Locality Safeguarding Adult Partnerships (LSAPs)
Norfolk has five Locality Safeguarding Adults Partnerships (LSAPs) across the county, based on western, southern, northern, eastern and central (Norwich) localities.
The purpose of these is to communicate and deliver key safeguarding adults objectives at a local level from the Norfolk Safeguarding Adults Board, and to provide a local view back to support effective development of NSAB plans.
The partnerships have representatives from a wide range of organisations in each local area, such as adult social care, community health, local councils, libraries, acute hospital trusts, charitable and voluntary organisations, Trading Standards, police and care providers.
The range of people in the LSAP needs to reflect the variety of agencies and their views, to help us all work together better to tackle safeguarding issues and raise awareness across all of Norfolk.
People who attend then share the information back into their own teams and organisations.
Each LSAP has two co-chairs to lead the group in the work they do, and Norfolk County Council provide administrative support for consistent organisation of the meetings.
They meet every two months, and the agenda is structured to look at particular topics, giving a focus and inspiration for activity and discussion.
Topics we've covered in 2024 include:
- reporting safeguarding concerns process
- supporting best practice in evidencing learning against national competencies
- prevention themes from Norfolk SARs
- safeguarding and links with mental health
- financial abuse
- neglect / self-neglect
Topics for 2025 include thinking about those with 'quieter voices', more on mental health and safeguarding, transition, and exploitation.
LSAPs would regularly have guest speakers to the face to face meetings, but often the topics they spoke on would have relevance across all five partnerships, not just the one. So we tried out a webinar programme back in 2021 to share the information and learning more efficiently across our county network - it was very successful, and we have now opened up attendance more widely. Have a look at our dedicated webinar page.
We had two great face to face whole county meetings in 2024, one in May and one in November, and plan the same for 2025, with the other 4 meetings (individual LSAPs) held virtually via Teams.
Some feedback from those face to face meetings in 2024:
What do you find most useful about the meetings?
"Meeting others from different agencies. Opportunity to think more about safeguarding with a small s"
"Networking. Variety of subjects. Informality. Different perspectives / examples"
"Learning about new initiatives; share knowledge and networking"
"Excellent learning opportunities and great environment for discussion – thank you 😊"
"This is the second one I have attended. Both have been so informative and I have made important links with other professionals"
" Extremely interesting and beneficial. Thank you."
If you would like to know more, or come along to the LSAP in your area, just contact us.
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