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This diagram helps explain safeguarding / whakahaumarutia to people who like images, pictures or diagrams, when seeking to understand a system.

The diagram’s V and A represent VisAble’s name: i.e. making violence, abuse and neglect and their impacts visible and enabling an intervention – in this case, safeguarding Adults at Risk from abuse. 

About the Safeguarding Framework diagram

On the left-hand side, the "V" stands for “Visible”. It shows safeguarding across the different levers - from prevention through to responding to violence, abuse and neglect - the pointy end of reducing family and sexual violence (FVSV).  

• The left hand side of the diagram is all about who to refer to (or make contact with) for safeguarding / whakahaumarutia support. 

On the right-hand, the "A" is all about the purpose of the safeguarding work: the aims, and actions and how we enable others to achieve the outcomes needed.  

• It all starts with keeping the person at the centre of the intervention (personal) – showing that what enables safety is community and relationships, as ultimately these impact the effectiveness of the services that are delivered to disabled people and the outcomes that are achieved.  

• The outcome being aimed for is that of a “systems change”  

• Such change needs to be centred on and/or driven by disabled people. 

• We aim that it would result in the establishment of policies and legislation specific to Adults at Risk, that would reduce violence, abuse and neglect.  

• Ideally, this would result in government-funded services (similar to those in Oranga Tamariki and Age Concern) where situations of concern could be notified and actioned.