Issue - meetings

The committee to consider proposals from the Independent Member  on topics and areas for audit  in the coming year.

The Committee had, since its inception,  undertaken a number of audits into  safeguarding practice.  They had been useful in highlighting practice issues for both Members and officers  and had been part of changing practices and improving communication with service users and other agencies. The independent Member of the committee completed the audits on behalf  of the Committee.

There was an audit plan put forward for the Committee to consider  which proposed that referrals  to the safeguarding team  from a particular week  in  July were examined  by the Independent Member and findings reported back to the  committee in September.  The Chair  agreed that referrals received in the week beginning the 11^th July were examined.

It was agreed that  there would be a  domestic violence related audit that would focus around under two year olds  living in households where domestic violence was a feature.  The findings of this would be reported to the November the 3^rd  meeting. 

There would be a follow  report on the progression of the case referrals  considered in July  to the December 12^th meeting.

 At the January meeting the committee would consider an audit of cases where the child was subject to a  child protection plan . It was agreed to decide the audit theme  for the  March meeting  in the new year.