Publications and Resources

The Care Act 2014 requires all Safeguarding Adults Boards to produce and publish an Annual Plan and Report each year.

You can find these in this section, along with learning from serious cases (including Safeguarding Adults Reviews) and our newsletters.

In this section

Strategic Plan

The SSAB is required to develop and publish a strategic plan which sets out its objectives and how members will contribute

Annual Reports

The SSAB is required to publish an Annual Report which details how effective its work has been

Safeguarding Adult Reviews

The Board is required to commission Safeguarding Adults Reviews (SARs) for any cases meeting the criteria for these

SSAB Board meetings

The SSAB agreed to publish the notes of Board meetings from October 2019 onwards

Training

It is the responsibility of all organisations to ensure they have a skilled and competent workforce who are able to take on the roles and responsibilities required to protect adults at risk

Common terms and definitions

An A - Z list of common terms and definitions

Information Sharing Agreement

This document explains the need to share information to support the functions of the Safeguarding Adults Board in Somerset.

Download the Information Sharing Agreement

Tricky Friends animation

“Tricky Friends” is a short animation originally developed by Norfolk Safeguarding Adults Board, that the Somerset Safeguarding Adults Board has been kindly allowed to adapt to include the contact details for Somerset Direct, to help people to understand what good friendships are, when they might be harmful, and what they can do.

Watch the Tricky Friends animation

Safeguarding leaflets

Campaigns and other media materials with information to help them understand the different types of abuse, how to stay safe, what to do to raise a concern.

Useful links

Useful Somerset and National links

SSAB Newsletters

The SSAB newsletter is created quarterly, sign-up, download or view our current and past issues