This page contains an accessible, formatted version of the Salford Adult Social Care Standards. Alternatively you can view Salford Adult Social Care Statement of Standards – Poster, PDF version.

As adult health and social care professionals:

  • We keep hold of the ‘golden thread’ – working in partnership with Salford’s residents, focusing on their strengths and the lives that they want to live, and looking for community-based solutions whenever possible.
  • We will be guided by the Care Act principles, committing to co-production and the promotion of well-being and choice for the people of our city
  • We respect the rights of Salford’s citizens as defined in the Mental Capacity Act, Human Rights Act, Equality Act and other relevant legislation.
  • We respond to people’s preferences of how they would like us to communicate with them and how they would like us to work with them.
  • We ‘think family’, conscious that the people we are working with are members of families and diverse communities and of how important these relationships are to them.
  • We take a positive and enabling approach to assessing risk, remembering that people are ‘experts in their own lives’, and always being open to the possibilities of assistive technology and other innovative approaches.
  • We are proportionate when implementing any restrictions in a person’s support plan and keep looking for the least restrictive option.
  • We are alert to the things that people may struggle to share with us, using our professional curiosity to consider factors such as trauma and loneliness.
  • We challenge discrimination and oppression wherever we come across it, whether in the lives of our residents or in our own working relationships.
  • We advocate for the people we’re supporting when we’re working with other professionals within the Care Organisation, and with other agencies and stakeholders.

 

In making these commitments to our residents we also make the following commitments to each other:

  • We base our working relationships on the same values as our relationships with the people of Salford, promoting each other’s strengths and well-being.
  • We contribute to the welcome and development of new members of staff in whatever ways we can in our different roles.
  • We are reflective practitioners, taking full advantage of the opportunities that we are offered ourselves, and by creating opportunities for reflection for any colleagues that we supervise.
  • We keep looking for ways of making Salford a more inclusive place to work.
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Reading Confirmation

  • This form allows Adult Social Care staff to confirm they have read chapters in this APPP. This can be useful for newly employed staff as part of their induction, supervision, CPD and for team discussions for example.

    When you complete and submit the form, the confirmation will be emailed to you at the address provided.

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