Council’s Safeguarding Adults Board publish policies or guidance. They usually have multi-agency participation, and stress the importance of that.

Authors vary in whether hoarding is seen as part of self-neglect. The examples below have ‘hoarding’ in their titles.

Bexley Safeguarding Adults Board Self Neglect and hoarding toolkit

Bromley Safeguarding Adults Board. Self-Neglect and Hoarding Panel (SNaHP) Hoarding Clutter Rating Process for Clutter Image Rating Tool (CIRT) Their policy includes the use of it.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Multi-agency Protocol for working with people with hoarding behaviours

City and Hackney SAB Self-Neglect and Hoarding: Local Practice Guidance and Toolkit

Newham social services Self-neglect and hoarding procedures

Northumberland Safeguarding Adults Board Multi-Agency Policy and Procedures Self-Neglect and Hoarding

Plymouth’s Self-neglect, hoarding and risk management policy guidance Includes relevant legislation

Policies often list relevant legislation. Scotland and Wales have their own legislation which may be different to England’s;

Scotland has Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007: Code of Practice

Aberdeen (2021) Health and Social Multi-Agency Guidance for Managing Self-Neglect and Non-Engagement Health and Social Care Partnership. includes that.

Wales has Social services and wellbeing (Wales) Act 2014 The North Wales Safeguarding Board’s  Hoarding Protocol

Related information

Ayrshire 3 adult protection committees. Multi-Agency Guidance ‘Supporting people affected by hoarding disorder’. Information for staff for any organisation who might come into contact with people who are affected by hoarding disorder

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Insight Hoarding  Details of a group for professionals. Information about it, including what to do, for individuals and their supporters. Long list of professionals and agencies that can help. On a housing website. Refers to protocol above.

Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Integrated Care Board Hoarding Disorder Information and referral information for GPs about OT led service.

Newham Social Services Hoarding Practice Toolkit

North Yorkshire Guidance on developing safeguarding policies for organisations whose work includes contact with adults at risk.

Enfield Council Agenda item – Multi-agency hoarding and self-neglect policy  Report Discussion about whether to have the policy (approved).

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