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Recommendation from the meeting of the Social Overview and Scrutiny Committee on 17 January 2018 on endorsement of new policies.

Recommendation from the meeting of the Social Overview and Scrutiny Committee on 17 January 2018 on endorsement of new policies.

(1)        The Decision Taken

RESOLVED:

That the new safeguarding policies be approved, as recommended by the Social Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

(2)        Reasons for the Decision

Two new policies had been developed to set out the Council’s approach to safeguarding children and safeguarding adults at risk.

The policies were developed to reflect the recommendations of the County’s safeguarding boards.  Previously there was one single safeguarding policy to cover the approach to safeguarding both vulnerable adults and children, however best practice was to have two separate policies.

The policies had been developed by the Council’s new safeguarding steering group, created following the re-integration of housing services with the intention to have a standardised approach across all Council teams.

The new policies reflected all the current definitions for vulnerable adults and children, including people at risk from radicalisation and modern slavery.

The policies reflected the Council’s obligations under current legislation and set out the commitment to work with partners to help protect the people who lived in the Borough from abuse and exploitation.

The implementation of the policies would be the responsibility of the Council’s Safeguarding Steering Group.

(Note:  There were no declarations of interest by a Member(s) in respect of the matter decided).