Issue - meetings

RESOLVED:

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

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

Reason for Decisions:

These decisions demonstrate that the Council is well placed to fulfil its obligations under the Care Act to have an established Safeguarding Adults Board (SSAB) 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 Lifelong Learning Select Committee]

This report was presented to Cabinet by Mr Simon Turpitt, Independent Chair of the Surrey Safeguarding Adults Board (SSAB) which was a statutory Board with responsibilities set out in the Care Act 2014.  One of the Board’s statutory duties was to publish an Annual Report.  He explained how the appointment of a new Head of Safeguarding in Adult Social Care had given much positive confidence to both the SSAB and the service itself.  He explained how the client/person was always at the centre of the work of the SSAB. 

He described how the Board was working in cooperation with other Safeguarding Boards but particularly the Children’s Safeguarding Board (SSCB) to reduce duplication where this was possible.  He pointed out that each Safeguarding Board had its own statutory duties so they could not rule out duplication completely and that many of the people attending SSAB also attended others. There was to be joint platform on the web, shared by the SSAB and the Children’s’ Board, by December 2018.

He went on to say that a new action plan, to run from 2019-2022, was being drawn up and would be presented to a future meeting.

Members spoke about raising safeguarding awareness and Mr Turpitt explained how partner agencies and partner board were working on joint campaigns and urged Members to keep talking about safeguarding issues.  He would inform Members when the new joint web platform was in operation.

RESOLVED:

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

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

Reason for Decisions:

These decisions demonstrate that the Council is well placed to fulfil its obligations under the Care Act to have an established Safeguarding Adults Board (SSAB) 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.