Issue - meetings

Report of the Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Social Care detailing governance arrangements for the Statutory Local Safeguarding Adults Board, attached.

DECISION MADE: (Ref: CAB 14/15 14143)

On consideration of the report of the Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Social Care, Cabinet agreed the following:

(i)  To adopt the proposed Constitution of the Southampton Local Safeguarding Adult Board, attached at Appendix 1 of the report;

(ii)  To delegate authority to the Head of Legal and Democratic Services following consultation with the Local Safeguarding Adults Board, the Chief Executive and Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Social Care to make any minor amendments to the Constitution as and when necessary; 

(iii)  To delegate authority to the Chief Executive following consultation with the Local Safeguarding Adults Board and Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Social Care to formally appoint an Independent Chair to the Board on an annual basis;

(iv)  To approve entering into a formal Pooled Fund Arrangement attached as a Members’ Room Document to the report with Partners to support the functions of the Board as laid out in Section 43 of the Care Act 2014, noting that the Pooled Fund will total £104,000 of which the Local Authority’s contribution will be £64,500; and

(v)  To delegate authority to the Director, People, following consultation with the lead Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Social Care and the Head of Legal and Democratic Services, to (a) agree the terms and conditions of the pooled fund agreement and (b) to carry out any ancillary actions needed to give effect to this recommendation.