Safeguarding

What is Safeguarding?

Safeguarding means protecting people's health, wellbeing and human rights, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect.

Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults is primary concern and statutory duty of Dover District Council. We all have duty to protect children and adults from abuse, neglect, or exploitation.

 

Dover District Council Safeguarding Policy and Procedures

The Safeguarding Policy outlines our duty and responsibility to protect and safeguard both adults and children within all of our community.  There are various legislations that support this policy and can be found embedded within.  The Safeguarding Policy can be found here: Dover District Safeguarding Policy

Discussion and reporting concerns are key to fulfilling our duty around safeguarding. 

 

What to do if you are concerned about a vulnerable Adult or Child

Reporting of an incident / Concern involving a Child can be done via completing the Worried about a Child form 

Reporting of an incident / Concern involving an Adult can be done via completing the Worried about an Adult form

For more information about the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Adults Board https://www.kmsab.org.uk/

For more information about the Kent Safeguarding Children multi-agency partnership https://www.kscmp.org.uk/

 The Advocacy People are an independent charity providing free, independent, confidential support to those struggling with health and social care services https://www.theadvocacypeople.org.uk/

 

Mental Capacity Act

The Mental Capacity Act (MCA) 2005 promotes a person centred approach which promotes autonomy and for those who may lack mental capacity ensures that decisions made on their behalf are made in their best interests and with the least possible restriction of freedoms.

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/9/contents

 

Making Safeguarding Personal

Making Safeguarding Personal (MSP) is about professionals working with adults at risk to ensure that they are making difference to their lives. Considering, with them, what matters to them so that the interventions are personal and meaningful. It should empower, engage and inform individuals so that they can prevent and resolve abuse and neglect in their own lives and build their personal resilience. It must enhance their involvement, choice and control as well as improving quality of life, wellbeing and safety. We will always endeavour to adhere to the MSP principals when providing support or assistance to an individual.
 

Making Safeguarding personal