Agenda item

The Independent Chair of the Barnsley Safeguarding Adults Board, Bob Dyson, attended the meeting to present the annual report on its activities during 2016/17.  The report highlighted achievements during the year and lessons learned, together with priorities and plans for the year to March 2018.

The meeting welcomed the independent review of the Board on the progress being made with adults safeguarding in Barnsley and welcomed the commitment of all partner agencies to work together to embed safeguarding in all their activities, particularly to support the work on early help.  The development of the adult safeguarding website was welcomed, particularly its simplicity and ease of navigation and the way that it linked to additional resources and support for those in need.

The meeting discussed the challenge of “making safeguarding personal”, which put the adult at the centre of all activity.  The need for effective tracking of provision, but with more measurement of outcomes rather than processes, was acknowledged.  Bob Dyson commented that the service had undertaken a self-assessment on progress against the requirements for making safeguarding personal and he considered that the progress being made in Barnsley was as good as that being made elsewhere, with the service aware of the issues and making good progress.

RESOLVED:-

(i)        that the annual report of the Safeguarding Adults Board for 2016/17 be received;

(ii)       that the progress being made on adult safeguarding in Barnsley as identified in the report be welcomed, particularly in respect of “making safeguarding personal”; and

(iii)      that the contribution and commitment of all partners in Barnsley to adults safeguarding be welcomed.