SAR Quality Marker 1: Referral
SAR Quality Marker 1
The case is referred for consideration for a SAR with an appropriate rationale and in a timely manner.
Questions to consider for:
- There are not currently any comments for this section.
- Does the referral state explicitly:
- what kind of abuse or neglect the person is known or suspected to have suffered
- whether the person has died, or experienced serious abuse and/or neglect and survived
- and whether this happened in the SAB’s area
- what concerns there are about how agencies worked together.
- Alternatively, does the referral give a clear rationale for a discretionary review, whether:
- to learn from good practice in the case
- to review practice issues featured in the case before abuse or neglect has occurred, in order to pre-emptively tackle them
- or for any other reason?
- Does the referral document what is known about protected characteristics as codified by the Equality Act 2010, including race, culture and ethnicity?
- Does the information provided evidence the rationale given for why the case is being referred for consideration for a SAR, and include relevant supporting information?
- Are explanations provided for any delays in the referral?
- There are currently no comments for this section.
- Have details of ethnicity and other protected characteristics relevant to the SAR referral been appropriately recorded?
- Where the person is alive, is enough known about their experience to explore the impact of the abuse and/or neglect in a person-centred way, which may include fear, shame, trauma, suicidal ideation, self-neglect, mental health and/or acute hospital admission, substance misuse, poverty and homelessness?
- Is the identity of the referring agency or other source clear and recorded?