Safeguarding Adults (SAR) Reviews

The CIOS SAB is inviting tenders from experienced SAR authors who can evidence their knowledge expertise/experience in the following areas - Autism/housing, effective diagnosis of complex health conditions and experience of supporting families through the SAR process. The Independent Author will be expected to undertake the following: • Review and analyse: o evidence collected in the course of the review, including the scoping returns from agencies, coroners' findings and other information available. o chronologies and Individual Management Reviews (unless an alternate method agreed) • Identify any additional information that will be required for this review. • Liaise with the family, frontline staff, managers and commissioners as required • Attend and chair meetings with the SAR Panel (if model to be used) and any other relevant meetings (the majority of this work will be conducted virtually using MS Teams). • Produce a succinct written report suitable for publication, which provides: o An Executive Summary o An Overview Report o A Learning Summary and/or learning event o Answers to the specific questions set in the Terms of Reference, which are to be developed by the author/chair in consultation as appropriate. o Identification of lessons to be learnt, gaps in the current system, and any good practice o Ensure SMART recommendations o Develop an action plan based on the SAR report • To present the report to the Safeguarding Adults Board or a subgroup of the SAB • To undertake any other tasks that the SAR and Learning subgroup identifies during this SAR process.