What we do
Safeguarding Adults & HSAB
Safeguarding Adults
Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility, and understanding its principles is crucial for all.
Safeguarding means protecting an adult’s right to live in safety, free from abuse and neglect. (DHSC, 2014, 14.7)
Safeguarding adults focuses on protecting individuals with care and support needs from:
- Physical, emotional, sexual, psychological, and financial abuse
- Neglect and self-neglect
- Domestic violence
- Modern slavery
- Organisational or discriminatory abuse
It also means acting swiftly when abuse or neglect is suspected to prevent further harm.
Harrow Safeguarding Adults Board (HSAB)
The Care Act 2014 mandates the establishment of Safeguarding Adults Boards (SABs) in every local authority area. Harrow’s SAB includes statutory partners:
- The Local Authority
- The Chief Officer of Police
- Clinical Commissioning Groups
The Harrow Safeguarding Adults Board (HSAB) coordinates and ensures effective collaboration among various agencies to protect adults at risk of abuse and/or neglect in Harrow. Its primary focus is on preventing abuse and neglect while promoting well-being and safeguarding individual rights.
This website serves as a valuable resource for the residents of Harrow, as well as health and social care professionals and organizations working with those residents.
Our goal is to work together to create a safer community where adults at risk are supported and empowered.
Explore the site to discover how you can contribute to safeguarding efforts in Harrow.
Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility, and understanding its principles is crucial for all.
Safeguarding means protecting an adult’s right to live in safety, free from abuse and neglect. (DHSC, 2014, 14.7)
Safeguarding adults focuses on protecting individuals with care and support needs from:
- Physical, emotional, sexual, psychological, and financial abuse
- Neglect and self-neglect
- Domestic violence
- Modern slavery
- Organisational or discriminatory abuse
It also means acting swiftly when abuse or neglect is suspected to prevent further harm.
The Care Act 2014 mandates the establishment of Safeguarding Adults Boards (SABs) in every local authority area. Harrow’s SAB includes statutory partners:
- The Local Authority
- The Chief Officer of Police
- Clinical Commissioning Groups
The Harrow Safeguarding Adults Board (HSAB) coordinates and ensures effective collaboration among various agencies to protect adults at risk of abuse and/or neglect in Harrow. Its primary focus is on preventing abuse and neglect while promoting well-being and safeguarding individual rights.
This website serves as a valuable resource for the residents of Harrow, as well as health and social care professionals and organizations working with those residents.
Our goal is to work together to create a safer community where adults at risk are supported and empowered.
Explore the site to discover how you can contribute to safeguarding efforts in Harrow.