Care Act (2014) - LA Duties
LA's have new Safeguarding Duties. They must:
• Lead a multi-agency local adult safeguarding system.
• Establish a Safeguarding Adult Board.
• Carry out Safeguarding Adult Reviews.
• Arrange, where appropriate, for an independent advocate to
represent and support an adult who is the subject of a safeguarding
enquiry or Safeguarding Adults Review. and that adult has difficulty
being involved in the process (Chapter 7, Care Act Guidance).
• Co-operate with each of its relevant partners in order to protect the
adult (Section 6).
• Make enquiries, or request others to make them on their behalf
(Section 42 enquiry).
The next few slides will provide further detail of these LA duties.