Safeguarding Adults
 Helping vunerable adults
The Safeguarding Adults Team helps prevent vulnerable adult abuse.
Vulnerable adults are people who need assistance from health or social care services and are over 18 years of age.
Abuse is a violation of human and civil rights, and there are seven main forms of vunerable adult abuse
- Physical abuse
- Sexual abuse
- Psychological abuse
- Financial abuse
- Neglect
- Discriminatory abuse
- Institutional abuse
Find out more about the seven forms of adult abuse.
Our campaign
We have recently launched a hard-hitting campaign highlighting the issue of vulnerable adult abuse using posters and leaflets. The campaign features images of the main forms of abuse, and it emphasises the message: 'don't turn your back on adult abuse'.
The posters can be seen on bus shelters throughout the borough, and the flyers have been distributed to GP’s surgeries, pharmacies, libraries, council offices and elsewhere in the community. Related articles have also appeared in Southwark Life and other partner magazines.
Read more about this campaign.
Take action against abuse
If you are the victim of abuse of if you think someone is being abused, you can contact the duty social work team or Southwark Police on the telephone numbers listed below.
If you are reporting abuse it is helpful if you can provide your name to enable further contact, but you can also report suspected abuse and not disclose your identity should you wish.
We have put together some more helpful information in FAQs: Safeguarding Adults.
Survey: what do you know about safeguarding adults?
We are committed to improving our services and information. To better assess the effect of our campaigns we want to find out what you know about safeguarding adults, and what you would do if you spot abuse in a vulnerable adults.
We have prepared a quick survery about safeguarding adults.
General contacts
- Duty social worker, 0845 600 1287 - Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
- Out of hours team, 020 7525 5000 - 5pm onwards and at weekends
- Southwark Police, hate crime unit - 020 7232 6160/6218/6237
Contact us
Safeguarding Adults Team
Tel: 020 7525 1754
Fax: 020 7525 1711
safeguardingadultscoordinator@southwark.gov.uk
Mabel Goldwin House
49 Grange Walk
London
SE1 3DY
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