Agenda item

Report of the Director of Community and Children’s Services

The Sub Committee received a report of the Director of Community & Children’s Services about the Adult Social Care (ASC) Safeguarding Improvement Plan compiled following an independent quality assurance review of safeguarding commissioned by both the City and Hackney. While the independent freelance consultant commissioned to undertake the review made no specific recommendations for the City of London, an Improvement Plan was drafted to support the implementation of key development areas for safeguarding practice, which were agreed for annual review by this Sub Committee. Members noted that the same consultant had been re-commissioned to return in January 2015 to carry out a City-specific audit of ASC safeguarding, which had a far wider remit.

In response to Members’ questions, officers reported that the completed audit forms were not publically available but would remain on file as a tool for ongoing measurement and development. Officers advised Members of the statutory nature of adult safeguarding under the impending implementation of the Care Act in April 2015 when Safeguarding Adult Boards would become statutory.

RESOLVED – That the report and Improvement Plan be noted.