Safeguarding adults in Barnsley
This area of the site is for professionals and volunteers who work with the adults in Barnsley who need additional support.
It gives you easy access to important safeguarding guidance, information on forums, training and lead contacts, and a link to other safeguarding resources.
Training competencies
Bournemouth University has produced a competency framework to help safeguarding boards to develop education and training to meet the needs of workers. There is also a competency framework for employers and staff.
Referral forms
- Adult safeguarding concern form (updated June 2019)
- SYP Partnership intelligence record (sexual exploitation information sharing tool)
- Human trafficking victims referral and assessment form
- Notification of potential victim of modern slavery form
Local contacts
| Organisation | Named contact | Contact details |
| Barnsley Clinical Commissioning Group |
Designated Nurse Safeguarding Adults and Patient Experience Team |
Email : qualityteam.safehaven@nhs.net |
| Barnsley Hospital | Lee Oughton Named GP Safeguarding Vulnerable Clients (one day per week) |
Call: 01226 433772 Email: lee.oughton@nhs.net Address: Hillder House, 49–51 Gawber Road, Barnsley S75 2PY |
| Barnsley Hospital | Deborah Longmore Safeguarding Adults Named Nurse |
Call :01226 431249 (1249) Email: deborah.longmore@nhs.net |
| Barnsley Safeguarding Adults Board Manager |
Cath Erine |
Call: 01226 775812 (5812) Email: CathErine@barnsley.gov.uk Secure email:Catherine@barnsley.gcsx.gov.uk Address: BMBC,PO Box 634, Barnsley S70 9GG |
| Berneslai Homes |
Tony Griffiths and Leanne Cook Housing Manager |
Call: (01226) 775106 |
Safeguarding
- Exit points from the safeguarding adults journey
- Guidance to assist workers to complete an effective safeguarding adults face-to-face conversations
- Guidance for completion of the adult social care concern form
- Safeguarding Face to Face conversation template
- Making Safeguarding Personal
- Safeguarding adults in Barnsley poster
- Contacting adult safeguarding for deaf and hard of hearing people
- Safeguarding adults outcome meeting agenda
- Safeguarding - an aide memoire
- Making Safeguarding Personal
Safeguarding Adults lessons learnt
Safeguarding forums
Many of the organisations that sit on the Barnsley Safeguarding Adults Board have safeguarding forums to share information and best practice.
To find out if your organisation runs a forum, contact one of the following Board leads.
Self neglect and hoarding
- Self neglect and hoarding policy
- Self neglecting and hoarding risk tool
- Self neglect and hoarding meeting template
Find out more about a multi-agency approach to self neglect in the video below.
The video has been produced by Barnsley CCG in partnership with Berneslai Homes, South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue and Barnsley Council's adult social care service.
Modern Slavery
- Modern slavery referral pathway
- Modern slavery definitions and indicators
- Modern slavery NRM process guide
- Modern slavery statutory duties and powers
- Notification of potential victim of modern slavery form
Operational guidance
This is a suite of guidance to help you understand your roles and responsibilities in the safeguarding journey.
Guidance for professionals
- Advocates - use of advocates in safeguarding
- DBS flow chart
- Decision making for mental capacity - NICE guidance
- Decision support guidance
- Guidance on honour based violence
- Protocol on pressure ulcers
- Prevent & channel referral guidance
- Sexual safety in adult home guidance
- Top tips on avoiding financial abuse and scams
Meeting and Agenda resources
S42 Guidance
- Report for an individual S42 enquiry (external organisation)
- Guidance for external agencies when producing an organisation S42 enquiry report
- Guidance for safeguarding managers when signing off a S42 enquiry (individual/organisational)
Policies/procedures/legislation
- Care Act
- Mental Capacity Act (Easy Read version)
- Deprivation of liberty (Easy Read version
- Achieving Best Evidence helping adults and children to get access to the criminal justice system
- South Yorkshire Safeguarding Adults Procedures
- Protocol for concerns about PiPoT (person in a position of trust)
- Inter-Partnership Joint Working Protocol
Risk assessments
Training events/courses
We now have a free POD course available for all workers and volunteers.
Most of the organisations that make up the Safeguarding Adults Board offer in-house training.
Barnsley Council's workforce development team also provides training to the independent and voluntary sectors. For details please email adminworkforcedevelopment@barnsley.gov.uk
Other courses
- Mental Capacity Act
- Deprivation of Liberty
- Moving and Handling
For details, call 01226 772379/772380 or email workforcedevelopment@barnsley.gov.uk.
We'll be posting specialist multi-agency events run by the Board here, so keep coming back to check for details.
Tools and resources
Think Local Act Personal - advice and support for professionals around community-based support
Newsletters
- Newsletter: Care Quality Commission (September 2018)
- Newsletter: February 2018
- Newsletter: December 2017
- Newsletter: Optometry (January 2017)
- Newsletter: Pharmacies (September 2016)
Making a complaint
The Local Government Ombudsman has agreed a policy with the Directors of Adult Social Care detailing how to make a complaint about Safeguarding Adults Boards.
Our Customer Feedback, Information and Improvement Team are responsible for the management of customer complaints, compliments and comments for all of our council services (including the Safeguarding Adults Board).
If you'd like to make a complaint about the Safeguarding Adults Board, or about any other council service, find out how to do this here.