AEFM Whistleblowing
Any member of staff who witnesses or suspects abuse by another member of staff should report the matter without delay to their supervisor or manager. The manager will accept responsibility for the actions that follow and will assure the “whistleblower” that they have acted correctly by reporting the matter, will not be victimised and their confidentiality assured unless there are overriding eg legal reasons for disclosing their identity.
Please complete the form below to report anything that you feel a staff member, manager or anyone employed/associated by AEFM is doing or has done in the past. This may also include people not directly connected to AEFM .
If it is suspected that a criminal act might have been committed, the situation should be reported to the police immediately.
AEFM also accepts the right and obligation of any staff member, who thinks that their concerns are not being or might not be properly responded to or addressed, to report their concerns to an outside authority. This could be the police, the local safeguarding adults authority or the CQC. Each of these organisations can be expected to respond in line their respective procedures. Again, in line with its Public Disclosure Interest Act responsibilities, AEFM will not penalise or victimise any staff member who responsibly reports their concerns in any of these ways.