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SR advised that the next CE meeting is on 4 March and a meeting has been scheduled with LG to discuss
the agenda.

Members formally approved the Protecting Adults from Sexual Abuse and Exploitation leaflet.

Learning Training & Development (LTD) – Jill Harrison
 Conference
A Multi-Agency Task & Finish Group has been established to plan the conference that will take place on
16 October at the Riverside Stadium. The title will be Understanding Exploitation Across Tees and the
event will cover a range of topics associated with exploitation. The target audience will be team managers
and middle managers across a number of stakeholders; including children and adults services, police and
businesses linked to the night time economy as well as health and education. There are only 150 places
available and therefore a targeted approach will be used to publicise. JH expects that the event will be
oversubscribed and a sifting process will be adopted to ensure that there is a good mix of places offered
across partner agencies. JG felt that it was very positive to see that the TSAB are reaching out to engage
with colleagues in children’s services.

 Virtual College Licenses
The Virtual College e-learning contract has been extended for one year in partnership with the
Safeguarding Children Boards. We have exceeded the 10,000 licenses purchased, however it was noted
that the courses on offer cover a broad range of topics and from April the scope will be reduced to focus
on safeguarding courses. The contract will be put out for tender in 2020.

Operational Leads (OL) – Lorraine Garbutt
 Self-Neglect Guidance
The Self-Neglect Guidance has been reviewed to ensure that where high risk panels (or equivalent) are
not yet in place there needs to be another mechanism to escalate and manage these complex cases. The
importance of multi-agency information sharing has been reinforced. LG explained that ECINS (a multi-
agency case management system) still features as it is deemed particularly useful for organisations that
span across Tees, however it was noted that ECINS has not been adopted by all partners. The flowchart
has been updated to make the process clearer and to emphasise the desired outcomes for individuals.
LG explained that useful links to other websites and the link to the Board’s training information still needs
to be included.

Members formally approved the Self-Neglect Guidance.

 Domestic Abuse – Themed Discussion
Sharon Caddell (SC) attended the meeting in January to talk to members about various issues regarding
MARAC and changes to MATAC. Domestic Abuse has also been identified as a topic for the multi-agency
audits.

 Development Session
The OL Development Session will take place on 21 March 2019 and will be similar to the Board’s
Development Day. The session will focus on what we have achieved and what we can do in the future,
this will help to inform the Board’s Strategic Plan. LG explained that one of the exercises will be to review
an example of a SAR Notification as if they are members of the SAR Sub-Group. It is hoped that this
activity will help members to understand what needs to be included within a SAR Notification and improve
the quality of those being submitted.

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