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Districts Terms of Reference

The sub-group is accountable to the Gloucestershire Safeguarding Children Partnership (GSCP) and the Gloucestershire Safeguarding Adults Board (GSAB) and supports them to fulfil their statutory responsibilities to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of local arrangements to safeguard and protect children and adults in need of care and support.

1. Purpose: To ensure that all Gloucestershire’s District Councils are meeting their duties and obligations under the Children Act 2004 and Working Together to Safeguard Children and the Care Act 2014, increasing the visibility of the district council statutory Safeguarding functions in the work of the GSCP and GSAB.

2. Membership: Subgroup membership will include as a minimum appropriate representation from

·       Stroud District Council

·       Tewksbury Borough Council

·       Forest of Dean District Council

·       Cheltenham Borough Council

·       Cotswold District Council

·       Gloucester City Council

·       Safeguarding Adults Board Business Manager

·     Partnerships Business Manager and/or GSCP Assistant Business manager

·           Partnerships allocated Business Support Officer

3. Quoracy: As a minimum four of the six districts must be in attendance. Quoracy can be determined at the discretion of the Chair as relating to the current agenda.

4. Key Objectives:

  •       Oversight on the requirements under the Children Act 2004 Section 11 to report to the GSCP on the collective district arrangements for safeguarding
  •     Reviewing S3 Licencing Act requirements and making recommendations to the GSCP on its implementation and oversight.
  •      Mobilising specific ‘task and finish’ groups as need appropriates.  
  •    Liaison over the completion of the GSAB Self-Assessment Audit for Partner Agencies (including District Councils). 
  •      Sharing learning from Safeguarding Adult Reviews (as necessary/relevant). 
  •     To be inclusive and collaborative within agencies and organisations, recognising and sharing good practice across the Partnership. 

5. Frequency of meetings: Four times per year to align with quarterly meeting of the GSCP Management Group.  The sub-group may choose to meet more frequently. up to six times a year, dependent upon current need

6. Other Information: Chair to attend the GSCP Management Group representing the subgroup. Chair to ensure that the GSCP Partnership Analysis Report subgroup update is submitted on time to inform the Management Group and Executive of activity and exceptions reporting. Chair to meet with the allocated Business Support Officer pre and post subgroup meeting to sign off on the agenda, papers, action log and decision log

·    Chair to rotate on a 12 monthly basis between Districts

 

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