Adult Support and Protection (ASP) is everyone's business. This seven-minute briefing sets out what ASP is, defines an adult at risk, sets out the legal framework and contains several links to further resources.
This is an ASPire webinar from February 2026. It launches the National Adult Support and Protection Learning and Development Framework.
This is an ASPire webinar from February 2026. Its theme is Adult Support and Protection in supported settings.
This is an ASPire webinar from January 2026. Its themes are supported self-evaluation, notably of adults for whom it is difficult to determine the three-point criteria, and risk assessment. The focus is especially on adults where there are escalating risks, repeated presentations or continuous referral to services.
This is an ASPire webinar from October 2025. Its theme is the Most Significant Change (MSC) model. This is a storytelling approach to gathering and exploring change outcomes. This approach can capture complexity and explore outcomes in ways that go beyond being 'moved' by someones experiences. The session is led by Nick Andrews (Swansea University).
This is an ASPire webinar from August 2025. Its theme is sharing positive case studies and strength-based practice in Adult Support and Protection. It has sessions from Dundee HSCP (on strength-based practitioner reflection); South Ayrshire HSCP (on GIFRE - Getting It Right For Everyone); Stirling & Clacks HCSP (on hearing the family voice in Learning Reviews) and Iriss (on focusing on the good within ASP Joint Inspection Reports).
Slides for all sessions are also attached.
This is an ASPire webinar from May 2025. Its theme is commercial sexual exploitation (CSE) and human trafficking. It has sessions from Operation Begonia (Police Scotland and Scottish Government's collaborative approach to challenging demand for prostitution and supporting those with experience of it); the Women's Support Project (on making the links between CSE and other forms of violence against women and girls) and the TARA project (on human trafficking and exploitation in Scotland).
This comms and information pack accompanies the theme of ASPire 2025, financial harm affecting older adults. It links with the video designed to raise awareness of the issue. The main comms pack contains ideas for social media posts related to financial harm, useful numbers for the public, images that can be used on local information and Zoom / Teams background templates.
This is an ASPire webinar from February 2025. Its theme is financial harm affecting older adults. It has sessions on multi-agency shared learning from the outcome of the McCulloch Brothers Review (Highland), financial harm, adult Protection and decision-making (Dr Melanie Durowse), and explaining the role of the Office of the Public Guardian in relation to financial harm affecting older adults (Fiona Brown). Slides for selected sessions are also attached.
This seven-minute briefing is a primer for all staff working in health on Adult Support and Protection in Scotland. Key information on the responsibilities of health staff, the legal framework of ASP, information sharing, and health leadership is included. There are also links to further learning and guidance.
The briefing supports the RCGP safeguarding standards for general practice.
