Membership
There are three statutory member organisations of the Derbyshire Safeguarding Adults Board (DSAB), which are:
In addition, the DSAB has representation from the following organisations:
- Age UK Derby and Derbyshire
- Board Manager
- Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Cloverleaf Advocacy
- Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust
- Derbyshire County Council Community Safety
- Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service
- Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Derbyshire Voluntary Action
- DHU Healthcare
- Diocese of Derby
- East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust
- Healthwatch Derbyshire
- HMP and YOI Foston Hall
- HMP Sudbury
- Housing/Environmental Health (District Councils)
- Independent Chair
- National Probation Service Derbyshire
- Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner Derbyshire
- University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Advisors to the Board are:
- Care Quality Commission
- Derbyshire County Council Legal Department
Independent Chair - Amanda Clarke
Amanda Clarke took up the post as the Independent Chair for Derbyshire Safeguarding Adults Board on 13 January 2025.
Amanda has had a varied career in safeguarding. She has worked with Nottinghamshire Police, the NSPCC, the Diocese of Derby and, since 2016, as an independent safeguarding advisor completing Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHRs), Safeguarding Adult Reviews (SARs) and Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews (CSPRs) across the country.
Until 2024, Amanda was the Independent Chair of Rochdale Borough Safeguarding Adults Board and Rochdale Borough Safeguarding Children Partnership, being in that role since 2019.
Originally from Nottinghamshire, Amanda now lives in Derby and is married to a retired Derbyshire police officer; they have two children.
Amanda said:
" I am so pleased to be working in Derbyshire, which is a place where I have a long connection through work and homelife. It makes sense for me to try and make a difference in the area where I live.
"I hopefully bring experience and knowledge to Derbyshire Safeguarding Adults Board. I am looking forward to collaborating with all partners who play such an important role within the Board. I am sure we can build on the good foundations which are already in place in the county.
"My role as Independent Chair is exactly that. I am truly independent and I support and encourage partners to work well together for the benefit of adults with care and support needs. It is my job to hold member agencies to account, ensuring that they do what they say they are going to do in responding to issues of abuse and neglect in the adult world.
"Partnership work has been a large part of my career and I still believe it is the way forward; if every individual and every agency or voluntary group takes responsibility for making adult safeguarding everyone’s business, we will really make a difference to Derbyshire residents."