Terms of Reference operational from 1 April
2020
PURPOSE OF COMMITTEE
To
receive assurance on the statutory regulatory duties placed on the
Council for:
- Child
Protection;
- Adult
Protection;
- Consumer
Protection and Environmental Health;
- Civil
Contingency responsibilities for local resilience and prevention;
and
- Building
control.
To
undertake the Council’s duties in relation to the Police and
Fire and Rescue Services under the Police and Fire Reform
(Scotland) Act 2012.
REMIT OF COMMITTEE
1. Child
and Adult Protection
The
Committee will receive assurance from the Child and Adult
Protection Committees on:
1.1 the impact and
effectiveness of child and adult support and protection improvement
initiatives, including:
1.1.1
delivery of national initiatives and local implications;
1.1.2
learning from significant case reviews;
1.1.3
quality assurance;
1.1.4
training and development; and
1.1.5 local
evidence based initiatives;
1.2
effective working across child and adult protection; and
1.3 statistics relating
to the Child Protection Register and the Vulnerable People’s
Database, whilst noting that it has no remit to challenge
entries.
The
Committee will also:
1.4 receive assurance on
the outcome of Council’s duty to deliver an effective justice
service as determined by statutory inspections;
1.5 receive assurance on
the Council’s compliance with statutory duties in respect of
child poverty; and
1.6
consider the Chief Social Work Officer’s
Annual Report
2. Local
Resilience
The Committee will:
2.1 monitor compliance
with the Council’s duties relating to resilience and local
emergencies; this includes reviewing staffing arrangements and
systems for incident management
2.2 monitor compliance
with the Council’s duties relating to the provision of a city
mortuary, and its adequacy for supporting the needs of mass
fatalities;
2.3 receive assurance
that services are maintaining and reviewing Business Continuity
Plans in accordance with the priorities allocated to
them;
2.4 receive relevant
local, regional and national lessons learnt reports and
recommendations in respect of emergency planning matters and
monitor their implementation; and
2.5 monitor the
Council’s response to the National CONTEST strategy and
associated plans relating to Counter Terrorism.
3.
Protective Services
The
Committee will:
3.1 receive assurance in
respect of the Council’s performance in relation to Trading
Standards, Environmental Health (including the Public Mortuary) and
Scientific Services;
3.2 receive external
inspection and audit reports relating to the above services listed
at 3.1; and
3.3 receive a summary of
findings from statutory sampling and analysis work carried out by
or on behalf of the Environmental Health and Trading Standards
services to ensure compliance with required standards.
4. Building
Control
The
Committee will consider reports on:
4.1 major incidents and
fatal accident inquiries and any resulting impact and
responsibilities placed on the Council;
4.2 activity by Building
Standards in relation to public safety and dangerous buildings;
and
4.3 activity by Building
Standards in relation to public safety for unauthorised building
work and the unauthorised occupation of buildings.
5. Police
and Fire and Rescue Service
In
respect of the Council’s responsibilities under the Fire
(Scotland) Act 2005 and the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act
2012 in relation to the Scottish Police Authority, the Police
Service of Scotland and the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, the
Committee will:
5.1 contribute to and
comment on the Strategic Police Plan and the Scottish Fire and
Rescue Service Strategic Plan when consulted by the relevant
national authority;
5.2 respond to
consultation by the Chief Constable on the designation of a local
commander and by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service on the
designation of a local senior officer;
5.3 be involved in the
setting of priorities and objectives both for the policing of
Aberdeen and for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service in the
undertaking of its functions in Aberdeen;
5.4 specify policing
measures the Council wishes the local commander to include in a
Local Police Plan;
5.5 approve a Local
Police Plan submitted by the local commander and to approve a Local
Fire and Rescue Plan (including a revised plan) submitted by the
Scottish Fire and Rescue Service;
5.6 receive reports on
service provision and delivery in Aberdeen and provide feedback to
the local commander and the local senior officer;
5.7 consider reports,
statistical information and other information about the policing of
Aberdeen and the undertaking of the Fire and Rescue function in
Aberdeen provided in response to the Council’s reasonable
requests;
5.8 agree, with the
local commander, modifications to an approved Local Police Plan at
any time; and
5.9 liaise with the
local commander and local senior officer with regard to the
undertaking by them of the community planning duties of the Chief
Constable and the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service.
Executive Lead: Chief
Officer - Governance
