Corporate Safeguarding Policy
Safeguarding People in Carmarthenshire | Updated November 2023
In this section
- Recognising and Responding to Concerns
- Dealing with a safeguarding concern
- Reporting a concern
- Monitoring and Review
- Appendix 1- Categories and Indicators of Abuse & Neglect
- Appendix 1 cont'd - Categories and indicators of abuse – Adults at Risk
- Appendix 2 - Carmarthenshire County Council Corporate Safeguarding Self Assessment Audit Tool
Introduction
Safeguarding and protecting children and adults at risk is a priority for Carmarthenshire County Council (CCC). For the purpose of this policy, Safeguarding is defined as ‘Preventing and protecting children and adults at risk from abuse or neglect and educating those around them to recognise the signs and dangers’.1
‘Corporate Safeguarding’ describes the arrangements in place that a Council makes to ensure that all its employees play their part in safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of children and adults who may be at risk of harm’.
‘Everyone – employees, contractors, volunteers, and councillors all have a role to play in protecting children and adults from harm, whether this is inside or outside the home. It is the Council’s responsibility to ensure that staff, volunteers, and contractors are aware of safeguarding in their day-to-day work for the Council and know when and how to raise concerns’.2
This Corporate Safeguarding Policy provides a framework for every Directorate and Service area within and across the Council. It sets out individual and collective responsibilities in relation to safeguarding and protecting children and adults at risk and establishes a governance structure which has oversight of the arrangements to safeguard children and adults at risk. It lays out the methods by which the Council will be assured that it is fulfilling its duties and that effective practices are in place to support individuals to live their life free from harm, abuse and neglect in a wide range of settings including home, hospital, school, learning environments, peer/friendship groups, neighbourhoods, communities and online spaces. In Carmarthenshire Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility.
1 Wales Safeguarding Procedures (2019) https://www.safeguarding.wales/
2 WLGA (2021) Corporate Safeguarding Good Practice Guidance https://safeguardingboard.wales/wpcontent/uploads/sites/8/2022/05/WG-Corp-Safeguarding-Policy-Guidance.pdf
Key Information
Statutory Director of Social Services | Jake Morgan
Lead Member Safeguarding | Cllr. Jane Tremlett, Cabinet Member for Health & Social Services
Reporting a Concern Adult | 0300 333 2222
Reporting a Concern Child | 01554 742322
Out of Hours Adults & Children | 0300 333 2222
