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.
Competencies
Bournemouth University has produced a competence framework to help safeguarding boards to develop education and training to meet the needs of workers.
Forms
- Adult social care concern form
- VARMM record of meeting
- SYP Partnership intelligence record (sexual exploitation information sharing tool)
Local contacts
| Organisation | Named contact | Contact details |
| Barnsley Clinical Commissioning Group | Sarah MacGillivray Designated Nurse Safeguarding Adults and Patient Experience NHS Barnsley Clinical Commissioning Group, Putting Barnsley People First |
Call: 01226 433747 | Email: sarahmacgillivray@nhs.net Write: Hillder House, 49–51 Gawber Road, Barnsley S75 2PY |
| Lee Oughton Named GP Safeguarding Vulnerable Clients (one day per week) |
Call: 01226 433772 Email: lee.oughton@nhs.net Write: Hillder House, 49–51 Gawber Road, Barnsley S75 2PY |
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| Barnsley Hospital | Gillian Pepper Safeguarding Adults Named Nurse |
Call :01226 431249 (direct) Ext: 1249 Email: gillian.pepper@nhs.net |
| Barnsley Safeguarding Adults Board Manager | Cath Erine | Call: 01226 775812 (direct) Ext 5812 Email: CathErine@barnsley.gov.uk Secure email:Catherine@barnsley.gcsx.gov.uk Write: BMBC,PO Box 634, Barnsley S70 9GG |
Newsletters
- Newsletter: February 2018
- Newsletter: December 2017
- Newsletter: Optometry (January 2017)
- Newsletter: Pharmacies (September 2016)
Operational guidance
This is a suite of guidance to help you understand your roles and responsibilities in the safeguarding journey.
- Criteria for outcome meetings
- Decision support guidance
- Exit points from the safeguarding adults journey
- Guidance for completion of the adult social care concern form
- Guidance for external agencies when producing an organisation S42 enquiry report
- Guidance for safeguarding managers when signing off a S42 enquiry (individual/organisational)
- Guidance on honour based violence
- Guidance to assist workers to complete an effective safeguarding adults face-to-face conversation
- Planning meeting guidance
- Report for an individual S42 enquiry (external organisation)
- Safeguarding adults outcome meeting agenda
- Safeguarding adult reviews protocol
- Safeguarding - an aide memoire
- Top tips on avoiding financial abuse and scams
- Vulnerable adults risk management model (VARMM)
Policies/procedures/legislation
- Care Act (Easy Read version)
- 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
- Making Safeguarding Personal
- South Yorkshire Safeguarding Adults Procedures
- Protocol for concerns about PiPoT (person in a position of trust)
Risk assessments
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.
Training events/courses
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.
