1. Financial Abuse: Safeguarding Conference
Paul McKay
Service Director
South Nottinghamshire and
Public Protection

2. “ To live free from Harm, Abuse and Neglect is fundamental to Social Care (and Trading Standards)”
SCIE

3. Care Act: Implications for Safeguarding Adults
Make enquiries, or ensure others do so, if it believes an adult is subject to, or at risk of abuse or neglect.
An enquiry should establish whether any action needs to be taken to stop or prevent abuse or neglect, and if so by who.

4. Scope of Safeguarding
Is experiencing or is at risk of abuse or neglect and
As a result of those needs is unable to protect himself or herself against the abuse or neglect or the risk of it.

5. Psychological Abuse
Causing someone mental and emotional distress by using threats, humiliation, control, intimidation, harassment, verbal abuse or depriving them of contact with other people.

6. Key Care Act Requirements
To promote well-being and prevent abuse and neglect from happening in the first place.
Ensure the safety and well-being of anyone who has been subject to abuse or neglect.
Take action against those responsible for abuse or neglect taking place.
Learn lessons and make change that could prevent similar abuse or neglect happening to other people.

7. Types of Abuse For older people,
What do you think are the main types of abuse?
Answer:
1. Neglect
2. Financial

8. Financial Abuse
Financial or material abuse including theft, fraud, exploitation, pressure in connection with wills, property or inheritance or financial transactions, or the misuse or misappropriation of property, possessions or benefits.
Care Act makes financial abuse a crime.
Section 42 (3)

9. Financial Abuse: Where?
For Older People,
Where does financial abuse occur?
Answer:
Own Home – 60 – 80%
Care Home – %

10. Who Is At Risk? Who is at Risk? Answer: Anyone!
Particularly older people and people with a learning disability.

11. “ Safeguarding is Everybody’s Business”

12. Our Approach with Trading Standards
Appoint a Safeguarding Lead
Link with Safeguarding Adults Board
Information sharing agreement
MASH
Access to social care database
Joint work
Safeguarding investigations
Trader Schemes (DBS)
Well Being Agenda

13. Scope Criminal Investigations Better Care Fund Vulnerable Persons List
Care Homes
Loan Sharks
Agencies/Providers
Scams (Mobility)
Better Care Fund
Funding of Posts

14. Fire
Service
Trading Standards
Social
Care

15. Key Recruitment
“People and organisations working together to prevent the risk of abuse or neglect and to stop them from happening”

16. Summary We have a duty We need to prevent
Right thing to do (Moral Duty)
Protect assets
Working together

17. What will you take away from this presentation?

18. We need to realise we have the power to stop abuse and if we work together as professionals and with the public can.

19. Questions?