Report A Concern About An Adult

Safeguarding is everyone's responsibility.

If you are concerned about someone, please phone Adult Social Care on 01344 351500.

Or you can report your concern using our online form.

If emergency help is required when the office is closed, the Emergency Duty Team can be contacted on 01344 351999.

If you think someone is in immediate danger please phone emergency services on 999. Do not put yourself or anyone else at risk.

What will happen next?

In response to your contact, trained staff will carry out a careful and sensitive enquiry. What happens then will depend on the wishes of the person and the seriousness of their situation. If they are in physical danger, ensuring their safety will take priority.

Information and advice will be offered so that the person can make an informed choice about any practical help they need or action they wish to take. If they are unable to make an informed choice, care will be taken to support and protect them.

If you are experiencing abuse, or are worried about another adult you believe may be experiencing abuse, contact Reading Adult Social Care:

Call 0118 937 6550

Or use this online form 

If the situation is urgent and it is out of normal working hours, call the Emergency Duty Team on 01344 351 999

If you or someone else is in danger call the Police on 999.

If you think a crime has been committed but it is not an emergency, call Thames Valley Police on 101.

We ask trained staff to carry out a careful and sensitive enquiry. What happens next will depend on the wishes of the person concerned and the seriousness of their situation. Their safety is our priority.

We will offer information and advice so the person can make an informed choice about any practical help they need or action they wish to take. If they are unable to make an informed choice, care will be taken to support them in the best way possible.

Whoever you are, if you see, hear or know something that concerns you and you suspect a person is being harmed or abused, you must report what you know. The worst thing you can do is nothing.

Contact Slough Adult Social Care Services

Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm

Telephone: 01753 475111 (option 1) or

Email: safeguarding.adults@slough.gov.uk.

Use our report a safeguarding concern form
(please note this is a Word form so you will need to save the document, then open it, complete it and email it securely as an attachment)

In an emergency out of normal office hours call the Emergency Duty Team on 01344 786543 or call the police on 999

If you think a crime has been committed but it is not an emergency, call Thames Valley Police on 101.

If you think that you, or someone you know, is being abused there are ways in which you can get help.

Take action straight away:

• if you or the person are in immediate danger of being harmed call the police on 999 
• if there is an immediate risk to your or the person's health or there is a medical emergency - call 999 and ask for the ambulance service

Get in touch with Adult Social Care

You can report your concerns to us online 

If you would like advice about someone you think might need help, or for more information about our Adult Care Services, contact Adult Social Care on 01635 503050.

If you think that an adult may be abused or neglected by someone, contact the Safeguarding Adults Team. You can email safeguardingadults@westberks.gov.uk or call  01635 519056.

In an emergency out of normal office hours call the Emergency Duty Team on 01344 351 999 or call the police on 999

Safeguarding is everybody’s responsibility as everyone has the right to live in safety, free from abuse and neglect.

If you are concerned about someone, please phone adult social care on 01628 683744 during normal office working hours.

If emergency help is required outside office hours, please contact the Emergency Duty Team on 01344 351999.  If you think someone is in immediate danger, please phone the emergency services on 999.  Do not put yourself or anyone else at risk.

What will happen next?

In response to your contact, trained staff will carry out a careful and sensitive enquiry.  What happens then will depend on the wishes of the person and the seriousness of their situation.  If they are in physical danger, ensuring their safety will take priority.

Information and advice will be offered so that the person can make an informed choice about any practical help they need or action they wish to take.  If they are unable to make an informed choice, care will be taken to support and protect them.

Everyone has the right to live in safety, free from abuse and neglect. If you are concerned about the welfare of a vulnerable adult you should report the abuse.

How to report a concern

Report a concern using our online form

Call 0118 974 6371 and speak to someone in the Adults Safeguarding Hub about your concerns

In an emergency out of normal office hours call the Emergency Duty Team on 01344 351 999 or call the police on 999

If you think a crime has been committed but it is not an emergency, call Thames Valley Police on 101.

Read our easy read guide on keeping adults safe and where to go for help (PDF document)

For more information go to the Wokingham Borough Council Website