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busiest month to date with over 8,000 views – this is double the amount of views from the same
period last year. AW encouraged members to retweet messages from the Board.

The CE Sub-Group will link to relevant national awareness campaigns, this includes a proposal to
run two Safeguarding Champion events; one in February 2019 and one in June 2019. The
Safeguarding Champion events will invite those who volunteered at the Learning & Networking
events and also champions identified within care settings. A survey will be circulated to existing
champions to determine what would help them in their organisations and establish if there are any
gaps. It is hoped to pull together a toolkit (a suite of useful safeguarding information) for champions
to disseminate and share learning within their organisation. MC advised that there has also been
some conversations with the Police Crime Commissioner’s (PCC) Office to enquire if they would
be interested in jointly delivering a conference on Modern Day Slavery – they have expressed an
interest to work together. The training events will be discussed at the next Learning Training &
Development Sub-Group for approval.

Sharon Caddell (SC) informed members that there is a Teeswide Communication & Engagement
Strategy for Domestic Abuse and that this will link in to the Board’s CE Strategy.

Members approved the CE Strategy.

AB advised that she has been approached by the Tees All Age Autism Partnership to ask if they
can link in with the Board. Members were unaware of the Tees Autism group and were unsure
who from their organisation attended. Louise Grabham (LGr) indicated that Local Authorities and
Health are represented. AB suggested that a representative from the Autism Group attends a
future Board meeting to discuss the new statutory guidance, the Tees Autism Framework and
links to hate crime, self-neglect and vulnerability.

Learning Training & Development – Lorraine Garbutt

 Safeguarding Champion Events
Covered above.

Operational Leads (OL) – Lorraine Garbutt

 Mental Capacity Act (MCA) Survey Results
The purpose of the survey was to establish how well MCA is embedded into practice. This is also
to be provided as evidence against the SAR3 Action Plan. A survey was circulated to front line
practitioners via the Operational Leads members. It was agreed to complete the survey through
supervision and group discussions in order to collate as much information as possible. There were
186 responses in total. The findings provide assurance that front line professionals are confident
in applying MCA into working practice. There are useful suggestions of what would make applying
MCA much easier in their roles, such as examples of case studies, exemplar capacity
assessments etc. The findings will be taken to the PPP, LTD and SAR Sub-Group for
consideration.

LG explained that the Regional Local Implementations Network (LIN) has requested a copy of the
report and have asked if the survey template can be shared so it can be circulated on a wider
scale. Board members agreed.

 Multi-Agency Audit Report (RCBC)
The OL Sub-Group has a multi-agency audit programme that focuses on specific themes. For this
particular audit the focus was Incidents between Residents and RCBC were the Lead LA. The key
findings were discussed. Members felt that the actions taken in this case were fair and
proportionate.

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