Keeping our people safe
Working together for Argyll and Bute
How to help
If you are worried about a child or an adult at risk of harm, it’s easy to do something to help – please tell us.
Worried about an adult? Do you need help?
Find out how to get help for adults here
Worried about a child? Are you a young person who needs help?
Find out how to get help for children and young people here
Welcome
Everyone deserves to grow up and live their lives free from harm.
Public protection is about us all working together to keep vulnerable young and older people safe.
Our vision
Keeping people in Argyll and Bute safe through effective partnership working
Services from a number of different agencies all work together, to link efforts, share best practice and together provide support that reduces risk to vulnerable people.
We work with both victims and perpetrators to reduce the risk of harm to children, adults and the public.
You can find out more about how we work together here.
The Chief Officers Group for Public Protection
Working together to keep our people safe
The Chief Officers Group (COG) brings together agencies with a role to play in public protection: from Police Scotland to the Scotland’s Children’s Reporter Administration, from Argyll and Bute Council to NHS Highland including the Argyll and Bute Heath and Social Care Partnership and from the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service to our voluntary sector partners.
Our role is to provide strategic leadership in developing effective public protection services for people at risk of harm in Argyll and Bute.
Individually we are responsible for the public protection services delivered by our own organisations.
Together we are responsible for developing and delivering the best services possible through partnership working.
What we do and why
We meet four times a year and reach decisions by consensus. We will:
- Provide governance with support and appropriate challenge
- Share learning across communities and public protection agencies
- Co-ordinate strategic developments within Public Protection
- Agree the constitution of each Public Protection Body
- Allocate resources to each of the Public Protection Bodies
- Appoint or agree the appointment of the chair of each Public Protection Body
- Consider performance, monitoring and improvement activity
- Measure improvement using an agreed Joint Performance Framework
- Ensure there is a clear communication and staff engagement plan
- Ensure there are clear lines of accountability to other plans
- Link these activities to all future Joint Inspection requirements
Who we report to
The COGPP reports to the Argyll and Bute Community Planning Partnership Management Committee and presents an annual plan describing our priorities, what we have done in the previous year, and our plans going forward.
Adult Support and Protection Committee
The Argyll and Bute Adult Support and Protection Committee monitors and reviews what is happening in Argyll and Bute to safeguard adults. It is made up of senior staff from many of the agencies involved in protecting adults who may be at risk including staff from the council, the NHS and the Police.
The Committee’s main focus is to look at the work being done in Argyll and Bute to support and protect adults at risk and make sure all the different agencies are working well together to do this.
Find out more about adult protection here
Argyll and Bute Alcohol and Drug Partnership
The Argyll and Bute Alcohol and Drug Partnership (ADP) brings together a range of agencies and communities working to prevent and support recovery from the harmful use of alcohol and drugs. The ADP aims to maximise health in Argyll and Bute and support individuals, families and communities to feel engaged and empowered to make healthier choices regarding alcohol and drugs. The ADP sets out the partnership’s strategy to deliver on its vision and aim and commissions services from providers to deliver the outcomes set out within the strategy.
Find out more about the Alcohol and Drugs Partnership here
Argyll and Bute Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA)
MAPPA is the multi-agency partnership framework that enables agencies to work together in the management of offenders. The focus for the partners is public safety and the reduction of serious harm to children, vulnerable adults and other potential victims. The partnership do this through effective assessment and management of risk posed by offenders subject to MAPPA supervision.
Argyll and Bute Child Protection Committee
The Child Protection Committee is a multi-agency partnership focused on keeping children and young people in Argyll and Bute safe from harm.
This involves a broad range of partners who collectively promote that vision, establish effective policies and practices and monitors the delivery and impact of those services.
Its work targets better outcomes for vulnerable children and their families and the Committee works intensively with the other protection committees and partnerships in Argyll and Bute to deliver those outcomes.
Find out more about child protection here
Violence Against Women Partnership
The Violence Against Women Partnership is a multi-agency partnership covering the Argyll and Bute and West Dunbartonshire areas. Its focus is eradicating all forms of violence against women and girls and improving outcomes for women and children affected by violence.
The partnership is working on an integrated strategy that will link to the work of the other protection committees and partnerships to deliver an effective response and help end gender based violence.
