The 12 Cs of collective safeguarding

Observe and Coverage

While the Welsh efficiency framework focuses on safeguarding metrics (qualitative and quantitative) to proof safeguarding effectiveness, the Collective Safeguarding Duty Mannequin (12Cs) focuses on multi-agency apply and coverage interventions and how you can proof and assess the effectiveness of those interventions, with clear accountability and dedication to future enhancements.

The mannequin units out key elements which facilitate efficient multi-agency safeguarding apply, based mostly upon actual examples of excellent apply throughout all 12 parts. The mannequin illustrates the enactment of ‘Safeguarding is Everybody’s Duty’ and affords a device for safeguarding boards/partnerships, native authorities, and organisations to reveal the measures being adopted regionally to facilitate, coordinate, and proof the implementation of multi-agency safeguarding.

The mannequin recognises the distinct but interlinked relationship between points referring to ‘practitioners and businesses’ and the ‘buildings and processes’ which underpin apply as you may see within the infographic under.

The requirement of the 12Cs is to proof any apply/coverage/exercise throughout all parts to assist establish and perceive each areas of excellent apply and areas for enchancment. This consists of recording which companions contributed to outcomes throughout the multi-agency preparations and that are then assigned particular actions by way of the sustainability and/or enchancment of parts.

An area framework can then be used to measure effectiveness of any related apply or coverage to:

optimise multi-agency safeguarding and be sure that a collective endeavour is achieved anddirect consideration to parts the place additional enhancements are required.

Helpfully, the workforce behind the mannequin has additionally created an accompanying self-assessment device in order that native businesses can collectively establish their strengths and areas that want enchancment.