Our Purpose and Vision
Our vision is for all agencies to work together effectively to enable the citizens of East Sussex to live free from abuse and neglect and to widely promote the message that safeguarding is everybody’s business.
The purpose of the East Sussex SAB is to help and safeguard adults with care and support needs from abuse, neglect and exploitation.
We do this by:
Gaining assurance that local safeguarding arrangements are in place as defined by the Care Act and its statutory guidance.- Ensuring that the principles of Making Safeguarding Personal are central to safeguarding and practice is person-centred and outcome-focused.
- Working collaboratively with our partner agencies to prevent abuse and neglect where possible.
- Ensuring responses when abuse and neglect has occurred are timely and proportionate.
- Striving for continuous improvement in safeguarding practice and supporting partner agencies to embed learning from local and national Safeguarding Adults Reviews, other learning reviews and multi-agency audits.
Three Core Duties
Under the Care Act 2014, every SAB must fulfil three core duties. Click on the links below to find out more about each statutory requirement.