Commonly Used Acronyms

A

• ASC: Adult Social Care 
• ACEs: Adverse Childhood Experiences 

B

• BAME: Black and Asian Minority Ethnicity (there is a shift away from using this terminology) 

C

• CAMHS: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
• CA: Carer's Allowance
• CARA: Cautioning and Relationship Abuse
• CCE : Child Criminal Exploitation
• CDOP: Child Death Overview Panel
• CEOP: Child Exploitation and Online Protection
• CHOG: Care Homes Oversight Group
• CMHT: Community Mental Health Team, part of Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
• CPO: Child Protection Order
• CRC: Community Rehabilitation Community (low level offenders)
• CSE: Child Sexual Exploitation

D

• DAPO: Domestic Abuse Protection order 
• DASS: Director of Adults Social Services 
• DCS: Director of Children's Services
• DHR: Domestic Homicide Review 
• DOLS: Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
• DVPN: Domestic Violence Protection Notice

E 

• ECHS: Extra Care Sheltered Housing

F

• FGM: Female Genital Mutilation

G

• GM ICB: Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board (also Greater Manchester Integrated Care Partnership
  and Greater Manchester Integrated Care System)
• GMMH: Greater Manchester Mental Health
• GMP: Greater Manchester Police

H

• HRP: High Risk Person 

I

• IMR: Individual Management Review used within the Domestic Homicide Review process
• IAG: Independent Advisory Group – run by GMP
• IDVA: Independent Domestic Violence Advisor 
• IIN: Impact and Implementation Network (sub-group of the SSAB)
• IMCA: Independent Mental Capacity Advocate
• IMHA: Independent Mental Health Advocate
• IMR: Independent Management Review 
• IOPS: Integrated Operational Police System 
• IRIS: Identification and Referral to Increase Safety (A programme to help GPs identify Domestic Violence and signpost to wider support services)
• ISVA: Independent Sexual Violence Advisor

L

• LPA: Lasting Power of Attorney
• LSAB: Local Safeguarding Adult Boards  
• LSCP: Local Safeguarding Children Partnership 

M

• MAPPA: Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements 
• MARAC: Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conference 
• MATS: Memory Assessment and Treatment Service
• MCA: Mental Capacity Act 2005
• MHA: Mental Health Act 2007 
• MHLT: Mental Health Liaison Team 
• MRI: Manchester Royal Infirmary

N

• NASS: National Asylum Support Services
• NCA: Northern Care Alliance
• NEET: Not in employment, education or training  
• NFA: No Fixed Abode (in housing) - can also mean no further action
• NHS GM ICB: NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board 
• NMGH: North Manchester General Hospital
• NWAS: North West Ambulance Service

O

• OoCD: Out of Court Disposal Framework 

P

• PCC: Police and Crime Commissioner  
• PI: Performance Indicator
• PIP: Personal Independence Payment 
• PiPoT: Person In Positions of Trust 

R

• RBH: Royal Bolton Hospital
• RCA: Root Cause Analysis  

S

• SAR: Safeguarding Adult Reviews 
• SCO: Salford Care Organisation, part of the Norther Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
• SEG: Safeguarding Effectiveness Group (sub-group of the SSAB)
• SEND: Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
• SHOP: Salford Housing Options Point
• SHRAP: Salford High Risk Advisory Panel 
• SI: Serious Incident 
• SIF/SI Framework: Serious Incident Framework 
• SIO: Senior Investigation officer 
• SMART: Specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and timely
• SPI: Special Procedure Investigation
• Squad: System used across Salford partners 
• SRFT: Salford Royal Foundation Trust 
• SSAB: Salford Safeguarding Adults Board 
• StEIS: Strategic Executive Information System  
• SWDG: Strategic Workforce Development Group (sub-group of the SSAB and Safeguarding Children's Partnership)

T

• TDAB: Tackling Domestic Abuse Board 

V

• VCSE: Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise Sector

Y

• YP: Young Person