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Bromley Clinical Commissioning Group

Children and Young People, Children Looked After and Adults at Risk Safeguarding Procurement Standards Document

Contents : Page

Introduction 2

Structure 2

Legislation, Policy and National Standards that form the basis for Safeguarding Children and Adults

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Expected Quality Standards 4

Bronze Standard 5

Silver Standard 8

Gold Standard 9

The Commissioning Cycle 10

Standard Selection Questions (SSQ) 10

Invitation to Tender (ITT) 12

Glossary 13

Version Control Version Date Reviewer Name(s) Comments

V1.0 17/10/2016 Sadie McClue Draft for QAS

V1.0 28/10/2016 Sadie McClue Final draft for approval and ratification at Governing Body

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Introduction The safety and welfare of children and young people, children who are looked after and adults at risk is of paramount importance to Bromley CCG in all its contracted services. In order to ensure that Bromley CCG continues to commission high quality, safe and effective care it has developed this safeguarding procurement standards document which is aimed at commissioners, procurement leads and new and existing healthcare providers. This document will form part of a Safeguarding Commissioning Framework which will include contract monitoring of existing and future commissioned services. The safeguarding procurement standards document outlines how Bromley CCG will assure itself that it is meeting its commissioning for compliance requirements in line with the legislative frameworks that underpin children and young people, children looked after and adults at risk. The framework is aligned to Bromley CCGs Safeguarding Children Through Commissioning Policy and the Quality Assurance Framework for Safeguarding and the Safeguarding Adults at Risk through Commissioning Policy, Safeguarding Adults at Risk through Commissioning Policy and in line with relevant legislation, national and Pan-London guidance. The aim is to

outline the breadth of legislation and quality criteria that underpin safeguarding

articulate the quality standards that are expected by provider organisations and how Bromley CCG will assess these within the procurement cycle using a Bronze, Silver and Gold rating system

provide information to tendering organisations, so that there is clarity, equality and transparency regarding expectations

ensure commissioning, procurement and safeguarding functions within the CCG are clear about processes that are required during procurement exercises.

Structure The document first lists the key legislation, national and pan London policies and National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence quality standards (NICE) that shape the required organisational responses to safeguarding children and adults. Using a basic model the standards document describes what a good organisation looks like, clarifying the essential (Bronze), expected (Silver) and best practice (Gold) components to be applied to each commissioning exercise. Stages of the procurement cycle are then identified with key recommendations stated to ensure that providers of services to Bromley CCG meet the required standards in relation to their safeguarding arrangements.

http://www.bromleyccg.nhs.uk/Downloads/About%20us/How%20we%20work/Safeguarding%20children/BCCG%20Safeguarding%20Children%20through%20Commissioning%20Policy%202015%20FINAL%20%20021215.pdfhttp://www.bromleyccg.nhs.uk/Downloads/About%20us/How%20we%20work/Safeguarding%20children/BCCG%20Safeguarding%20Children%20through%20Commissioning%20Policy%202015%20FINAL%20%20021215.pdfhttp://intranet.bromleyccg.nhs.uk/Safeguarding%20Adults%20through%20Commissioning%20Policy%20Standards%20and%20Procedure.pdfhttp://intranet.bromleyccg.nhs.uk/Safeguarding%20Adults%20through%20Commissioning%20Policy%20Standards%20and%20Procedure.pdf

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Legislation, Policy and National Standards that form the basis for Safeguarding Children and Adults at risk Designated Professionals, Leads and Board level Safeguarding Leads are tasked with ensuring that approaches to safeguarding is embedded across all systems and processes of an organisation, so that safeguarding is everybodys business and positively reflected within the organisational culture. Thus, safeguarding has to run through any organisation like a golden thread in order to be effective. Safeguarding practice and intervention is complex and it will always rely on experts to provide specialist input and advice. However, through simplifying what is expected of an organisation, commissioners and procurement leads will be better equipped to identify any organisation that fails its safeguarding obligations, which is often an indication of an organisational culture that might not place quality at the centre of its services. Legislation

United Nations Convention on Rights of a Child 1989 Children Act 1989 Children Act 2004 (including Managing Allegations against

Staff)Working Together to Safeguard Children 2015 (Statutory Guidance) Promoting the Health and Well-being of Children Looked After 2015

(Statutory Guidance) The Care Act 2014 revised (Dept of Health Statutory Guidance Chapter

14) Care and Support Statutory Guidance issued under the Care Act 2014 -

chapter 14 Safeguarding (Department of Health 2014) Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activity) Regulations 2014 Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims (Amendment) Act 2012 The Mental Capacity Act 2005 including Deprivation of Liberty

Safeguards 2007 Modern Day Slavery Act 2015 Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 Human Rights Act 1998 Anti-Terrorism Act 2015

Workforce Requirements

Children and Young People: roles and competences for health staff - Intercollegiate Document (2014)

Looked After Children knowledge, skills and competence of health care staff - Intercollegiate Role Framework (2015)

What to do if youre worried a child is being abused: Advice for practitioners (DfE)

NHS England- Prevent Training and Competencies Framework

http://www.unicef.org.uk/Documents/Publication-pdfs/UNCRC_PRESS200910web.pdfhttp://www.unicef.org.uk/Documents/Publication-pdfs/UNCRC_PRESS200910web.pdfhttp://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/41/contentshttp://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/31/contentshttps://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/419595/Working_Together_to_Safeguard_Children.pdfhttps://www.gov.uk/government/publications/promoting-the-health-and-wellbeing-of-looked-after-children--2https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/promoting-the-health-and-wellbeing-of-looked-after-children--2http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/23/contentshttps://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/366104/43380_23902777_Care_Act_Book.pdfhttps://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/366104/43380_23902777_Care_Act_Book.pdfhttps://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/366104/43380_23902777_Care_Act_Book.pdfhttps://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/366104/43380_23902777_Care_Act_Book.pdfhttp://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2014/9780111117613/contentshttp://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/47/contentshttp://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/47/contentshttp://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/4/contentshttp://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/9/contentshttps://www.gov.uk/government/collections/modern-slavery-billhttp://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/31/contentshttp://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/42/contentshttp://www.rcpch.ac.uk/sites/default/files/page/Safeguarding%20Children%20-%20Roles%20and%20Competences%20for%20Healthcare%20Staff%20%2002%200%20%20%20%20(3).pdfhttp://www.rcpch.ac.uk/sites/default/files/page/Safeguarding%20Children%20-%20Roles%20and%20Competences%20for%20Healthcare%20Staff%20%2002%200%20%20%20%20(3).pdfhttp://www.rcpch.ac.uk/sites/default/files/page/Safeguarding%20Children%20-%20Roles%20and%20Competences%20for%20Healthcare%20Staff%20%2002%200%20%20%20%20(3).pdfhttp://www.rcpch.ac.uk/sites/default/files/page/Safeguarding%20Children%20-%20Roles%20and%20Competences%20for%20Healthcare%20Staff%20%2002%200%20%20%20%20(3).pdfhttp://www.rcpch.ac.uk/system/files/protected/page/Looked%20After%20Children%202015_0.pdfhttp://www.rcpch.ac.uk/system/files/protected/page/Looked%20After%20Children%202015_0.pdfhttp://www.rcpch.ac.uk/system/files/protected/page/Looked%20After%20Children%202015_0.pdfhttp://www.rcpch.ac.uk/system/files/protected/page/Looked%20After%20Children%202015_0.pdfhttp://www.rcpch.ac.uk/system/files/protected/page/Looked%20After%20Children%202015_0.pdfhttps://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/419604/What_to_do_if_you_re_worried_a_child_is_being_abused.pdfhttps://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/419604/What_to_do_if_you_re_worried_a_child_is_being_abused.pdfhttps://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/train-competnc-frmwrk.pdfhttps://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/train-competnc-frmwrk.pdfhttps://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/train-competnc-frmwrk.pdf

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Mental Capacity Act 2005 Code of Practice Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Code of Practice 2009 Draft Safeguarding Adults: roles and competences for health care staff

(Intercollegiate Document, due to be published November 2016) Policy, Guidance and Assurance

NHS England Safeguarding Vulnerable People in the NHS Accountability and Assurance Framework 2015

Pan London NHS commissioner MCA Lead toolkit London Child Protection Procedures (2015), 5th Edition (including 6