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Agenda item

Safeguarding Policy - Progress Report and Policy Review

To carry out pre-decision and policy review scrutiny of the Safeguarding Policy prior to its consideration by the Cabinet.

Minutes:

The Chairperson welcomed Councillor Chris Weaver (Cabinet Member for Finance, Modernisation and Performance and Chair of the Corporate Safeguarding Board), Claire Marchant (Director of Social Services) and Alys Jones (Operational Manager, Safeguarding) to the meeting.

 

The Chairperson invited Councillor Weaver to make a statement in which he highlighted the fact that Safeguarding spans all Directorates and it is important that the requirements of the policy are understood by all.

 

Members of the Committee were provided with a presentation (Corporate Safeguarding Policy & Progress Report) which outlined a number of matters including the key achievements to date and the future work programme.

 

The Committee were invited to comment, seek clarification or raise questions on the information received. Those discussions were summarised as follows:

 

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Members discussed some examples of safeguarding issues that have been raised, Officers referred to an example of concern being raised about a taxi driver.  Consideration has had to been given as to what arrangements the local authority have in place to address such issues and the procedure for either preventing such a person being a taxi driver or ensuring that safeguarding procedures are in place.  Officers also referred to an example of a refuse collector collection rubbish and becoming aware of a child at the home being in a distressed state.  It is recognising a potential problem and reporting it to enable it to investigated.

 

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Members expressed concerns as to whether a small team, such as licensing, have the capacity to fully realise the safeguarding aspirations but noted that it is necessary to ensure that safeguarding is embedded to ensure that all staff have an understanding of their responsibility and what is required.

 

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Members noted that basic safeguarding awareness training was being provided, the training can be accessed by staff with devices, for those who do not have access separate training is being provided.

 

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Members queried the correlation between the policy and the Prevent Strategy.  It was noted that whilst it does have it is problems work is ongoing with partners to ensure that training is being conducted correctly.  When considering the statutory requirements it is vital that training elements are joined up.

 

AGREED – That the Chairperson writes to the Cabinet Member on behalf of the Committee expressing their comments and observations discussed during the Way Forward.

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