The Safeguarding Boards (Functions and Procedures) (Wales) Regulations 2015

Functions of Safeguarding Boards

3.—(1) Paragraph (2) specifies the functions of—

(a) a Safeguarding Children Board in relation to its objectives under section 135(1)(1) of the Act, and

(b) a Safeguarding Adults Board in relation to its objectives under section 135(2)(2) of the Act.

(2) The functions are—

(a) to cooperate with other Safeguarding Boards and the National Board with a view to—

(i) contributing to the development and review of national policies and procedures for Safeguarding Boards,

(ii) implementing national policies and procedures recommended by, and guidance and advice given by, the National Board;

(b) to raise awareness throughout the Safeguarding Board area of the Board’s objectives and how these might be achieved;

(c) to undertake relevant reviews, audits and investigations;

(d) to review the efficacy of measures taken by the Board to achieve the Board’s objectives;

(e) to make recommendations in light of those reviews, to monitor the extent to which those recommendations are carried out and to take appropriate action where it is shown that the Board’s objectives are not being fulfilled;

(f) to disseminate information about those recommendations to other appropriate Safeguarding Boards and the National Board;

(g) to facilitate research into protection of, and prevention of abuse and neglect of, children or adults at risk of harm;

(h) to review the training needs of and promote the provision of suitable training for persons working to achieve the Board’s objectives;

(i) to arrange and facilitate an annual programme of multi-agency professional forums;

(j) to cooperate or act jointly with any similar body situated in any jurisdiction where the Board considers that this will assist it to fulfil its objectives;

(k) to obtain specialist advice or information relevant to the attainment of the Board’s objectives;

(l) to undertake practice reviews in accordance with regulation 4.

(1)

The objectives of a Safeguarding Children Board under section 135(1) are:

(a)

to protect children within its area who are experiencing, or are at risk of, abuse, neglect or other kinds of harm, and

(b)

to prevent children within its area from becoming at risk of abuse, neglect or other kinds of harm.

(2)

The objectives of a Safeguarding Adults Board under section 135(2) of the Act are:

(a)

to protect adults within its area who-

(i)

have needs for care and support (whether or not a local authority is meeting any of those needs), and

(ii)

are experiencing, or at risk of, abuse or neglect, and

(b)

to prevent those adults within its area menti oned in paragraph (a)(i) from becoming at risk of abuse or neglect.