Agenda Item - East Sussex County Council

Appendix 1
Contents
Page
Foreword 1
1 National Context 2
Independent Safeguarding Authority
2 Regional Developments 4
3 East Sussex Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Board 5
Board Work Programme 2009/10
Subgroups Work Programme 2009/10
o Communications & Raising Awareness
o Operational Practice
o Performance, Quality & Audit
o Workforce Planning
4 Safeguarding Adults Team Report 23
5 Safeguarding Adults Summary Performance Management 25
o Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Referrals by category
o Ethnicity of Alleged Victims
o Gender of Alleged Victims
o Type of Abuse
o Level of Investigation
o Location of Abuse
o Source of Referrals
o Alleged Perpetrator’s relationship to client
o Social Work Team managing the case
o Strategy Meeting held by service
o Outcomes of Investigation for Alleged Victim
o Outcomes of Investigation for Alleged Perpetrator
o IMCA
o ABE Interviews
o Safeguarding Crime in East Sussex
o Complaints information
6 Updates from Partner Organisations 43
Sussex Police
Care Quality Commission
South Coast Ambulance Trust
East Sussex Hospitals Trust
Registered Care Home Association
Trading Standards
East Sussex Downs and Weald and Hastings and Rother Primary
Care Trusts
Sussex Partnership NHS Trust
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