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seek opportunities to work together. Cllr Jim Beall (JB) enquired if there were any changes
imminent for the SABs; there are none known at the moment.

 Deputy Chair
Jill Harrison (JH) has offered to be Deputy Chair for the Board. It was previously suggested that
the Deputy would not be from a Local Authority (LA), however it was felt that the Terms of
Reference (ToR) should be amended to reflect this change. JH was formally accepted as Deputy
Chair.

 Independent Chair Appraisal
Ann Workman (AW) and Neil Schneider (Chief Executive of Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council)
met with Ann Baxter (AB) in October for her appraisal. AW reflected that a minimal number of 360
feedback forms were completed by Board Members, but for those that were submitted, AB was
highly commended. AB notified members of her intention to step down as Independent Chair in
March 2020. AB explained that she was keen to continue to influence the development of joint
working relationships between the new children’s safeguarding partnerships and TSAB, therefore
it would be timely to start the recruitment process in June 2019. AB advised that following a
handover period she will step down earlier if appropriate.

 Regional Peer Review Feedback (c/f)
CQC are continuing to carry out visits and agencies are awaiting feedback. AB requested that any
peer review findings are brought to the Board for consideration.

 Links with MAPPA – Transforming Care (c/f)
AW explained that there was a meeting scheduled, but did not take place. AW will follow up on
this action.
Action Points Action Owner Deadline
1. ToR to be amended to the following; The TSAB will appoint a LG 15/11/18
Vice Chair from the membership of the TSAB.
2. Peer Review findings to be brought to a future Board meeting AW TBC
3. AW to chase links with MAPPA/Transforming Care AW 18/12/18

Agenda Item 3 Update from the Sub-Groups Presenter: Sub-Group Chairs
Communication & Engagement (CE) – Steve Rose (SR)

 Chairing Arrangements
SR is now Chair of the CE Sub-Group. SR advised that there has not been a meeting since the
last Board, however he has met with Lorraine Garbutt (LG) and Martin Crow (MC) to discuss the
work plan and direction for the Sub-Group. The priority for the group will be to ensure that key
messages are shared and that they are effective and dynamic. SR asked if another voluntary
sector representative could attend to ensure that SR has a certain level of independence when
chairing. SR is keen to establish the strengths for each agency that attends and to utilise and
share across other organisations to deliver against the Board’s Strategic Plan. SR made a plea to
agencies to (whenever possible) send the same representative to each meeting to improve
consistency.

 Communication & Engagement Strategy
MC talked through the key areas of the Communication & Engagement Strategy. MC explained
that there is now more emphasis on ‘think family’ and looking at ways to work together with
children’s safeguarding. The list of stakeholder groups has been slightly amended and the target
groups for this year have been highlighted. Helen Smithies (HS) commented that the stakeholder
groups that are not being prioritised are being picked up in other areas and it should be noted that
effort is not being duplicated.

MC highlighted that the number of hits on the Board’s website continues to increase and is
becoming a very well used resource, predominantly by professionals. October 2018 has been the
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