Organisational Safeguarding Self Assessment Audit
The Organisational Safeguarding Self Assessment Audit provides all organisations in Bradford with a consistent framework to assess monitor and/or improve their safeguarding arrangements and in turn will support both the TBP and BSAB in ensuring effective safeguarding practice.
The purpose of this annual exercise is to:
- Provide all organisations and groups that work with / are involved with children, young people and adults with the opportunity to provide an account of how they prioritise safeguarding
- Provide evidence of how your organisation or group has been able to learn and improve in how you do this
The role of the TBP and BSAB is to support this exercise and to collate the responses in order that the Partnership may determine:
- What the self-assessments tell us about the effectiveness of arrangements for the safeguarding of children, young people and adults in Bradford
- What this tells us about the effectiveness of joint working to protect children, young people and adults in Bradford
- To help with this completing the audit we have produced a guidance document which is available here
- If you require additional support please contact BSAB@bradford.gov.uk.
The results of the audit will then form an important part of:
- Demonstrating in a transparent way how all organisations, professionals and others who are involved with children, young people and their families, and adults are accountable for how individually – and collectively – they safeguard people in Bradford
- The TBP and BSAB Annual Report which is a public statement as to the sufficiency of joint working arrangements to protect children, young people and adults in Bradford
- The development of priorities to provide leadership and support for learning and improvement, and sharing things that work well
The audit is completed through an online tool which can be accessed here: https://safeguardingorg.uk/
- Provides evident for national inspection organisations for example Ofsted / CQC/ HMIC
- Provides evidence that Safeguarding is a priority within your organisation
- Provides evidence that your organisation works closely with the Calderdale Safeguarding Children Partnership and Safeguarding Adults Board understands its roles and responsibilities.
- Demonstrates compliance with the relevant legislation for example Working Together 2018, Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2005 etc.
- Provides evidence of reflective practice
- Feeds into improvement / development plans for your organisation
- Identifies good practice and areas for development within your organisation
Section 11 of the 2004 Children Act sets out the provision for Local Children Safeguarding Partnerships to undertake a self-assessment audit of how organisations and services are meeting standards to safeguard children and young people.
Section 43 of the Care Act 2014 requires Local Safeguarding Adults Boards to co-ordinate, and ensures the effectiveness of, what each of its members do in protecting individuals from abuse and neglect and delivering the outcomes that enhance their wellbeing.
Completing the audit does the following:
- Provides an understanding of the effectiveness of safeguarding arrangements and of joint working to protect the children, young people and adults of Bradford for the TBP and BSAB annual report.
- Enables the future TBP/BSAB training and support the Partnerships to be planned.
- Enables organisations to give evidence of their understanding of safeguarding responsibilities by grading against quality standards model answers.