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RESOLVED:
1. Cabinet endorses and adopts the revised
Safeguarding Policy.
2. Cabinet delegates authority to amend/update
this policy to ensure it remains compliant with legislation to a
member of the Executive Leadership Team in consultation with the
relevant portfolio holder.
 
RECOMMENDED:
3. Cabinet recommends that Full Council agree
changes to the Members’ Code of Conduct to include explicit
safeguarding responsibilities.
 
REASON FOR
DECISION:
 

·       
To ensure the Council continues to meet its statutory safeguarding
duties under the Children Act 2004 and the Care Act 2014, reflects
current guidance (Working Together 2023, Care and Support Statutory
Guidance 2024), and is prepared for anticipated duties in the
forthcoming Crime and Policing Bill 2025.

·       
The updated policy improves clarity and accountability, reflects
new safeguarding priorities (including domestic abuse, modern
slavery, cuckooing, self-neglect and hoarding), and provides
stronger support for staff wellbeing.