Issue - meetings

Arising from a report of the Director of Corporate Affairs and Business Transformation, the Community Policy Development Group has made the following recommendation: that it had reviewed the policy and noted that no amendments had been made to the policy in the last 12 months.

Arising from a *report of the Director of Corporate Affairs and Business Transformation, the Community Policy Development Group had requested that following review it be noted that no amendments had been made to the policy in the last 12 months.

The Cabinet Member for the Working Environment and Support Services outlined the contents of the report stating that this was an annual report, the policy had been reviewed and there had been no amendments.

Consideration was given to whether DBS checks should be made mandatory for councillors and it was requested that a further report be prepared for consideration by the Cabinet.

RESOLVED that the report be noted.

(Proposed by the Chairman)

Note:  *Report previously circulated, copy attached to minutes.

To provide Members with the updated Safeguarding Policy and a review of best practice.

The Group had before it the *Devon District Council's Joint Safeguarding Policy and MDDC Guidance and Procedures. The Director of Corporate Affairs and Business Transformation explained that the report had been initially issued under the incorrect Cabinet Member portfolio but this would be rectified before it was presented to the Cabinet.

The Senior Human Resources Business Partner explained that it was an annual report and detailed the progress over the previous 12 months. She stated that there were no changes to the policy and that there were three main area’s of consideration:

·         Safeguarding policy

·         Training – All required training had been completed

·         Monitoring – There were 12 reported instances in 2019-2020

The PDG therefore:

RECOMMENDED to Cabinet that the Group had reviewed the policy and noted that no amendments had been made to the policy in the last 12 months.

(Proposed by the Chairman)

Note: * Devon District Council's Joint Safeguarding Policy and MDDC Guidance and Procedures previously circulated and attached to the minutes