Issue - meetings

RESOLVED:

1.          That the attached Surrey Safeguarding Adults Board Annual Report be considered and noted prior to it being published.

2.          That the next steps for the publication of the Annual report be agreed.

Reasons for Decisions:

These recommendations demonstrate that the Council is well placed to fulfil its obligations under the Care Act to have an established Safeguarding Adults Board in its area.

It will support the SSAB to be transparent by providing information to the public on the performance of the Board in the delivery of its strategic plan.

[The decisions on this item can be called in by the Adults and Health Select Committee]

The Surrey Safeguarding Adults Board (SSAB) is a statutory Board with responsibilities set out in the Care Act 2014.

The Board is chaired by an independent chairman, Mr Simon Turpitt, who attended the meeting and was invited to introduce the report. He considered that this was a progressive report with many positive achievements. He said that Safeguarding was good in Surrey and that the Board continued to work closely with its partners. He also said that this year, the Board had started to look independently at the way the main agencies worked, starting with Adult Social Care. This had highlighted areas of good practice and opportunities to improve.

When asked for examples of closer working with the Children’s Safeguarding Board, he said that there was some overlap and that he didn’t want to see duplication of work but the Board would be working towards sharing training, a joint challenge event and transitions.

He confirmed that every Board meeting had a representative from the Children’s Safeguarding Board but the aim was to achieve more joint collaboration. He also highlighted Appendix E to the Board’s report (Surrey Safeguarding Adults Board Annual Plan 2017 – 18) and agreed to include, as one of the key priorities for the Board – Co-operation and Partnership with both Boards, which would enable closer working together.

When asked by Cabinet Members about any areas of concern, Mr Turpitt confirmed that he was happy with the support that the Board received from its partners and that he had no area of concern that he wished to highlight.

RESOLVED:

1.          That the attached Surrey Safeguarding Adults Board Annual Report be considered and noted prior to it being published.

2.          That the next steps for the publication of the Annual report be agreed.

Reasons for Decisions:

These recommendations demonstrate that the Council is well placed to fulfil its obligations under the Care Act to have an established Safeguarding Adults Board in its area.

It will support the SSAB to be transparent by providing information to the public on the performance of the Board in the delivery of its strategic plan.