The Wales Safeguarding Procedures for children and adults at risk of abuse and neglect

Wales Safeguarding Procedures, developed by Cardiff and the Vale Safeguarding Board in partnership with the other 5 Regional Safeguarding Boards, were launched by the Wales Safeguarding Procedures Project Board on 11th November 2019. The new procedures were adopted by Gwent Safeguarding Boards on 4th December 2019.

They replace the All Wales Child Protection Procedures and Wales Interim Policy and Procedures for the Protection of Vulnerable Adults from Abuse.

The Wales Safeguarding Procedures guides safeguarding practice for all those employed in the statutory, third and private sectors in health, social care, education, police, justice and other services.

They apply to all practitioners, managers and volunteers working with children and adults in Wales, whether employed by a devolved or non-devolved agency, and whether in paid or unpaid work.

The procedures are not designed to be printed they are digital only. All practitioners working with children and adults are urged to download the App, if not done so already.

The Wales Safeguarding Procedures App is available for download now via the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. They can also be viewed in English at www.safeguarding.wales and in Welsh at www.diogelu.cymru.

A desktop version is now available at: www.myguideapps.com

Wales Safeguarding Procedures Videos

The following video’s commissioned by Gwent Safeguarding (produced by New Pathways) provide an overview of the key changes within the children and adult procedures. These video’s ARE NOT a substitute for safeguarding training and are not designed for people new to safeguarding.

These video’s are for practitioners with pre-existing knowledge of safeguarding and safeguarding processes, who require an update on the new procedures (procedural changes, new terms, guiding principles for practice).

For those new to safeguarding please see our training pages for details of our Introduction to Safeguarding course

What's Different? - The Essentials - Wales Safeguarding Procedures - Adult Services

What's Different? - The Essentials - Wales Safeguarding Procedures - Children's Services

We would very much appreciate your feedback on the video’s. Please complete our feedback form. The form should only take 5 minutes to complete.

Additional procedures training resources are also available on the Social Care Wales website.