Advice for adults with care & support needs

If you are worried about something that is happening to you, or to someone you know, services will work with you to make sure that you, or they, are safe.

You will be treated with respect and listened to.

In an emergency call 999 or call Manchester Contact Centre on 0161 234 5001

Greater Manchester Police will help you if you are missing and you want to make contact with loved ones or get help.  Call them on 101 or visit the nearest police station to talk to someone.

If you are missing from home or care, or are thinking of going missing, visit the Missing People website www.missingpeople.org.uk  or call or text them for help on 116 000 or email 116000@missingpeople.org.uk. You can text them even if you have no credit left on your mobile phone.

Herbert Protocol visit the GMP website to find out about the scheme to care for someone who has Dementia and may go missing.

This is what you can expect if you tell services about harm or abuse to you or someone you know:

• you will be asked about what you want to happen and they will do their best to make sure that it does
• you will be provided with any help and support you need to report abuse, and you will be involved in everything that happens
• you will be provided with information about what abuse is, how to recognise the signs and what you can do to seek help
• you can be sure that the professionals will work for what you want and will only get involved as much as needed
• you can be sure that professionals will treat your personal and sensitive information in confidence and will only share what is necessary to get the best results for you
• you will understand the role of all the people involved in supporting you.

People who use social care services should be treated as individuals. Their care and support should be based on what they can already do, what they want to achieve and the help they need to live their lives in the way they want to. This SCIE guide will help people to understand what they should expect from social care staff during assessment and care planning. It covers:

• making decisions
• support from an advocate
• needs assessment
• care planning.

Download a copy from www.scie.org.uk/person-centred-care/care-planning

The Herbert Protocol is a national scheme being introduced locally by Greater Manchester Police and other local agencies which encourages carers and family members to compile useful key information which could be used in the event of a person with dementia going missing.

The Herbert Protocol is a form which is kept at home, or in a safe place, with important information about a vulnerable person. Should they go missing, information is easily on hand about routines, medical requirements and favourite places to visit and can be handed over to the police, alleviating the worry of collecting it together during a stressful time – download the form from the GMP website at  www.gmp.police.uk/Herbert or see our Herbert Protocol resource.

A Service User subgroup of the Cheshire East Safeguarding Adults Board created a spoken word video working with the Axis Arts Centre at Crewe Campus, Manchester Metropolitan University.

The spoken words focus on the service users own life experiences and send a powerful message to Stop Adult Abuse.

The service user group are keen to share this far and wide – visit the website www.stopadultabuse.org.uk to find out more.