Decision details

West Suffolk Safeguarding Policy - Guidelines for Working with Children, Young People and Vulnerable Adults

Decision Maker: Forest Heath Cabinet

Decision status: Recommmend Forward to Council

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

The Cabinet will be asked to recommend to Council, the adoption of a revised and updated West Suffolk Safeguarding Policy to include vulnerable adults for which the Council will have a statutory responsibility from April 2015.  This policy has been jointly produced with St Edmundsbury Borough Council.

Decision:

RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL:

That, the revised Safeguarding Policy and Guidelines for working with Children, Young People and Vulnerable Adults, as set out in Appendix A to Report No CAB/FH/15/019, be adopted.

Report author: Simon Phelan

Publication date: 02/04/2015

Date of decision: 31/03/2015

Decided at meeting: 31/03/2015 - Forest Heath Cabinet

Effective from: 11/04/2015

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