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Adult Protection

Adult Protection Committee (APC)

The East & Midlothian Adult Protection Committee (APC) is a multi-agency partnership within East & Midlothian who work together to deliver services to protect adults from harm or abuse. Details on the voluntary sector representation are available on the Voluntary Sector Adult Protection sub-committee (VSAPsg).

The APC is also responsible for arranging multi-agency training.

For information on Adult Protection, go to the Midlothian Council website.

 

Disclosures

For information on whether or not you require to register with the Central Registered Body in Scotland (CRBS), go to the CRBS website www.crbs.org.uk.

 

Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Legislation

In February 2011 the Scottish Government introduced a new membership scheme to “replace and improve upon the previous disclosure arrangements for people who work with vulnerable groups”.

 Information on the Scheme and the Act, including “Frequently Asked Questions” are available on the Scottish Government website http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/People/Young-People/children-families/pvglegislation.

More information is available from the Protecting Vulnerable Groups website http://www.infoscotland.com/pvgscheme/, the Disclosure Scotland website http://www.disclosurescotland.co.uk/pvg_index.html and the Central Registered Body in Scotland (CRBS) website (for the voluntary sector) http://www.crbs.org.uk/

 

Voluntary Sector Adult Protection sub-group (VSAPsg)

Information on this sub-group of the Voluntary Sector Forum can be found on the VSAPg page.

 

Further Information

MVA holds e-mail lists for a number of subjects, including Adult Protection, Disability, Domestic Abuse and Older People, and produces occasional e-briefings.

Recent copies of these e-briefings and a full list of e-briefings and targeted e-mail lists are available at the MVA Publications Ebriefings section. If you would like to be added to these, please complete the online form.

MVA Community Toolkit - lots of useful information and model documents - http://www.mvacvs.org.uk/mva/toolkit.html

If you experience problems downloading any documents, or unable to find the information you are looking for, or if you would like some help, please contact MVA’s Information Officer, Margaret Nisbet, who will do her best to help you.