Issue - meetings
Oxfordshire Safeguarding Children Board/Oxfordshire Safeguarding Adult Board Section 11 Review and Endorsement
Meeting: 15/11/2018 - Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Item 31)
Report of Executive Director – Wellbeing
Purpose of report
To provide the committee with an opportunity to note and endorse the draft Cherwell District Council Section 11 return ahead of its submission to the Oxfordshire Safeguarding Children Board (OSCB) and Oxfordshire Safeguarding Adults Board (OSAB).
Recommendations
The meeting is recommended:
1.1 To note and endorse the Cherwell District Council Section 11 return to be submitted alongside a summary of the outcomes of a practitioner survey carried out on front line staff (appendix 1) and a summary of safeguarding training (appendix 2).
Additional documents:
- Appendix 1 Oxfordshire Safeguarding Self-assessment 2018, item 31
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- Appendix 2 Practitioner Questionnaire Summary, item 31
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- Appendix 3 Training Summary, item 31
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Decision:
Resolved
(1) That the contents of the report be noted.
(2) That the Cherwell District Council Section 11 return be endorsed for submission alongside a summary of the outcomes of a practitioner survey carried out on front line staff and a summary of safeguarding training.
Minutes:
The Committee considered a report of the Executive Director, Wellbeing which gave details of the draft Cherwell District Council Section 11 return ahead of its submission to the Oxfordshire Safeguarding Children Board (OSCB) and Oxfordshire Safeguarding Adults Board (OSAB).
In response to Members’ comments regarding the number of councillors who had completed the Safeguarding training, the Assistant Director, Communities confirmed that if Members provided copies of certificates of the Home Office e-learning Prevent Training completed through their employment, figures in the report would be adjusted to reflect this. The Safeguarding Officer confirmed that a training seminar was scheduled for 7 February 2019 on safeguarding which would also cover Prevent training.
Resolved
(1) That the contents of the report be noted.
(2) That the Cherwell District Council Section 11 return be endorsed for submission alongside a summary of the outcomes of a practitioner survey carried out on front line staff and a summary of safeguarding training.