Safeguarding vulnerable adults from financial abuse
The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) is looking for information on how organisations are dealing with financial crime against vulnerable adults.
In connection with the review of No Secrets an Economic Crime Project has been set up by the Association of Chief Police Officers in partnership with the Department of Health.
The project aims to assess the threat of financial crime against ‘vulnerable' adults and to report on, and make a range of recommendations, to combat and reduce it.
Some examples of financial abuse are as follows: theft, exploitation, pressure in connection with property, inheritance or financial transactions, the misuse or misappropriation of property, possessions or benefits.
As part of this work SCIE would like you to answer a few questions to help them with its assessment. Please answer as many as you wish.
1. What processes, if any, does your organisation have in place with regard to vulnerable adults subject to financial abuse? For example, do people report abuse to you? What is your procedural response?
2. How do you define a vulnerable adult?
3. Does your organisation have any data that you can share that you think might inform our study?
4. If you don't have specific data, does your organisation have a view on the nature and extent of the problem? If so, what is this based on?
5. Is your organisation undertaking any work in this area? For example research, awareness campaigns, direct support for victims, measures to prevent financial crime?
Please also let SCIE know anything else you think may be useful to it on this subject.
Please respond to elaine.cass@scie.org.uk
