Safeguarding Adults in Care Conference 2021

Liz Anderson is Head of Quality and Safeguarding at Family Action, with responsibility for the implementation of a Quality Assurance Framework covering over 150 diverse services for adults and children. In her previous role, as an independent consultant, she led service reviews at a number of statutory, voluntary and private sector organisations. These reviews involved examining safeguarding policies and procedures, governance arrangements, and response to incidents, and making recommendations to help organisations formulate improvement plans Liz has also worked with housing associations, CCGs and NHS Trusts to examine quality assurance processes and organisations’ investigation of, response to and learning from serious incidents. she has worked as a Specialist advisor to the CQC and has acted as Safeguarding Lead on a number of inspections Liz has frontline experience of working in child protection and safeguarding adult and a strong academic background with a Master’s degree in Social Work, from Royal Holloway, and a Master’s degree in Social and Political Sciences from the University of Cambridge.

Neil has worked as a regulatory lawyer in the health and social care sector for over twenty-five years, developing a national reputation in dealing with complex large-scale enquiries often involving multiple agencies such as the Care Quality Commission, local authorities and the police. Neil’s approach is both strategic and evidence based, aimed at resolving and improving matters in the interests of service users, providers and other stakeholders. Although Neil only acts for providers, not regulators, commissioners or service users, his advice is informed by having acted in the past for inspectorates and other public bodies at a very senior level. He also has a particular interest in Regulatory Policy and how it impacts on the sector, not always benevolently. In terms of operational matters, Neil is experienced in dealing with all types of regulatory and contractual action taken against providers, including cancellation of registration, regulatory prosecutions, safeguarding and commissioning disputes. Over and above his litigation experience, Neil is also a non-contentious lawyer who can advise on technical registration issues and undertake due diligence as part of commercial transactions.

Seamus is an independent Safeguarding Adults Trainer and Consultant who works across a number of Local Authorities in London and the South East and has worked within the health and social care field for over 22 years. A qualified trainer and coach, Seamus has specialised in Safeguarding since 2004, he has a proven track record in the delivery and promotion of safe, high-quality services that support positive outcomes for service users, carers, families and the organisations that support them.

The expert presenter and author. Tim Dallinger is Director of Social Care Consultants Ltd, which brings together first-hand experience of owning, managing and working in care settings. This brings together knowledge of best practice and current legislation to offer a range of services to care setting operators, their managers and staff team. You can find out more information here: www.socialcareconsultants.co.uk