Amendments

In March 2024, this new chapter was added to Section 3, Learning and Improvement.

In March 2024, a new subsection has been created in Section 1, What is Domestic Abuse? named ‘Definition of controlling and coercive behaviour’. Previously this information was included within the wider definition of domestic abuse. Text amends have also been made to Section 2, Domestic Abuse and Safeguarding to add clarity around domestic abuse and children, and information about IDVA’s/ISVA’s has been added to Section 3, Specialist Domestic Abuse Services and Support. 

In March 2024, this new chapter was added to the Safeguarding Adults Practice Guidance section.

In March 2024, this chapter was renamed ‘Mate Crime’. It has been fully reviewed and refreshed. Information about cuckooing (also known as forced home invasion) has been relocated to a new chapter.

In March 2024, a new section was added ‘ Safeguarding Adult Reviews in Rapid Time (SARiRT)’.

In March 2024, this chapter was fully reviewed and refreshed in line with updated Home Office guidance ‘Criminal exploitation of children and vulnerable adults: county lines’.

In March 2024, Section 6, Making Enquiries has been updated to provide greater clarity about the responsibility of making enquiries.

In December 2023, this new chapter was added to the Safeguarding Adults Practice Guidance section.

In September 2023 Section 5, Be Self Aware in Your Practice has been updated to include proportionality.

In September 2023, in Section 5, Further Information and Resources, a link was added to the Local Government Association (LGA) Transitional safeguarding resources webpage.

In September 2023 Section 3, FGM and the Law, was updated to include information about the duties and measures of the Serious Crime Act 2015. Section 6 was also added, signposting users to local guidance in the Contacts and Practice Resources area.

In September 2023, Section 1.1, Definition of Domestic Abuse was revised and Section 3, Specialist Domestic Abuse Services and Support and Section 4, MARAC were also updated.

In September 2023 Section 4, Statutory Guidance and Practice Guidelines has been renamed. The content has been refreshed to include information about the multi-agency statutory guidance for dealing with forced marriage and practice guidelines for responding to cases that was issued in July 2022. A new Section 5, Additional Information and Resources has also been added that provides a link to additional resources and information.

In September 2023, the abbreviation (MAPPA) was removed from the main title and a new Section 1, Serious Violence Duty was added to provide information about the Serious Violence Duty under the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022.

In September 2023 a new section was added to include the Local Government Association Guidance ‘Council guide to tackling modern slavery’.

In September 2023 Section 1, Adults with Dementia was refreshed to add further information about mental capacity, and a new section ‘Further Guidance’ was added to include a link to the government guidance ‘Supporting people living with dementia to be involved in adult safeguarding enquiries’.