Issue - meetings

To submit the report of the Chair of the Strategic Safeguarding Panel.

1.    To accept the report that reports on the work of the Strategic Safeguarding Panel for the year 2022-23.⁠

2.    To note the revised Safeguarding Policy (Appendix 2) together with the revised Terms
of Reference for the Safeguarding Strategic Panel (Appendix 3).

The Cabinet Member for Corporate Support, Councillor Menna Trenholme, submitted the Annual Report of the Strategic Safeguarding Panel 2022-23 and noted that the Department had already started to prepare the 2023-34 report. It was noted that the report provided an overview of the work that had taken place by the Strategic Safeguarding Panel. 

Advantage was taken of the opportunity to raise awareness of the amended Safeguarding Policy which had been adopted during the past fortnight. It was noted that the Policy was included in appendix 2 of the report and as a result of the amended Policy, there had also been a change in the Terms of Reference seen in appendix 3.

Reference was made to one major change in the Policy, namely the difference between Protection and Safeguarding, whilst noting that the definitions could be seen in the Policy.

There were no observations or questions.