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Safeguarding Children and Adults at Risk of Abuse Report
Meeting: 21/04/2021 - Health and Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee (Item 62)
62 Safeguarding Children and Adults at Risk of Abuse Report 
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(Report of the Portfolio Holder for Regulatory and Community Safety)
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Minutes:
The Chair welcomed Councillor S Doyle, the Portfolio Holder for Regulatory and Community Safety, Ms J Sands, the Assistant Director Partnerships and Ms S Ivey, the Partnership Vulnerability Officer to the meeting to provide the second biannual safeguarding update to the Committee.
Councillor M Oates joined the meeting at 6.20pm.
Councillor Doyle introduced Ms Ivey who took the Committee through the Report and highlighted the following:
1. Details of the referrals made for the full year, which were reported to be 64 in total; 22 in respect of children and 42 in respect of adults. Compared to referrals in the previous municipal year, these numbers were slightly lower.
2. The ongoing safeguarding training, as well as the guidance embedded in the updated policy and procedures in respect of suicide awareness and prevention and briefing sessions in this regard for frontline staff.
3. The ongoing work with the partnership team at Newcastle Borough Council to develop safeguarding training webinars for taxi drivers.
4. The partnership approach to Modern Slavery, Human Trafficking and Contextual Safeguarding, including the partnership team’s involvement with the Staffordshire County Council Families First Child Exploitation Coordinator, and the additional projects which provided relevant support, including the Sapling project, the Vulnerable Adolescence Support Programme and Prevent work were highlighted.
5. The weekly partnership meeting and ongoing work with the Tamworth Vulnerability Partnership.
The Committee sought and received clarification on:
1. The impact of the pandemic on both the referral figures and working arrangements for staff, and it was reported that the above referral figures were those made by staff and that the safeguarding team through the partnership working arrangements were aware of a broader picture.
2. In terms of modern slavery, it was reported that the council co-operated with the tier 1 authority and worked closely with the local police.
RESOLVED to endorse the Report.
(Moved by Councillor R Ford and seconded by Councillor S Peaple)
The Committee thanked Councillor Doyle and the Officers for their presentation.
