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Foreword As Chair of the East Sussex Safeguarding Board I am pleased to introduce our Annual Report for 2009-2010. The report covers the work of the multi-agency partnership represented at the Board and outlines progress made during the last year as well as setting out what we aim to achieve over the coming year. You will see that during the year there has been considerable activity and development to support our commitment to this important area of work. Excellence should and will remain our aspiration, and to achieve this, 2010-11 needs to be a period of continued development. This Annual Report continues to look forward, setting further targets and I am confident that our current accomplishments can be built upon. Safeguarding vulnerable adults from abuse is a top priority and I remain personally committed to working with the Board to achieve these aims and to ensure improvements in safeguarding arrangements in East Sussex continues. Together we can and will make East Sussex a safer place. Keith Hinkley Director, Adult Social Care East Sussex County Council 1
Appendix 1 1 National Context 1.1 The Policy landscape has changed with the enactment of key pieces of legislation, all playing their contribution in respect of safeguarding the interests of vulnerable members of the community. 1.2 During 2008, the Government launched a review of “No Secrets” and the East Sussex Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Board submitted a multi-agency response to the consultation document. A summary of responses was published during July 2009 detailing a number of key messages. • Support for stronger national leadership • Greater clarity and understanding around safeguarding within the NHS • Support for legislation to make Safeguarding Adults Boards statutory • Revision and updating the ”No Secrets” guidance. A written ministerial statement was subsequently published in June 2010 by the then Minister of State, Department of Health, detailing the Government’s response: • To establish an Inter-Departmental Ministerial Group for Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults • To introduce new legislation to strengthen the local governance of safeguarding by placing Safeguarding Adults Boards on a statutory policy • Publication of National multi-agency guidance to establish the roles and responsibilities for those involved in safeguarding vulnerable adults. 1.3 Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) A new Vetting & Barring Scheme (VBS) was introduced from October 2009 to prevent unsuitable people from working or volunteering with children or vulnerable adults. The Independent Safeguarding Authority maintains two barred lists and employers, social services and regulators have a legal duty to refer relevant information to ISA about individuals who may pose a threat to vulnerable individuals. The full implementation of this scheme included an intention to register all new and existing workers with ISA by 2015 so organisations who work with vulnerable adults would only be allowed to employ ISA registered people in regulated activity. Registration with the VBS has now been suspended although existing arrangements under the scheme continue as follows. • ISA will continue to make barring decisions and will continue to maintain lists for those barred working with children and vulnerable adults • Existing requirements concerning Criminal Records Bureau will remain in place 2
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