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.
This West Dunbartonshire Large Scale Investigation Guidance was developed and adapted for local use from the revised West of Scotland Large Scale Investigation Guidance (September 2019) which was developed by the West of Scotland Adult Support and Protection Leads and Coordinators Group and has been endorsed for use by West Dunbartonshire Adult Protection Committee & the HSCP Senior Management Team.
The West of Scotland Inter Agency Support and Protection Practice Guidance provides an overview of the process to support and protect when harm happens to an adult at risk. It details the action to be taken by agencies when harm is identified; the timescales for referrals; the process of inquiries and investigations and case conferences.
This booklet provides a brief overview of the procedures used in West Dunbartonshire and should be used as guidance only.
The toolkit has a wide range of resources to use which have been developed and reviewed by a number of agencies and professionals.
