Policies and Procedsures Subgroup terms of reference
Purpose
Following enactment of the Care Act 2014 to produce inter-agency policies and procedures that reflect national and where appropriate regional policies and guidance and which promote the effective and consistent practice across organisations working with adults at risk within Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent.
Remit
The Sub-Group is a formally constituted arm of the SSASPB. It fulfills the following responsibilities and will:
- Update existing policies and procedures responding to changes to the national framework and local requirements.
- Produce new policies and procedures where required to reflect national policy.
- Seek Board approval for policies and procedures prior to their implementation.
- Ensure policies and procedures reflect the lessons learned from both local and national adult safeguarding reviews.
- Promote the effective implementation of policies and procedures by developing and maintaining positive liaison with other SSASPB Sub-Groups through membership of the Executive sub-group.
- Implement SSASPB owned policies and procedures effectively with the purpose of improving outcomes for adults at risk.
- Maintain awareness of the impact of all adult safeguarding policies and procedures on other areas of work with adults at risk to ensure consistency across all services.
Membership and Accountability
The Sub-Group will:
- Be comprised of named representatives of key partner agencies of the Board who have sufficient knowledge of the practice of adult safeguarding and interagency working.
- Be extended to other organisations by agreement of the Board.
- Be Chaired by a member or officer of the Board and will elect a Vice Chair. The chair will be a member of the Executive Sub-Group and will attend executive meetings. The vice Chair will act in the Chair’s absence.
- Keep in contact virtually when necessary.
- Be accountable to the Executive via the Chair and vice chair.
- Be attended by the Board Manager and the Administrator to the Board.
Principles
The sub-group will retain a focus on adults with needs for care and support as defined by the Care Act 2014 to its work and have a regard for to racial diversity, language, culture, sexual identity, age and gender in its approach to all its performance monitoring activities.
Approved February 2022