Heard the other day on the grapevine that adult protection thresholds were on the rise?
I was just wondering if that chimed with people's experiences.
Hi Mithran,
On the subject of thresholds generally, in my role as a CQC inspector I saw some variation in the thresholds for both what required reporting and what was subsequently acted upon. Often the variation in treatment was down to client group or down to the local authorities experience or confidence with the particular care service provider.
Responses vary too from requesting an investigation report from the care service to convening a strategy meeting and again there are inconsistet approaches in terms of what action is required.
As for the threshold rising, I haven't seen any evidence to support this but ...... can appreciate that resource-led decisions will also impact on this area of work.
Would be interesting to hear more views on this.
HI
sorry i am new to the forum so I was not sure how to send you a private message. I have a cqc assessment day coming up for the role of a compliance inspector. Do you have any tips for the day or any idea what i can expect?
THanks
Hi Mithran
There might be some anecdotal evidence out there. I hear of some safeguarding adults referrals to Soc Serv being 'turned down' (i.e. not taken on as a safeguarding issue by the Authority) because there is no clear evidence of abuse having taken place in the alert that a person/agency has raised to them. Seems kind of erroneous to close down the Local Authority's statutory response at such an early stage without at least a little further investigation. Such a response can be disheartening to the alerter making the referral and could make them think twice about making another referral - not a good thing. Maybe indicative of some kind of threshold requirement that evidence needs to be apparent in some form??
NC
Interesting that you should start this thread, Mithran, when this http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/14/11/2011/117755/serious-case-review-of-womans-death-reveals-support-gaps.htm makes your front page.
This thread was started early summer before we had Castlebeck etc in the news. I think if anything thresholds have fluctuated more as a result. Some local authorities seem to now be recording everything as a safeguarding incident. They don't investigate in all cases but seem to be keeping a running log.
Providers I am working with currently tell me that there has defintiely been a change in capacity for safegaurding staff to advise people. With CQC also taking an arms length regulatory approach, some providers feel that sources of support are limited.
Would be interested to know what happens in other areas.
Sunshine78 - think we have spoken re the compliance inspector interview
How did you get on with the assessment day.I applied but have an online assessment before I can get to the interview stage. Any advice or information would be much apprecaited.
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Hi can i ask how your assessment went with the CQC? I have one soon and any advice would be gratefully appreciated. Can I ask what the assessment included? Thank you.