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2. Further discussions to take place between LAs and Police LAs/ Police 23/04/20
regarding the MACH

Agenda Item 6 Sub-Group / Task & Finish Group Update Presenter: Sub-Group Chairs
Communication & Engagement (CE) Sub-Group

 Chairing Arrangements
Steve Rose, previous Chair of CE has left Catalyst and so there is an opportunity for a new Chair for the
Sub-Group. AB welcomed volunteers. Hartlepool Borough Council (HBC) were making enquiries with
their Communications team to determine if they could support this. John Lovatt (JL) will chase this up.

 Resident Magazines
The Board has previously committed to publishing two articles per year in Local Authority resident
magazines which would reach every household across Tees. Some Local Authorities charge a fee to
include an article within these magazines and across Tees this would be a significant commitment from
the allocated budget. It was agreed for Local Authority representatives to speak with their
Communication Teams to establish if this fee could be waived or negotiated.

Helen Smithies (HS) enquired if other organisations could include articles within their magazines. HS
advised that South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (STHFT) produce a printed magazine that is
distributed throughout the hospitals and perhaps TSAB articles could be included. Amy Mahoney (AM)
will follow this up with partners.

Learning Training & Development (LTD) Sub-Group
There is a LTD meeting next week and the group will be focusing on the outcome from the Training
Needs Analysis and looking at the Training Budget for the next financial year.

 E-Learning Contract
Two bids were received and have been evaluated. The Board are currently waiting for references before
the new provider is confirmed. The current E-Learning contract comes to an end on 31 March 2020.

Policy Procedures and Practice Guidance Task & Finish Group

 New Teeswide Safeguarding Adults Procedures
The new procedures were launched at the beginning of February and shared widely through a variety of
methods, with a plea for all professionals to check within their own organisations that the old versions
have been removed and that links on websites are updated accordingly. The Business Unit are in the
process of including a more interactive version on the TSAB website which will include links to other
pieces of local guidance.

 Causing Section 42 Enquiries Guidance
The Care Act 2014 permits Local Authorities to cause other agencies to complete an Enquiry on their
behalf. An action from the Josh SAR Case was to develop local guidance around this in order to
formalise the process. Solihull Safeguarding Adults Board have produced some guidance and the TSAB
asked permission to adapt it. There is also a letter template as well as a report template to guide staff
when completing a S42 Enquiry - this addition has been requested by professionals who have attended
the newly commissioned Section 42 Enquiry training. The draft guidance has been circulated to health
colleagues for feedback and the Business Unit has received comments from TEWV which can be
incorporated. HS felt that the guidance needs to mention proportionality as all health related Concerns
should not necessarily be for the Health Trusts to lead on and there is potential for the number of
Enquiries to increase for the Health Trusts based on how the guidance is currently written.

 Other Enquiries Guidance
The Task & Finish Group has produced some brief guidance to provide some clarity on ‘other enquiries’
i.e. when the Section 42 criteria are not met, for example when a person subject to safeguarding dies
during the enquiry process. It is mainly to assist practitioners when logging enquiries onto care

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