People in Position of Trust (PiPoT)

"People in Positions of Trust" are those "that work, in either in a paid or unpaid capacity, with adults with care and support needs" (Care and support statutory guidance). 

The Care Act 2014 requires the local authority's relevant partners, and those providing universal care and support services, to have clear policies in place for dealing with allegations against anyone working in a position of trust, and also places a requirement on the Safeguarding Adults Board to establish and agree a framework for how allegations should be notified and responded to.

Allegations could include instances where a person working with adults with care and support needs has:

• behaved in a way that has harmed, or may have harmed an adult or child
• possibly committed a criminal offence against, or related to, an adult or child
• behaved towards an adult or child in a way that indicates they may pose a risk of harm to adults with care and support needs

Blackpool Safeguarding Adult Board is currently refreshing the multi-agency framework for managing allegations against a Person in a Position of Trust, and it will be published here once finalised.  The guidance is intended as an overarching framework which sets standards around the management of allegations, supporting by clear reporting requirements and arrangements across the whole system, including clear information sharing arrangements and explicit timescales for action.  Individual organisations will have in place their own business processes, policies and procedures detailing how the framework is implemented internally.