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Driving Forward the Safeguarding
Adults Agenda – the National
Perspective
Moira Murray
A single point of contact (SPOC) was set
up by the 4 Local Authorities bordering
the Olympic Park for safeguarding
children
Arrangements were made pan-London
to deal with child protection issues
A Safeguarding Adults at Risk Group
(SAARS) was established
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Having in place:
A Safeguarding Policy and Procedures
for: Children and Adults
A safeguarding escalation procedure
A laminated card detailing the
safeguarding escalation procedures
distributed to all staff/volunteers
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Appropriate and Proportionate Safeguarding
Training provided to all managers and
frontline staff
Pre-employment checks
Home Office vetting
Enhanced CRB checks for those who had direct
contact/responsibility for children and adults
Reference checks
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Safeguarding Manager being available for
advice and consultation
Being visible
Visiting venues and talking to staff
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So what happened?
Not a single referral was made to the
SPOC
There was a marked decrease in Child
Protection referrals to Local Authorities
Anticipated Safeguarding Adults at Risk
(SAAR) concerns did not materialise
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The Olympic and Paralympic Games benefited from
having in place:
A designated Safeguarding Manager who raised
awareness of safeguarding issues and dealt with all
aspects of safeguarding
Clear, user friendly policies of which staff were aware
A proportionate and appropriate approach to
safeguarding during the Olympic and Paralympic
Games
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What didn’t work well:
Lateness in the referring of some information
Lack of awareness of the training
requirements concerning safeguarding adults
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Changes to the ISA/CRB
Government Objectives
A more proportionate and ‘common sense’ approach
Re-balancing the responsibilities of employers and
the state
Reducing bureaucracy
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Changes commencing
September 2012
Registration with the ISA to be scrapped and
replaced with a statutory obligation to obtain a
barred list check for all roles in Regulated Activity
(RA) Implemented 2013
Reduced scope of RA
Barring to be scaled back to cover only those who
may have regular or close contact with vulnerable
groups
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Criminal Records checks will be portable and
will only be sent to the individual – a new
updated scheme. Implemented 2013
Minimum age for criminal record checks to be
raised to 16
The CRB and the ISA merge to form one NDPB,
the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
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A new definition of Regulated Activity
Regulated activity scaled back to focus on
work which involves close and unsupervised
contact with vulnerable groups
Those involved in activities and work which
are being taken out of regulated activity will
still be eligible for enhanced criminal records
checks BUT they will no longer be eligible for
barred list checks
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What constitutes Regulated Activity?
No longer labels adults as ‘vulnerable’
The definition identifies the activities, which if any
adult requires them, lead to that adult being
vulnerable at that particular time (e.g. providing
health care, providing personal care, providing social
work, assistance with cash, bills and/or shopping,
assistance in the conduct of a person’s personal
affairs, conveying)
There is no longer a requirement to do activities a
certain number of times before a person is engaging
in regulated activity
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What is not changing?
The need to make appropriate referrals to the DBS
Not employing someone in regulated activity
someone whom you know has been barred by the
ISA/DBS
Individuals who fall under the new definition of
Regulated Activity will continue to be eligible for an
enhanced disclosure with a barred list check
Individuals who fell within the old definition of
Regulated Activity, but do not now, will remain
eligible for Enhanced Checks but without a barred list
check
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Information Sources
www.homeoffice.gov.uk/disclosure-and-barring
www.homeoffice.gov.uk/crb
www.isa.homeoffice.gov.uk/
www.nhsemployers.org/employmentchecks
www.wp.dh.gov.uk/health/2012/08/new-disclosureand-barring-services-definition-of-regulated-activity/
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Thank you
Moira Murray
Independent Safeguarding Consultant
[email protected]
[email protected]
Tel: 0207 587 0382
M: 07795973622
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