This Guidance aligns West Dunbartonshire practice to the National Guidance for Child Protection Committees Undertaking Learning Reviews (2024) and the National Guidance for Adult Protection Committees Undertaking Learning Reviews (2022).
This multi-agency guidance sits alongside any single agency guidance within your own organisation and you should also ensure you are familiar with your own organisations single agency guidance.
This protocol sets out the partnership approach to be taken by staff in West Dunbartonshire Council & the Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) when working with people who have hoarding difficulties. The procedure also covers the Private Rented Sector and Owner Occupied properties, when a concern has been raised over the living environment of the individual by a service provider.
This guidance has been developed to ensure that any concerns about an adult at risk are responded to quickly and proportionately, in a way that is transparent to all.
