Teeswide Safeguarding Adults Board

Advice and Information - 9 August 2023

The Teeswide Safeguarding Adults Board (TSAB) is the statutory body that sets the strategic direction for safeguarding adults.

The Board is responsible for protecting and promoting an adult’s right to live an independent life, in safety, free from abuse and neglect in the Boroughs of Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar & Cleveland and Stockton-On-Tees.  For more information on the Board please click here.

What is Safeguarding?

Safeguarding means protecting an adult’s right to live in safety, free from abuse and neglect. The safeguarding duty under the Care Act 2014 applies to any adult who:

  • has needs for care and support (whether or not the Local Authority is meeting any of those needs) and;
  • is experiencing, or at risk of, abuse or neglect; and
  • as a result of those care and support needs is unable to protect themselves from either the risk of, or the experience of abuse or neglect

For more information please click here.

See it, Report it!

If you suspect a neighbour, friend or family member is being neglected or abused, or you need help yourself: Report Abuse.

 

To find out about more about the different kinds of abuse, resources in different languages, training courses plus much more, visit the TSAB website.

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