding young people across the interlocking systems for children and adults. It has been drafted collaboratively by Research in Practice with support from ADASS along with ADCS, Partners in Care and Health and Professor Christine Cocker. The current binary approach to safeguarding has not always served young […]
Safeguarding
Safeguarding roles and responsibilities
About this guidance This is a brief guide to the roles and responsibilities for safeguarding adults. Apart from adult social care, there are many individuals and organisations involved in safeguarding adults, including integrated care services, neighbours, the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector partners, council departments such as housing, as well as local and national […]
Safeguarding
A framework for making decisions on the duty to carry out safeguarding adults enquiries
About this guidance This Advice Note has been developed for ADASS members. It relates to the above framework developed on behalf of ADASS and LGA. It aims to support consistency in appropriate referral of, and responses to, safeguarding adults concerns and ultimately good outcomes for people.
Safeguarding
Safeguarding in closed environments
About this guidance This 2-side briefing highlights the learning from different serious case reviews about ‘Closed’ environments and is aimed at informing practice at all levels. It summaries factors to look out for as well as ways of addressing the issues in a practical manner.
Safeguarding
Closed cultures in social care: Guidance and questions to ask
About this guidance The aim of this document is to provide guidance for the council workforce on identifying where ‘closed culture’ may exist or there is a risk of one developing in social care services for people with a learning disability and autistic people.
Safeguarding
Top tips for Directors on dealing with allegations against people in a position of trust
About this guidance This advice sheet is intended to equip Directors with the information and advice they need to assure themselves that allegations against people in a position of trust are dealt with effectively and that adults at risk of abuse or neglect are safeguarded.
Mental health
Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) National Service Standards
About this guidance The National Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) Service Standards 2020 document provides a framework for evaluating, mapping, and planning AMHP services within local authorities. It is part of the National Workforce Plan for AMHPs and aims to standardise service delivery, governance, and workforce support across England.
Mental health
NHS Benchmarking Network and ADASS AMHPs, Mental Health Act Assessments & the Mental Health Social Care workforce
About this guidance The report highlights key trends in service models, advocacy provision, workforce composition, and the availability of Approved Mental Health Professionals (AMHPs). It also provides benchmarking data on the number of MHA assessments, workforce challenges, delays in assessments, and the impact of service integration.
Mental health
Top tips: Approved Mental Health Practice and data
About this guidance This advice sheet is intended to equip Directors with the information and advice they need to both understand and assure themselves of the quality and availability of Approved Mental Health Professionals (AMHPs) within their area.