1. Mental Health & Learning Disabilities

Mental Health and Learning Disabilities are a core WSAB priority, reflecting the Board’s statutory duty under the Care Act 2014 to ensure local safeguarding arrangements protect adults at risk and promote wellbeing.

The WSAB provides strategic oversight across partner agencies, ensuring safeguarding is coordinated, preventative and person-centred. This includes a strong emphasis on Making Safeguarding Personal (MSP) and supporting individuals to achieve outcomes that matter to them. 

This priority focuses on improving responses for individuals where mental health, capacity, vulnerability and risk intersect, including those who may be difficult to engage or present with complex needs. It also links closely to Multi-Agency Problem Solving (MAPS) approaches.

• Learn more about the WSAB role: About the WSAB

2. All-Age Exploitation

A quarterly multi-agency “All-Age Exploitation Strategy” meeting brings together partners from WSAB and Warrington Safeguarding Partnership (Children).

Key developments include:

• Modern slavery training scheduled

• Cuckooing guidance available via WSAB website.

• Ongoing focus on multi-agency collaboration across systems

• View the strategy and resources: All-Age Exploitation Strategy

3. Self-Neglect & Hoarding

A new multi-agency training session has been developed and delivered, with evaluation data informing continuous improvement.

A Self-Neglect and Hoarding Toolkit is now available, developed through the WSAB IMPACT subgroup and Task & Finish Group, with multi-agency and voluntary sector input.

This work supports practitioners in managing high-risk, complex cases, balancing autonomy and protection, and embedding Making Safeguarding Personal.

• Access guidance and toolkit: Self-Neglect & Hoarding Resources

4. Complex Safeguarding Issues

(e.g. prisons, homelessness, drug-related deaths)

Learning from Safeguarding Adults Reviews (SARs) is published and embedded into practice.

Multi-Agency Problem Solving (MAPS) is a key approach, supporting practitioners to respond to complex, high-risk cases, particularly where individuals may not engage or risks fall outside traditional safeguarding processes.

Additional activity includes:

• Development of a Safeguarding Glossary

• Engagement with prisons and housing partners

• Embedding MAPS and 3D capacity thinking across practice

• Access MAPS guidance: Multi-Agency Problem Solving (MAPS)