3.3 Safeguarding Adults Threshold Guidance

South Tyneside Safeguarding Adults Thresholds Guidance Tool (opens as a PDF)

The guidance tool supports practitioners, partners and providers, working within the adult sector, to report and respond to concerns at the appropriate level and to have a consistency of approach across agencies.

The guidance should be used to:

• Help determine a consistent approach to identifying what concerns may require a response under the safeguarding process.
• Support decision making when alternative processes should be used.

The guidance is not a substitute for professional judgement but should be used to assist decision making and to support professional judgement.