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Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to summarise the Making Safeguarding Personal (MSP) programme in 2014/2015.
Design/methodology/approach
– Review of Council contacts in relation to MSP 2014/2015.
Findings
– Councils participated at varying levels in the MSP programme during 2014/2015.
Research limitations/implications
– An independent evaluation of the 2014/2015 Making Safeguarding work has been commissioned and will be published later in 2015.
Practical implications
– MSP requires cultural, practice, workforce and technical changes. A range of challenges have been identified in taking forward the changes, which Councils are responding to in different ways.
Social implications
– A person-centred outcome-focused approach to safeguarding adults can benefit people who are at risk of or experience harm or abuse.
Originality/value
– MSP is a LGA-commissioned programme.
© Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2015
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