Roles and Functions of the Adult Protection Committee Sample Clauses

Roles and Functions of the Adult Protection Committee. The APC are a partnership responsible for taking a lead role in coordinating and developing local responses to the support and protection of adults who are or have the potential to be at risk of harm in their area. Their core functions are all consistent with the Scottish Government Guidance for Adult Protection Committees (Oct 2008). These broadly relate to taking a lead for strategic planning and continuous improvement in particularly in relation to: • Developing local policies, practice and procedures for interagency work to support and protect adults at risk of harm. • To establish Quality Assurance that includes an agreed approach to self evaluation within and between partners to evaluate how effectively local services work together to support and protect those adults at risk of harm and make a positive difference. • To improve local ways of working in the light of the knowledge gained through national and local experience and research, and to ensure that any lessons learned are shared, understood and acted upon. • To communicate clearly to individual services and professional groups and partnerships, to promote the shared responsibility for protecting adults at risk of harm, and to ensure effective cooperation and information sharing across agencies. • To help ensure the quality of adult protection work through improving learning and development opportunities for staff to ensure we have a confident and competent workforce who can respond to the support and protection of adults at risk of harm. • To raise awareness within the wider community of the need to safeguard adults at risk of harm and promote their welfare. To explain how the wider community can contribute to the prevention of harm. • To ensure the fullest possible engagement with the wider community in relation to the work of the committee and its functions.
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