Safeguarding

Safeguarding means keeping people safe from abuse. Abuse is when somebody hurts a person or treats them badly such as taking their money, shouting at them or touching them in a way that they don’t like.

 

Older people and people with disabilities are more likely to need safeguarding.  

If you or someone you know feels they are being abused it is important to tell someone you trust about it.

 

Safeguarding is also about protecting people's liberty, which means freedom. It is important that everyone gets to make their own decisions and choices about their life. 

People with a learning disability often need a bit more help to understand what the choices mean. It is important that you get offered this help when you need to make an important decision. 

Sometimes people can not make decisions for themselves. In these cases someone else has to make decisions for them. The booklet below shows what safeguarding needs to happen before someone is allowed to make decisions for someone else. This is called 'Deprivation of liberty safeguards'. 

Also below is Lambeth's easy read safeguarding report. It says what safeguarding happened in Lambeth from 2009-2010.

 

Easy Read - deprivation of liberty (.pdf) (941 KB)
Accessible safeguarding annual report1easy to read (.pdf) (476 KB)
Annual report LSAPB 2010-2011accessible (.doc) (712 KB)

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