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Safeguarding Adults Board

Enfield's local safeguarding arrangements have been developed through the strong leadership of the Enfield Safeguarding Adults Board (SAB). The Board is a multi-agency partnership concerned with the safeguarding of adults who are at risk in Enfield. This includes maintaining oversight of how concerns about abuse and neglect are responded to and developing prevention strategies. The Board works to a strategic plan which is reviewed annually in the SAB Annual Report which you can see below. The Care Act 2014 has placed the SAB on a statutory footing.
Enfield SAB includes membership from:

You can read more about the statutory duties of the Safeguarding Adults Board here.  One of the Board's most important duties is to consider and conduct Safeguarding Adults Reviews (sometimes known as SARs) when an adult with care and support needs dies or suffers serious harm (including near misses) and there is a concern that the partnership could have worked together more effectively to prevent this. You can see some of our historic reviews below and find more information on how to refer and how we conduct SARs on the Documents and Tools page.

The SAB has a strategy, which sets out how we will work together to prevent abuse and ensure a robust response when abuse does occur. The strategy will be reviewed annually and has an action plan monitored at each board meeting.

Documents/Tools

Training

7 Minute Briefings

Safeguarding Adult Reviews

The Care Act states that a review must be arranged by the SAB when an adult in the area dies as a result of abuse or neglect (whether known or suspected), and there is concern that partner agencies could have worked more effectively to protect the adult.

A review must also be arranged if the SAB knows or suspects that an adult has not died, but has experienced serious abuse or neglect.

We report on safeguarding adult reviews (previously called serious case reviews) in our SAB annual report. Where we can, and with the consent of family members, we will also make them available here.

Safeguarding Enfield Annual Reports

Safeguarding Adult Strategies