City and Hackney Safeguarding Adults Board
If you’re concerned about an adult or if you’re experiencing harm
If the person you’re concerned about lives in Hackney:
Report a concern about an adult living in Hackney
If the person you’re concerned about lives in the City of London:
- call 020 7332 1224
- email adultsduty@cityoflondon.gov.uk
The City and Hackney Safeguarding Adults Board (CHSAB) makes sure local safeguarding arrangements are in place to protect people from harm.
Find out more about what the board does, who’s involved and how it works.
What is the Safeguarding Adults Board?
The board is a multi-agency partnership which has a statutory function under the Care Act 2014. The main objective of the board is to ensure that local safeguarding arrangements are in place and organisations safeguard adults at risk of abuse in City and Hackney.
Under the Care Act 2014, the Board has three main duties:
- to publish a strategy, which tells people what our priorities are and how we will meet them
- to publish an annual report focusing on our achievements and how well we have implemented our strategy
- to conduct Safeguarding Adults Reviews where someone has died or suffered serious harm as a result of abuse or neglect
In order to meet these objectives the board acts as follows:
- agrees and reviews multi-agency City and Hackney safeguarding adults policy and procedure for protecting vulnerable adults, taking into account statutory requirements, national guidance and London regional policies
- maintains an annual business plan, setting priorities for preventing and addressing abuse of vulnerable adults, and produces and disseminates an annual report
- monitors incidents of abuse and neglect, reviews trends and acts where appropriate to improve services and support to vulnerable adults
- regularly evaluates how agencies and providers safeguard vulnerable adults, by introducing rigorous quality assurance and scrutiny systems across partner agencies
- agrees a serious case review protocol and reviews and learns from situations where safeguarding arrangements may have been inadequate
- maintains a programme of training and development on safeguarding vulnerable adults for staff across agencies in the statutory, independent provider and voluntary sectors
- develops and promotes arrangements for adults at risk and carers to be well-informed about safeguarding arrangements and provide opportunities for service users and carers to influence and feedback on their effectiveness
- promotes public awareness of safeguarding as an issue for all citizens and engage the wider community in helping to prevent abuse and neglect and to report where they have concerns
Who sits on the board?
The Board is chaired by an Independent Chair.
The board has 3 core partners: the local authority, the integrated care board and the police. It also includes many other partners, such as:
- health trusts
- advocacy service
- criminal justice
- fire brigade
- Department of Work and Pensions
- voluntary sector services
The work of the board
The Board’s objectives are outlined in our strategy which identifies our aims for the next five years.
The annual strategic plan identifies the work that the board will undertake for the financial year, whilst our annual report outlines how well we met our objectives.
You can find out more about the Board and its work by viewing:
Useful contacts
Hackney
- Domestic Abuse Intervention Service – call 08000 560 905 or 020 8356 4458/9 or email dais@hackney.gov.uk
- Antisocial behaviour – call 0208 356 3310 or email asbteam@hackney.gov.uk
- Community safety – call 0208 356 3000 or email asbteam@hackney.gov.uk
- Hate crime and harassment support – Stop Hate UK – call 0800 138 1625
City
- Community safety – call 020 7332 3808 or email safercity@cityoflondon.gov.uk
- Domestic Abuse Intervention Service (Victim Support) – call 0808 2000 247 or the supportline 0808 168 9111
- Adult Social Care – call 020 7332 1224 (020 8356 2300 out of hours) or email adultsduty@cityoflondon.gov.uk
Find CHSAB’s safeguarding information for professionals and residents on our Safeguarding resources page.
You can contact the City and Hackney Safeguarding Adults Board by emailing chsab@hackney.gov.uk.