Resources for Professionals - Adult Support and Protection

National Information

Legislation and Government Guidance

Adult Support and Protection

• Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007 (legislation.gov.uk)
• Adult Support and Protection revised Code of Practice - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) - July 2022
• National Guidance for APCs - July 2022
• National Guidance for APCs - Undertaking Learning Reviews - May 2022
• National Guidance for GPs and staff in General Practice - July 2022
• Scottish Government ASP webpages Social care: Adult support and protection - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
• Communication and Assessing Capacity - A guide for social work and health care staff
• Triennial review of initial case reviews and significant case reviews for adults (2019-2022)

Related Topics

• Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2004
• Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007
• Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Scotland) Act 2015 (legislation.gov.uk)
• Scottish Government Human Trafficking and Exploitation Strategy
• UK Government Prevent Multi Agency Panel Duty Guidance: Protection people vulnerable to being drawn into terrorism

Other National Guidance

Office of the Public Guardian (OPG)

• OPG Guide to Investigations - Information for practitioners undertaking investigations involving Office of the Public Guardian

Care Inspectorate

• Care Inspectorate Practice Guide to Chronologies

Mental Welfare Commission (MWC)

• MWC Supported Decision-making good practice guide 2021
• MWC Consenting Adults - Guidance for professionals and carers when considering rights and risks in sexual relationships involving people with a mental disorder
• MWC Rights, Risks & Limits to Freedom - Principles and good practice guidance for practitioners considering restraint in residential care settings
• MWC - Alcohol-related Brain Damage
• MWC Missed Opportunities - Findings from visits to people with Acquired Brain Injury and Alcohol-related Brain Damage
• MWC Powers of Attorney and their Safeguards
• MWC Advice Note: Can a power of attorney authorise significant restrictions of liberty?
• MWC Advice Note: Hidden Surveillance
• MWC Advice Note: Adults with Incapacity - Sexual Relationships and the Criminal Law
• MWC - Decisions about Technology

Adult Participation - Communication Resources

• Royal Society of Speech and Language Therapists principles, standards and practical guidance for ensuring that an  individual is enabled to understand and communicate effectively
• Office for Disability guidance around accessible communication formats
• Makaton - use of speech with signs (gestures) and symbols (pictures) to help people communicate.

Other

• Link to the National Adult Support and Protection Practitioners' Website
• Research in Practice: Importance of Professional Curiosity in safeguarding adults
• NHS Education for Scotland video: Opening Doors - Trauma Informed Practice for the Workforce
• Friends Against Scams Online Learning
• Act against Harm

The Herbert Protocol

The Herbert Protocol helps Police in their search for missing vulnerable people. Download the flyer and form below for more information.

The Herbert Protocol - What is it? How does it work? (PDF, 221 KB)(opens new window)

Download the Herbert Protocol Form 2021 (Word doc, 94 KB)

Download the Herbert Protocol Poster 2021 (PDF, 98 KB)

Download the Herbert Protocol Easy Read Form 2021 (PDF, 335 KB)

Local Information

What is Adult Support and Protection? Leaflet

What is Adult Support and Protection? (PDF, 138 KB)

Reporting an Adult Concern to Social Work

(For Agencies and Providers)

Information for Providers on reporting concerns about an adult AP1 (PDF, 935 KB)

Download AP1 Form (Word doc, 34 KB)

Are you concerned about a loved one's drug or alcohol use? 

Download the BeingThere posters: ASP-BeingTherePosters2020 (PDF, 246 KB)

How to Access Level 1 ASP eLearning Course (PDF, 200 KB)

D&G Advocacy Service

Download - DG Advocacy Service - About Us Booklet (PDF, 1 MB)       Download - DG Advocacy Service - Delivering Advocacy (PDF, 1 MB)

Adult Support and Protection Resource Library - Enquiries and Reports

Learning from Case Reviews

Download - Case Study - Miss A - North Lanark SCR (PDF, 221 KB)

Download - Case Study - Sharon Greenop SCR (PDF, 306 KB)

Download-Mental Welfare Commision Scotland-Report from our investigation into the care and treatment of Mrs I

Download - Serious Case Review - Glasgow APC - Ellen Ash - February 2016 (PDF, 162 KB)

IRISS - Writing Analysis in Social Care

A practical framework for supporting the writing of analysis in social care records.

Download: Writing analysis in social care

What is a Mental Health Officer?

What's a MHO and what they do:

Download - What Is A Mental Health Officer (PDF, 265 KB)

Information Sharing 

Information Sharing Letter (PDF, 310 KB)

Social Work Policy and Procedure - Adult Support and Protection Procedures

Adult Support and Protection Procedures (PDF, 465 KB)

VIDEO: Inability to Safeguard - Exploring Decision Making of Individuals and Professionals

Click HERE to watch the video.

Corona Virus: Safeguarding Adults in Challenging Circumstances

Download important information on protecting vulnerable adults. Click on the link below:

Corona Virus Safeguarding Adults - Download (PDF, 214 KB)(opens new window)

Modern Slavery

Modern Slavery cuts across all Public Protection strands: i.e. Adult Support and Protection, Child Protection and Violence Against Women and Girls. 

Council guide to tackling modern slavery

Click here to read more about Human Trafficking.

Self-neglect and Hoarding plus Other Useful Downloads

• Download - Self Neglect and Hoarding Protocol (PDF, 4 MB)
• Download - Self Neglect and Hoarding Protocol - 7 Minute Briefing (PDF, 105 KB)
• Download the Self Neglect and Hoarding Event Briefing May 2019 (PDF, 889 KB)(opens new window)
• Download the D&G Financial Harm Strategy (PDF, 2 MB)(opens new window)
• West of Scotland Inter-Agency ASP Practice Guidance 2019 (PDF, 1 MB)(opens new window)
• Easy Read - Adults at Risk (PDF, 458 KB)
• Easy Read - What are my Rights (PDF, 900 KB)
• Easy Read - Case Conference (PDF, 1 MB)
• Download - Marriage and ASP - Paul Comley (PDF, 949 KB)
• Easy Read - Financial Harm - Keeping Your Money Safe (PDF, 738 KB)
• 7MB Neglect Self neglect (PDF, 118 KB)
• MA ASP Self Evaluation7MinuteBriefing Findings (November 2024) (PDF, 152 KB)

Video: Compulsive Hoarding Dr Fionnuala Edgar 

Video: Seen something? Say something

Reports

• Download the Adult Support and Protection Biennial Report (PDF, 2 MB)(opens new window)

Other

7-Minute Briefing: Multi Agency Chronologies Guidance (PDF, 100 KB)

ASP Health Responsibilities 7-Minute Briefing - D&G NHS (PDF, 150 KB)

ASP Case Conferences 7-Minute Briefing - D&G NHS (PDF, 152 KB)

Missing Person Protocol - 7MB (PDF, 629 KB)

Hourglass

Take the OATH | Hourglass (wearehourglass.org)

Multi-agency adult support and protection conferences (case conferences)