About SSAB

• The work of the SSAB is governed by the Executive and SSAB Main Board who meet quarterly to ensure the statutory obligations are fulfilled and progress is reviewed for optimum impact for adults in our city
• Partners contribute to a range of sub-group activity designed to quality assure safeguarding across the city and identify areas for improvement with a range of audit activity, analysis and policy/procedure review
• In Southampton the sub-groups work collaboratively to facilitate growth and challenge when required

• SSAB Main Board
• Learning and Development Group (LDG)
• Case Review Group (CRG)

The annual report is another document that all safeguarding partnerships have a duty to produce. It gives an annual update on what we've delivered from our strategic plan. You can read our annual report.

All Safeguarding Adults Boards have to produce a strategic plan that sets out what they'll do each year to keep Adults safe. We use the plan as a measure to see how well we're doing and what whether we've achieved what we set out to each year. You can read our strategic plan.

One of the Safeguarding Adults Board core statutory duties is to conduct any safeguarding adults review in accordance with Section 44 of the Care Act.

Safeguarding Adults Reviews (SARs) provide a chance to learn lessons and improve practice. This occurs when abuse or neglect is suspected to be a factor in the death or serious harm of an adult with care and support needs.

Understanding not only what happened but why it happened can help improve the response of organisations and agencies working with adults in the future.

For further information visit the Reviews and learning page.