Transcript HPFT PPT - Hertfordshire Partnership

Hertfordshire Partnership
NHS Foundation Trust
Safeguarding Adults & Children
Board Presentation
Lorraine Wiener & Jemima Burnage
19th October 2011
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NHS Foundation Trust
Trust statement of responsibility for Safeguarding
As a Trust we are committed to ensuring
children and adults are protected and come to
no harm from abuse. All employees have a
responsibility to be aware of national and local
policies, their individual responsibilities with
regards to the protection and safeguarding of
both adults and children, and must adhere to
them at all times.
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Duties, Responsibilities & Requirements
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Ensure implementation of Interagency Policies
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Provide a suitable infrastructure to support safeguarding activities
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Provide Mandatory Training
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Patient care-clinical standards-achieving high quality care
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Regulations- CQC Outcome 7
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Legislation- Children Act, s.11, Human Rights Act; Equality Act; MCA
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Cost effectiveness- harm, neglect and abuse costs lives & organisational reputation
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Safe Recruitment procedures
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Service development takes account of individuals, families, children and young peoples welfare
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Good Safeguarding includes:
Purpose and vision
Strategy
Leadership in the organisation
Governance
Information and Intelligence
Expertise and skills
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Safeguarding Structure
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Safeguarding Governance
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Governance – is it embedded / does it work?
Challenge is to ensure robust
operational management and staff
engagement at all levels
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Learning from IMRs & SC’s
• Improve practice interface and transitions across children / adult
service
• Meet children's / adults needs in a more timely manner
• Better recognition of risks in families
• Less closed doors to individuals
• Improved supervision & management oversight of safeguarding cases
• Routinely take account of children and young people
• Improve staffs understanding of safeguarding
• Stronger local leadership & accountability for safeguarding
• Focus on prevention through ensuring the provision of quality,
respectful, dignified & person centered services
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Objectives for enhancing safeguarding over the next year
Improve training –
 Promote use of NMC training toolkit
 Develop Joint safeguarding children / adult elearning
 Provide joint safeguarding children / adult
training to teams
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Objectives for enhancing safeguarding over the next year
Increase efficiencies & safeguarding lead
capacity –
Employ safeguarding practitioner to work
across children / adult safeguarding
Employ a support officer to improve
safeguarding intelligence and data sets
Streamlining processes
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Early warning safeguarding systems
Routine performance audits
Child Need Screening form
Safeguarding alerts & referrals
Incident & Complaints monitoring
Safeguarding clinical supervision & managerial
oversight of cases
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External Assurance
CQC inspections/Compliance/Quality Risk
Profile
Commissioners – (including S11 visits)
HSCB & HSAB audits
Feedback from service users & carer’s
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HPFT Board Assurance
 Strong & effective leadership at all levels
 Organisational strategy
 Working strategically and operationally with our partners
 A workforce that understands their safeguarding responsibilities
 Learning from incidents
 The Board regularly review the progress of safeguarding within the organisation