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Following a report of the Director of Business Improvement and Operations, the Community Policy Development Group has made the following recommendations: That the Safeguarding Children’s and Adults at Risk Policy and Procedures be adopted.

Following a report of the Director of Business Improvement and Operations, the Community Policy Development Group had made the following recommendation: that the Safeguarding Children’s and Adults at Risk Policy and Procedures be adopted.

The Cabinet Member for the Working Environment and Support Services outlined the contents of the report stating that over the last year the number of referrals and allegations made by officers totalled 41 incidents, 33 of the referrals had been made by the Housing Service.

Consideration was given to the work of the Housing Officers, their daily dealings with the public and how proactive they had been in recognising issues.

RESOLVEDthat the Safeguarding Children’s and Adults at Risk Policy and Procedures be adopted.

(Proposed by Cllr C J Eginton and seconded by Cllr Mrs C P Daw)

Reason for the decision: To ensure that the Council met its legal obligations in respect to safeguarding and child protection

Note: *Report previously circulated and attached to the minutes

To provide Members with an update on Safeguarding and a review of best practice.

The Group had before it a *report from the Director of Business Transformation & Operations providing an update on Safeguarding  Children’s and Adults at Risk Policy and procedures and a review of best practice.

The Corporate Safeguarding Officer provided an overview of the report and stated that there had been no amendments this year and that the audit findings had demonstrated ‘reasonable assurance’.

Consideration was given to:

·         That the process was outlined in the Policy and Guidance

·         There were specific processes when housing known sex offenders which included robust risk assessments for each individual case

It was therefore RECOMMENDED to the Cabinet that the Safeguarding Children’s and Adults at Risk Policy and Procedures be adopted.

(Proposed by the Chairman)

Reason for the decision: To ensure that the Council met its legal obligations in respect to safeguarding and child protection

Note: *report previously circulated and attached to the minutes