West of Berkshire Safeguarding Adults Board briefing

Article date
2 February 2022
Primary interest
Voluntary sector

The West of Berkshire Safeguarding Adults Board meets four times a year and discusses how agencies should work together to keep adults at risk of abuse or neglect safe in Reading, West Berkshire and Wokingham. You can download the latest briefing note below:

Making a referral – Reading Borough Council’s Safeguarding Advice Line

Reading’s Adult Social Care Safeguarding Adults Team has a dedicated telephone line for professionals for advice or guidance around situations/incidents they are concerned about. This is to support safeguarding practice decision-making and to ensure information relating to the support someone needs is sent to the correct team(s) to avoid delay.

Contact Reading’s Safeguarding Team:
If there is a need for support that doesn’t indicate a safeguarding concern, please contact Reading’s Contact Centre:
There are options on RBC’s website for an online referral to be made for both safeguarding matters and requests for support:
  • For safeguarding: www.reading.gov.uk using the options of ‘Contact Us/Report, pay, apply/Report/Adult Safeguarding Referral Form’
  • To refer for social care support: www.reading.gov.uk using the options of ‘Contact us/Report, pay, apply/Inform/ASC Referrals’
Support from RVA

You can email advice@rva.org.uk if you want support to make a referral or are looking for training. There is also more information in the Safeguarding section of the RVA Knowledge Base.