Part of Guidance for completing the Safeguarding Adults Collection (SAC) 2024-25
SG4: Making Safeguarding Personal (MSP)
The SG4 tables record counts of concluded safeguarding enquiries broken down by the age band of the adult at risk and information about the MSP elements of the enquiry.
SG4 General notes
The information in these tables relates to safeguarding enquiries that concluded during the reporting year 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025.
Multiple counts are NOT permitted in these tables; only one entry per enquiry should be recorded.
The cells in these tables are all shaded blue in the data template document to indicate that all cells are voluntary.
MSP is about having conversations with people about how to respond in safeguarding situations in a way that enhances involvement, choice and control as well as improving quality of life, wellbeing and safety. The Care Act advocates a person centred rather than process driven approach and many local authorities have already adopted this way of working.
Desired outcomes
These are the wishes of the adult at risk or their representative which have been expressed at some point during the information gathering or enquiry phases.
Achieved outcomes
The process for deciding whether an outcome has been achieved will be different for different local authorities. Ideally the adult at risk or their representative should identify whether their outcomes have been met but sometimes it is the safeguarding team that would make this decision. We would not expect 100 per cent of expressed outcomes to be achieved.
Age definition
Please record the age of the individual on the last day of the reporting period or age at the time of death if an individual has died. Where the age of an individual has not been recorded, please record them in the ‘Not Known’ column. We only expect this category to be used in a minority of cases.
The description and tables which use ‘Desired Outcomes’, ‘Achieved Outcomes’ and ‘Age Band’ are included in the Data Dictionary.
SG4a - MSP table for concluded Section 42 safeguarding enquiries
This table should only include counts of concluded Section 42 safeguarding enquiries. This table is voluntary to complete.
SG4b - MSP table for other concluded safeguarding enquiries
This table should only include counts of other concluded safeguarding enquiries. This table is voluntary to complete.
List of MSP categories
| Classification | Definition |
|---|---|
| Yes they were asked and outcomes were expressed | The individual at risk or their representative was asked if they would like to express desired outcomes and outcomes were expressed. |
| Yes they were asked but no outcomes were expressed | The individual at risk or their representative was asked if they would like to express desired outcomes but no outcomes were expressed. |
| No | The individual at risk or their representative was not asked if they would like to express desired outcomes. |
| Don’t know | Where the safeguarding colleague entering data onto the system does not know whether the individual at risk or their representative was asked if they would like to express desired outcomes. |
| Not recorded | Where no data have been entered onto the local system. |
| Of the enquiries recorded as Yes in row 1 of this table, in how many of these cases were the desired outcomes achieved? | Where the individual at risk or their representative was asked if they would like to express desired outcomes and outcomes were expressed, in how many cases were the expressed outcomes achieved? |
| Fully achieved | All expressed outcomes have been achieved. Can be decided by the adult at risk, their representative or a member of the safeguarding team. |
| Partially achieved | This could relate to when some outcomes have been achieved but not others or if outcomes have been partially fulfilled. Can be decided by the adult at risk, their representative or a member of the safeguarding team. |
| Not achieved | None of the expressed outcomes have been achieved. Can be decided by the adult at risk, their representative or a member of the safeguarding team. |
Last edited: 10 October 2024 11:37 am