Lewisham Adult Safeguarding Pathway

I wholeheartedly support the Adult Safeguarding Pathway in Lewisham.

Safeguarding Adults Reviews in Lewisham and nationally regularly highlight missed opportunities to refer adult Safeguarding Concerns and to conduct adult Safeguarding Enquiries. The Pathway provides comprehensive guidance for all those working in and around adult safeguarding. It offers a framework for the prevention of abuse and neglect, including self-neglect, and for protecting individuals who have experienced or are at risk of abuse and neglect.

The Pathway has been informed by, and indeed references good practice guidance that has been published by the Local Government Association in partnership with the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services. The Lewisham Pathway therefore encapsulates the best evidence available for effective adult safeguarding. Accordingly, I encourage every agency in Lewisham to use the Pathway and the associated documentation, and link in with the work and training delivered by the Lewisham Safeguarding Adults Board. 

I thank everyone who has contributed to the continuous development of the Pathway. It forms such an important component of the jigsaw of policies, procedures, practice and services that are designed to keep people safe.

Professor Keith Brown                                                                                                                  

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Lewisham Safeguarding Adults Board 

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In this section of the website you will find all the local guidance, tools and forms you need to raise an Adult Safeguarding Concern, and for relevant practitioners to conduct an Adult Safeguarding Enquiry.

This supports each of the four stages outlined in the London Multi-Agency Adult Safeguarding Policy and Procedures.

If you also have any feedback on the Pathway, or want to generally share good practice including anonymised case examples of how you have helped to support adults in achieving positive outcomes, then please let us know and we will share and promote this via our regular e-Bulletins and training: LSAB@lewisham.gov.uk