Our purpose and vision

The purpose of the East Sussex Safeguarding Adults Board (SAB) is to help safeguard adults with care and support needs from abuse, neglect and exploitation.

Our vision is for all agencies to work together to:

enable East Sussex residents to live free from abuse and neglect
promote the message that safeguarding is everybody’s business

We do this by:

gaining assurance that local safeguarding arrangements are in place, following the Care Act and its statutory guidance
ensuring that practice follows the six Making Safeguarding Personal principles, is person-centred and outcome-focussed
working collaboratively with our partner agencies to prevent abuse and neglect, where possible
ensuring timely and proportionate responses to abuse and neglect
striving for continuous improvement in safeguarding practice
supporting our partners to embed learning from safeguarding adult reviews, other reviews and multi-agency audits.