Making Safeguarding Personal
Making Safeguarding Personal (MSP) is a national approach. It promotes responses to safeguarding situations that:
- enhance involvement, choice and control
- improve quality of life, wellbeing and safety
It is about seeing people as experts in their own lives. This means working alongside them to identify the outcomes they want. It helps them to resolve their situation and supports their recovery.
Person-centred approach
MSP emphasises the importance of a person-centred approach. It adopts the principle of ‘no decision about me, without me’.
A person-led approach accepts that to make choices and manage risks, people require:
- different levels of support
- personalised information
- advocacy support, if needed
Local guidance
Making Safeguarding Personal guidance
We developed this guidance as a recommendation from the Adult B SAR. It includes advice on how to respond when you cannot see a person alone and suspect coercion:
Making Safeguarding Personal guidance [151.4 KB] [pdf]
Making Safeguarding Personal leaflets
Our public leaflets explain our approach to safeguarding and what happens in a safeguarding enquiry:
Making Safeguarding Personal leaflet [656.2 KB] [pdf]
Easy Read - Making Safeguarding Personal leaflet [1.3 MB] [pdf]
Making Safeguarding Personal podcast
Brighton and Hove SAB have developed a 7-minute podcast on MSP. It offers tips on putting MSP into practice:
Making Safeguarding Personal podcast
National guidance
Making Safeguarding Personal | Local Government Association
The LGA have produced a range of resources, including a toolkit, case studies, videos and a briefing on MSP.
