Adult Safeguarding

Guernsey & Alderney Multi-Agency Adult Safeguarding Policy

This multi-agency document aims to encourage the continuous development of best practice in order to better safeguard adults throughout the Bailiwick, and covers:

• Core concepts such as “abuse”, “capacity” and “safeguarding”;
• How to assess risk;
• How to identify and report adult safeguarding concerns;
• Who is responsible for handling and coordinating adult safeguarding concerns?
• How adult safeguarding concerns should be handled.

Safeguarding Adults at Risk of Abuse or Neglect in Guernsey & Alderney Threshold Tool 

This guide seeks to support practitioners, partners and providers, working within the adult sector, to report and respond to concerns at the appropriate level and to have a consistency of approach across agencies. This guidance is not a substitute for professional judgement, but should be used to assist decision making and to support professional judgement.

Referral Form - This Inter-Agency form should be used to report an adult safeguarding concern where safeguarding duties apply (even where you have already reported the matter to the police; reported this concern as a disciplinary or regulatory matter; or escalated this concern within your own organisation).

See also Adult Safeguarding (GOV.GG).

This guidance only applies to adults (persons over the age of 18). Any safeguarding concerns about children must be raised with the Multi Agency Support Hub (MASH) for Children & Families.