If you're an adult social care professional, service provider or statutory agency, find out how to make an adult social care referral to us.
If care arrangements have broken down (including unpaid carers) and you require an urgent or out-of-hours response.
Request an assessment for someone with care and support needs or an unpaid carer. We'll respond within office hours.
If an adult at risk is being abused or neglected.
Report someone who works, paid or unpaid, with adults with care and support needs and poses a risk of abuse or harm.
Urgent social care referral
If someone is at immediate risk of harm or care arrangements have broken down and they require an urgent response:
Call 0300 123 4042
Lines are open 24 hours a day
Non-urgent social care referral
Refer someone with care and support needs. You can also use this form to request a carer's assessment for an unpaid carer of a Hertfordshire resident.
We will respond to these referrals within office hours.
The form lets you attach supporting documents.
You can also call 0300 123 4042
Our office hours are:
Monday – Thursday 9am–5.30pm
Friday 9am–4.30pm
Safeguarding adults at risk
If an adult at risk is being abused or neglected, report it to us.
If it's urgent, call 0300 123 4042. Lines are open 24 hours a day.
If there is no immediate risk, but a police response is required, call 101 as soon as possible due to the seriousness of the incident or potential loss of evidence.
Who is an adult at risk?
An adult in need of care and support. This may be because they are older or have a mental health problem, a learning or physical disability and they are at risk of abuse or neglect.
How to make a good Safeguarding referral factsheet (PDF 140KB)
Safeguarding Flyer- February 2021 - Safeguarding everyones business (PDF 273KB)
Concerns about someone in a position of trust
A 'person in a position of trust' is anyone working or volunteering with adults who have care and support needs.
If a specific adult with care and support needs is at risk
If you have a concern that a specific, named person with care and support needs has been (or could be) abused by someone in a position of trust:
Make a safeguarding referral
If there is not a specific adult at risk
If you have a more general concern about a person in a position of trust, who may pose a risk to adults with care and support needs.
Organisations (i.e. employer, volunteer manager) - it is your responsibility to respond to these allegations. You must:
If you are not the employer, volunteer manager, or if the concerns relate to a personal assistant, or if you just need advice: