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Safeguarding Adults Legislation in Wales

Find out more about the latest Safeguarding Adults legislation in Wales here.

• Care Information and Learning Hub (the Hub)

  The Care Information Learning Hub provides a wealth of resources to support understanding around the implementation of social care legislation in Wales as part of a national training programme to enable practitioners to develop robust knowledge of safeguarding practices to reduce adult abuse and neglect.

• Navigating Social Services (Older People’s Commissioner for Wales) 2016

  The Navigating Social Services document provides information and guidance for older adults, outlining their rights and how people are protected. It also reflects the duties set out in the Social Services and Wellbeing (Wales) Act 2014.

• The Care Inspectorate Wales

  The Care Inspectorate Wales inspects and regulates health and social care services in Wales by providing guidance for services on safeguarding practice and how they underpin and contribute towards effective safeguarding.

• The Code of Professional Practice for Social Care 2017

  The Code of Professional Practice for Social Care 2017 provides an outline of the expected professional conduct of anyone employed in the social care sector. It also informs social care worker employers of the policies and procedures social care workers must meet. Central to the Code is a drive to improve outcomes for individuals receiving care and promote their wellbeing.

• The Inspection of Social Care Act 2016

  The Inspection of Social Care Act 2016 places service quality and improvement at the heart of regulation, strengthening protection for those who need it, whilst ensuring services deliver high quality care and support.

• The Social Services and Wellbeing Act 2014

  The Social Services and Wellbeing Act 2014 constitutes a legal framework for improving the wellbeing of people by outlining safeguarding provision for both adults and children who need care and support. In relation to adults, ‘wellbeing’ includes physical, intellectual, emotional, social and behavioural development as well as ‘welfare’.

• Working Together to Safeguard People

  Working Together to Safeguard People comprises of seven volumes of statutory guidance, the goal of which is to implement and follow the Social Services and Wellbeing Act 2014. For the purposes of adult safeguarding practice, Volumes 1, 3, 4 and 6 are especially relevant.