Agenda and minutes

To consider and approve the minutes of the previous meeting held on 21 December 2021 as a true and correct record of the proceedings.

Resolved: - That the Minutes of the meeting of the Improving Lives Select Commission, held on 21 December 2021 be approved as a correct record of proceedings.

To receive declarations of interest from Members in respect of items listed on the agenda.

There were no declarations of interest.

To consider whether the press and public should be excluded from the meeting during consideration of any part of the agenda.

There were no items that required the exclusion of the press or public.

To receive questions relating to items of business on the agenda from members of the public or press who are present at the meeting.

There were no questions from members of the public or press.

To receive communications from the Chair in respect of matters within the Commission’s remit and work programme.

The Chair advised that the next meeting of the Corporate Parenting Panel was scheduled for 15 February and that a report on the meeting would be provided at the next meeting of the Improving Lives Select Commission.

The Acting Strategic Director – Adult Social Care, Housing and Public Health attended the meeting to present the Rotherham Safeguarding Adults Board 2020/21 Annual Report.

It was noted that the Rotherham Safeguarding Adults Board (RSAB) worked to protect adults with care and support needs from abuse and neglect with its key objective being to ensure that local safeguarding arrangements and partnerships acted to help and protect adults at risk or experiencing neglect and/or abuse. The report stated that the RSAB was a multi-agency strategic, rather than operational, partnership that was made up of senior/lead officers within adult social services, criminal justice, health, housing, community safety, voluntary organisations. It was noted that the main role of the RSAB was to coordinate the strategic development of adult safeguarding across Rotherham and to ensure the effectiveness of the work undertaken by Partner Agencies in the area.

The Acting Strategic Director – Adult Social Care, Housing and Public Health made a presentation to the meeting that included information on:

·       The priorities of the Rotherham Safeguarding Adults Board, that were:

·       Prevention and Early Intervention

·       Making Safeguarding Personal

·       Quality Assurance

·       Service User Engagement

·       Key achievements from 2020/21, that included:

·       Online bespoke training being commissioned on Making Safeguarding Personal

·       The RSAB Policy for Self-Neglect and Hoarding being launched.

·       One Safeguarding Adults Review being published in March 2021

·       The delivery of Safeguarding Awareness Week in November 2020.

·       Plans for future activity that included:

·       For Safeguarding Adults Review action plans to be used to share and develop learning across the Partnership

·       To carry on the work around increasing awareness of Self–Neglect and Hoarding across the Partnership

·       To Continue to develop joint working with Community Safety and Safeguarding Children’s Partnership in order to share learning and training opportunities.

The full Rotherham Safeguarding Adults Board 2020/21 Annual Report was attached as an appendix to the officer’s report.

Members noted the importance of early intervention with regard to adult safeguarding and the importance of members of the public making safeguarding referrals. Members asked for further information on how awareness of safeguarding issues was promoted with the public. The Acting Strategic Director - Adult Social Care, Housing and Public Health noted the activities that had taken place as part of Annual Safeguarding week but advised that on the issue of awareness raising that there would always be more to do. The Acting Strategic Director advised that communications activity around the previous Safeguarding week had been coordinated across the four South Yorkshire authorities, but that plans to engage with the local media had not been as effective as hoped. The Acting Strategic Director advised that the communications programme and media engagement activity was an area of the Board’s work that did need further development.

Members noted the information contained in the report regarding performance against key objectives. Members asked how performance against objectives was monitored and recorded and whether this information could be shared with members of the commission. The Acting Strategic Director confirmed that there was a performance dashboard that was reviewed regularly  ...  view the full minutes text for item 66.

To consider and approve the Commission’s Work Programme.

The Committee considered its Work Programme.

Resolved: - That the Work Programme for 2021/22 be approved.

For the Chair/project group leads to provide an update on the activity regarding sub and project groups of the he Improving Lives Select Commission.

The Chair provided a progress report on sub and project group activity.

Resolved: - That the update be noted.

To consider any item(s) the Chair is of the opinion should be considered as a matter of urgency.

There was no urgent business.

The next meeting of the Improving Lives Select Commission take place on Tuesday 8 March 2022 commencing at 10am  in Rotherham Town Hall.

Resolved: - That the next meeting of the Improving Lives Select Commission take place on Tuesday 8 March 2022 at 10am at Rotherham Town Hall.