City and Hackney Safeguarding Adults Board

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

City

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.

Page updated on: 30 June 2025