Report rules that registered charity put vulnerable adults at risk
16:20 - 22/07/2010
Report rules that registered charity ...
The Charity Commission has published the results of its investigation into Independence South West, a registered charity which runs a day care and respite centre for severely disabled adults in the South West of England.
The Commission, which is the independent regulator of charities in England, decided to investigate after receiving an anonymous warning that the chair of the charity was being investigated by police in connection with alleged fraud against a public body.
In addition to investigating this and other related claims, the Commission also examined safeguarding procedures for the charity’s vulnerable beneficiaries. They found that the procedures were insufficient and that this, together with poor management and a lack of staff training, was putting the disabled adults that use the centre at risk.
As a result of the Commission’s involvement, the chair has resigned from his position on the board and as CEO of the charity. Independence South West have elected new trustees and a new chair of the board.
Upon publishing full details of the investigation, the Charity Commission have taken the opportunity to extend a warning across the wider sector. They have stressed that it is the duty of trustees to ensure that their charity manages risks and complaints properly and that, if they are working with vulnerable beneficiaries, they should give particular focus to the risks associated with such work. They should also respond quickly to any allegations of harmful or unsafe practice to ensure that no beneficiaries are being placed at risk.
We offer a Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults training course for anyone in the care environment aiming to meet national care standard requirements and particularly for frontline workers who care for vulnerable adults. The course is mapped to Skills for Care Common Induction Standards and has links to NVQ Level 2.
Head of Quality and Curriculum, Charlotte Potter, explains: “Safeguarding is a sensitive and topical issue and, as such, it is a subject that anyone in the adult social care sector must familiarise themselves with.
“Our training course can provide an in-depth awareness for carers. It covers definitions and types of abuse, legislation and SoVA, ‘whistle-blowing’, signs and symptoms and carer responsibilities. I am confident that it will give carers a firm grounding in the subject.”
For further information on this, or any of our other care sector training courses, please call us today.
The Commission, which is the independent regulator of charities in England, decided to investigate after receiving an anonymous warning that the chair of the charity was being investigated by police in connection with alleged fraud against a public body.
In addition to investigating this and other related claims, the Commission also examined safeguarding procedures for the charity’s vulnerable beneficiaries. They found that the procedures were insufficient and that this, together with poor management and a lack of staff training, was putting the disabled adults that use the centre at risk.
As a result of the Commission’s involvement, the chair has resigned from his position on the board and as CEO of the charity. Independence South West have elected new trustees and a new chair of the board.
Upon publishing full details of the investigation, the Charity Commission have taken the opportunity to extend a warning across the wider sector. They have stressed that it is the duty of trustees to ensure that their charity manages risks and complaints properly and that, if they are working with vulnerable beneficiaries, they should give particular focus to the risks associated with such work. They should also respond quickly to any allegations of harmful or unsafe practice to ensure that no beneficiaries are being placed at risk.
We offer a Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults training course for anyone in the care environment aiming to meet national care standard requirements and particularly for frontline workers who care for vulnerable adults. The course is mapped to Skills for Care Common Induction Standards and has links to NVQ Level 2.
Head of Quality and Curriculum, Charlotte Potter, explains: “Safeguarding is a sensitive and topical issue and, as such, it is a subject that anyone in the adult social care sector must familiarise themselves with.
“Our training course can provide an in-depth awareness for carers. It covers definitions and types of abuse, legislation and SoVA, ‘whistle-blowing’, signs and symptoms and carer responsibilities. I am confident that it will give carers a firm grounding in the subject.”
For further information on this, or any of our other care sector training courses, please call us today.
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