Safeguarding Adults Procedures

41 DVCV(A)A (Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims (Amendment) Act 2012) Act to amend section 5 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 to include serious harm to a child or vulnerable adult (also known as an adult at risk): to make consequential amendments to the act; and for connected purposes. DWP (Department for Work and Pensions) government department responsible for welfare and employment issues. Out of Hours duty officer the social worker on duty in the Local Authority’s Out of Hours Service which is a social services team that responds to out-of-hours referrals where intervention from the council is required to protect a vulnerable child or adult with care and support needs, and where it would not be safe, appropriate or lawful to delay that intervention to the next working day. Out of Hours Service (GP) this is provided through the 111 telephone number. Enquiry is a range of actions undertaken or instigated by the Local Authority under Section 42 of the Care Act in response to a concern about abuse or neglect of an adult with care and support needs. As Section 42 requires the adult to have both care and support needs, the duty to undertake Enquiries will not typically extend to family carers unless they have care and support needs in their own right. FGM (female genital mutilation) is defined by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as ‘all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons.’ FGMA (Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003) An Act to restate and amend the law relating to female genital mutilation. GP (General Practitioner) a general practitioner is a doctor who is responsible for diagnosing and treating a variety of injuries and diseases that fall under the general practice category. Healthwatch is the independent consumer champion for health and social care, and the organisation has significant statutory powers to ensure the voice of the consumer is strengthened and heard by those who commission, deliver, and regulate health and social care services. HMIPs (Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons) an independent inspectorate which reports on conditions for and treatment of those in prison, young offender institutions and immigration detention facilities. HR (Human Resources) the division of an organisation that is focused on activities relating to employees. These activities normally include recruiting and hiring of new employees, orientation and training of current employees, employee benefits, and retention. HRA (Human Rights Act 1998) legislation introduced into domestic law for the whole of the UK in October 2000, to comply with the obligations set out in European Convention of Human Rights. S73 of the Care Act 2014 extends the provisions of the Human Rights Act to protect adults who are in receipt of personal care in the place where they reside at the time under the following circumstances. The care is arranged or commissioned (partly or wholly) by a relevant Authority (public body currently covered by the Act). HRDA (High Risk Domestic Abuse) is a multi-agency, whole family focused process where information is shared on the highest risk cases of domestic violence and abuse between different statutory and voluntary sector agencies. HRDA builds on the previously used MARAC (Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference) model that continues to operate in BCP (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole) and other parts of the UK. HRDA brings together daily