The Safeguarding Spectrum from cradle to grave

The CCG Safeguarding Team:• Sally Rogers - Executive Nurse & Director of Quality • Moira McGrath - Designated Nurse Children• Lindsay Ratapana - Designated Nurse Adults• Jackie Goodall - MCA/DoLS Practitioner• Sheila Williams - Designated Nurse Cared for Children

Voice of the Child

Child Protection – Information Sharing (CP-IS)

A national system that connects local authorities’ child social care IT systems with those used by NHS unscheduled care settings (e.g. ED) in England, to provide better care and earlier intervention for children who are considered ‘vulnerable and at risk’

Cathy Sheehan Clinical Lead CP-IS NHS England

Improving Quality of GP Practice in Safeguarding

Named GP for safeguarding children has

• Revised safeguarding children training across Eastern CCCG • Developed forums for the Safeguarding Lead GPs to develop knowledge

and processes within their own practices• Work with the LA to promote effective information sharing for child

protection case conferences between GPs and LA safeguarding team . This work is resulting in a very positive increase in both frequency and quality of information sharing .

Specialist Nurse Child Sexual Exploitation- Overall Aim• To resource professionals who are involved in supporting

young people who are at risk of being sexually exploited, to help them identify, understand and respond to their needs and the risk appropriately

• Specialist training and awareness raising for specific professional groups e.g GPs, Sexual Health, Pharmacists

Cared for Children – Highlights Emotional and mental health

Transition planning

From the pond to the sea – promoting the health of care leavers…

22.8 cm

Adult Safeguarding – What does this mean for service users in our community?

Advances in Adult Safeguarding utilising Section 75 of the NHS Act 2006

• Pooled budgets in Health & Social Care – Safeguarding Adult Board

• Better Care Fund – Commissioning Standards – joint contracts• Joint Commissioned Services – Setting clear standards in

safeguarding

Emerging Adult Safeguarding is everyone's business

Mental Capacity Act 2005 & Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards 2009

Commissioning standardsJoint partnership working

No decision made about me without me

Primary care training advice & support

Least restrictive care

EmpoweringQuality and safeguarding