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Teeswide Safeguarding
Adults Board
Annual Introduction

Report The Teeswide Safeguarding Adults Board (TSAB) was established in

response to the requirements of the Care Act 2014, which created
a legal framework for adult safeguarding. The aim of the Board is to
ensure that there are effective arrangements in place across Tees
to help protect adults with care and support needs from abuse and

1 April 2018 neglect.

to 31 March 2019 This Annual Report represents a summary of the collaborative work
undertaken by the Board, its partners and sub-groups to meet the
objectives of the TSAB Strategic Business Plan from 1 April 2018
to 31 March 2019.
Introduction 2
The TSAB Strategic Business Plan is published
TSAB Vision 2
on the TSAB website, along with a copy of the
TSAB Approach and Assurance 3
Annual Report;
TSAB Member Organisations 3
https://www.tsab.org.uk/
Safeguarding Overview for 2018-19 4
Concerns and Enquiries 5

Key Achievements 6
Our safeguarding
Making Safeguarding Personal 7

What we said we would do and What we did 8
arrangements will
Teeswide Safe Place Scheme 12
effectively prevent
Communication and Engagement 13
MATAC (Multi-Agency Tasking and Co-ordination) 14
and respond to
Stay Safe and Warm Scheme 14
adult abuse.
Training 15

Multi-Agency Audit 16
Safeguarding Adults Review (SAR) 17

SAR definition 17
The TSAB vision statement was refreshed for 2018-19 to place more
SAR Sub-Group Activity 17
emphasis on preventing abuse. This supports the development of
What have we done? 17
initiatives to improve prevention, identification and the response to
TSAB Priorities for 2019-20 18
abuse and neglect.
Appendix 19

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