Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Sample Clauses

Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults. 4.1 If a member of the Provider’s staff becomes aware of abuse or suspects that abuse may be happening to an adult in their care, the Provider must inform the Advice & Information Team of the Purchaser, by telephone on the same day of the concern being raised (as laid out in the Berkshire Safeguarding Adults Policy and Good Practice Guidance for safeguarding adults). If a Provider has safeguarding concerns outside of normal office hours, they should contact the Emergency Duty Team by telephone (or any such number as subsequently provided by the Purchaser, in order to make a safeguarding alert). The Purchasers contact sheet is detailed in Schedule 3 or any subsequent issue by the Purchaser. 4.2 The parties acknowledge that the Provider is a Regulated Activity Provider with ultimate responsibility for the management and control of the Regulated Activity provided under this Contract and for the purposes of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Xxx 0000 (“SVGA 2006”). 4.3 The Provider shall ensure that all individuals engaged in the provision of the Services are: 4.3.1 compliant with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) procedures in accordance with the SVGA 2006 and regulations or orders made there under; and 4.3.2 are subject to a valid enhanced disclosure check undertaken through the Disclosure and Barring Service (which the Purchaser requires to be renewed every 3 years) including a check against the adults' barred list as appropriate; and 4.3.3 the Provider shall monitor the level and validity of the checks under this condition 4.3 for each member of staff. 4.4 The Provider warrants that at all times for the purposes of this Contract: 4.4.1 it is appropriately registered in relation to all persons who are or will be employed or engaged by the Provider in the provision of the Care Services, and 4.4.2 it has no reason to believe that any such person: 4.4.2.1 is barred from the activity; or 4.4.2.2 is not compliant with the DBS in accordance with the provisions of the SVGA 2006 and any regulations made there under, as amended from time to time. 4.5 The Provider shall immediately notify the Purchaser of any information that it reasonably requests to enable it to be satisfied that the obligations of this condition 4 have been met. 4.6 The Provider shall refer information about any person carrying out the Care Services to the DBS where it removes permission for such person to carry out the Care Services (or would have, if such person had not otherwise ceased t...
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Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults. 6.1 The Association shall have in place its own Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Policy and associated procedures which shall accord with the requirements and procedures detailed in the Local Authority‟s Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Policy, a copy of which shall be provided on request. 6.2 The Association‟s Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Policy and associated procedures shall include (without limitation): 6.2.1 documentation and record keeping and actions in respect of all safeguarding issues; 6.2.2 training and how training requirements will be met (including refresher training); 6.2.3 details of arrangements for liaison and co-operation with the Local Authority and other appropriate agencies and individuals. 6.3 Any complaint or allegations against Workers of abusive behaviour towards Occupants shall be reported immediately to the Local Authority‟s designated officer in accordance with South Yorkshire‟s Adult Protection Procedures for the investigation of such complaints or allegations. 6.4 Without prejudice to any other rights the Local Authority may have under the Agreement, in the event of a complaint or allegation being made against the Association or its Worker which results in the initiation of an investigation, the Local Authority shall consider all of the circumstances regarding the complaint/allegation and shall determine whether to suspend further referral to the Service. 6.5 Where referrals to the Service have been suspended in accordance with clause 6.4, the Local Authority shall not recommence referrals to the Service until a period of investigation and monitoring has been undertaken to determine that the Association is able to meet the requirements of the Agreement. 6.6 The Association shall give consideration to the suspension of the Worker involved in the allegation pending the outcome of any investigation where the Local Authority believes any such action is necessary to protect Occupants or the investigation itself. 6.7 The Association shall be required to fully cooperate with the Local Authority‟s investigation process throughout. 6.8 The Parties shall meet to review the outcome of any such investigation and the Contract Manager shall determine the impact on the Service and any further action required to be taken under the terms of this Agreement. 6.9 Subject to Clause 6.10, any personal information regarding any Occupant in relation to its tenancy arrangements at the request of the Association shall be determined by SCC on a case by c...
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Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults. To fulfil the commitment to safeguard and promote the welfare of vulnerable adults, the Consultant shall have:
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Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults. 9.1 HHW shall make the necessary arrangements to ensure compliance with all Laws including but not limited to the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Xxx 0000 and The Mental Health Act 1983 relevant to the duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of vulnerable adults in the delivery of all aspects of the Service. 9.2 HHW shall make the necessary arrangements to ensure compliance with registration requirements with the Independent Safeguarding Authority. 9.3 To fulfil the commitment to safeguard and promote the welfare of vulnerable adults, HHW shall have: • Clear priorities for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults explicitly stated in strategic policy documents • A clear commitment by senior management to the importance of safeguarding and promoting vulnerable adults’ welfare • A clear line of accountability within the organisation for work on safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults • Recruitment and human resources procedures that take account of the need to safeguard and promote the welfare of vulnerable adults • Procedures for dealing with allegations of abuse against members of staff and volunteers • Arrangements to ensure all Staff undertake appropriate training and refresher training to enable them to carry out their responsibilities effectively • Policies for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and procedures that are in accordance with guidance and locally agreed inter-agency procedures • Arrangements to work effectively with other organisations to safeguard and promote the welfare of vulnerable adults including sharing of information • A culture of listening to and engaging in dialogue with vulnerable adults • Appropriate whistle-blowing procedures Safeguarding Children 9.4 HHW shall make the necessary arrangements to ensure compliance with Section 11 of the Children Xxx 0000 the duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children in the delivery of all aspects of the Service. 9.5 To fulfil the commitment to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, HHW shall have: • Clear priorities for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children explicitly stated in strategic policy documents; • A clear commitment by senior management to the importance of safeguarding and promoting children’s welfare; • A clear line of accountability within the organisation for work on safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children; • Recruitment and human resources procedures that take account of t...
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Related to Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults

  • Safeguarding and Protecting Children and Vulnerable Adults The Supplier will comply with all applicable legislation and codes of practice, including, where applicable, all legislation and statutory guidance relevant to the safeguarding and protection of children and vulnerable adults and with the British Council’s Child Protection Policy, as notified to the Supplier and amended from time to time, which the Supplier acknowledges may include submitting to a check by the UK Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) or the equivalent local service; in addition, the Supplier will ensure that, where it engages any other party to supply any of the Services under this Agreement, that that party will also comply with the same requirements as if they were a party to this Agreement.

  • Abuse and Neglect of Children and Vulnerable Adults: Abuse Registry Party agrees not to employ any individual, to use any volunteer or other service provider, or to otherwise provide reimbursement to any individual who in the performance of services connected with this agreement provides care, custody, treatment, transportation, or supervision to children or to vulnerable adults if there has been a substantiation of abuse or neglect or exploitation involving that individual. Party is responsible for confirming as to each individual having such contact with children or vulnerable adults the non-existence of a substantiated allegation of abuse, neglect or exploitation by verifying that fact though (a) as to vulnerable adults, the Adult Abuse Registry maintained by the Department of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living and (b) as to children, the Central Child Protection Registry (unless the Party holds a valid child care license or registration from the Division of Child Development, Department for Children and Families). See 33 V.S.A. §4919(a)(3) and 33 V.S.A. §6911(c)(3).

  • Safeguarding The Local Authority has overarching responsibility for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people in their area. They have a number of statutory functions under the 1989 and 2004 Children Acts which make this clear, and the ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children’ 2015 guidance1 sets these out in detail.

  • Safeguarding Customer Information The Servicer has implemented and will maintain security measures designed to meet the objectives of the Interagency Guidelines Establishing Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information published in final form on February 1, 2001, 66 Fed. Reg. 8616 and the rules promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to time (the “Guidelines”). The Servicer shall promptly provide the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the NIMS Insurer information reasonably available to it regarding such security measures upon the reasonable request of the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the NIMS Insurer which information shall include, but not be limited to, any Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) No. 70 report covering the Servicer’s operations, and any other audit reports, summaries of test results or equivalent measures taken by the Servicer with respect to its security measures to the extent reasonably necessary in order for the Seller to satisfy its obligations under the Guidelines.

  • Privacy of Customer Information Company Customer Information in the possession of the Agent, other than information independently obtained by the Agent and not derived in any manner from or using information obtained under or in connection with this Agreement, is and shall remain confidential and proprietary information of the Companies. Except in accordance with this Section 10.10, the Agent shall not use any Company Customer Information for any purpose, including the marketing of products or services to, or the solicitation of business from, Customers, or disclose any Company Customer Information to any Person, including any of the Agent’s employees, agents or contractors or any third party not affiliated with the Agent. The Agent may use or disclose Company Customer Information only to the extent necessary (i) for examination and audit of the Agent’s activities, books and records by the Agent’s regulatory authorities, (ii) to protect or exercise the Agent’s, the Custodian’s and the Lenders’ rights and privileges or (iii) to carry out the Agent’s, the Custodian’s and the Lenders’ express obligations under this Agreement and the other Facilities Papers (including providing Company Customer Information to Approved Investors), and for no other purpose; provided that the Agent may also use and disclose the Company Customer Information as expressly permitted by the relevant Company in writing, to the extent that such express permission is in accordance with the Privacy Requirements. The Agent shall take commercially reasonable steps to ensure that each Person to which the Agent intends to disclose Company Customer Information, before any such disclosure of information, agrees to keep confidential any such Company Customer Information and to use or disclose such Company Customer Information only to the extent necessary to protect or exercise the Agent’s, the Custodian’s and the Lenders’ rights and privileges, or to carry out the Agent’s, the Custodian’s and the Lenders’ express obligations, under this Agreement and the other Facilities Papers (including providing Company Customer Information to Approved Investors). The Agent agrees to maintain an Information Security Program and to assess, manage and control risks relating to the security and confidentiality of Company Customer Information pursuant to such program in the same manner as the Agent does so in respect of their own customers’ information, and shall implement the standards relating to such risks in the manner set forth in the Interagency Guidelines Establishing Standards for Safeguarding Company Customer Information set forth in 12 CFR Parts 30, 208, 211, 225, 263, 308, 364, 568 and 570. Without limiting the scope of the foregoing sentence, the Agent shall use at least the same physical and other security measures to protect all Company Customer Information in the Agent’s possession or control as the Agent uses for their own customers’ confidential and proprietary information.

  • Safeguards for Personal Information Supplier agrees to develop, implement, maintain, and use administrative, technical, and physical safeguards, as deemed appropriate by DXC, to preserve the security, integrity and confidentiality of, and to prevent intentional or unintentional non-permitted or violating use or disclosure of, and to protect against unauthorized access to or accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, or alteration of, the Personal Information Processed, created for or received from or on behalf of DXC in connection with the Services, functions or transactions to be provided under or contemplated by this Agreement. Such safeguards shall meet all applicable legal standards (including any encryption requirements imposed by law) and shall meet or exceed accepted security standards in the industry, such as ISO 27001/27002. Supplier agrees to document and keep these safeguards current and shall make the documentation available to DXC upon request. Supplier shall ensure that only Supplier’s employees or representatives who may be required to assist Supplier in meeting its obligations under this Agreement shall have access to the Personal Information.

  • Protection of Customer Data The Supplier shall not delete or remove any proprietary notices contained within or relating to the Customer Data. The Supplier shall not store, copy, disclose, or use the Customer Data except as necessary for the performance by the Supplier of its obligations under this Call Off Contract or as otherwise Approved by the Customer. To the extent that the Customer Data is held and/or Processed by the Supplier, the Supplier shall supply that Customer Data to the Customer as requested by the Customer and in the format (if any) specified by the Customer in the Call Off Order Form and, in any event, as specified by the Customer from time to time in writing. The Supplier shall take responsibility for preserving the integrity of Customer Data and preventing the corruption or loss of Customer Data. The Supplier shall perform secure back-ups of all Customer Data and shall ensure that up-to-date back-ups are stored off-site at an Approved location in accordance with any BCDR Plan or otherwise. The Supplier shall ensure that such back-ups are available to the Customer (or to such other person as the Customer may direct) at all times upon request and are delivered to the Customer at no less than six (6) Monthly intervals (or such other intervals as may be agreed in writing between the Parties). The Supplier shall ensure that any system on which the Supplier holds any Customer Data, including back-up data, is a secure system that complies with the Security Policy and the Security Management Plan (if any). If at any time the Supplier suspects or has reason to believe that the Customer Data is corrupted, lost or sufficiently degraded in any way for any reason, then the Supplier shall notify the Customer immediately and inform the Customer of the remedial action the Supplier proposes to take. If the Customer Data is corrupted, lost or sufficiently degraded as a result of a Default so as to be unusable, the Supplier may: require the Supplier (at the Supplier's expense) to restore or procure the restoration of Customer Data to the extent and in accordance with the requirements specified in Call Off Schedule 8 (Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery) or as otherwise required by the Customer, and the Supplier shall do so as soon as practicable but not later than five (5) Working Days from the date of receipt of the Customer’s notice; and/or itself restore or procure the restoration of Customer Data, and shall be repaid by the Supplier any reasonable expenses incurred in doing so to the extent and in accordance with the requirements specified in Call Off Schedule 8 (Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery) or as otherwise required by the Customer.

  • Third Party Proprietary Data The Disclosing Party's Third Party Proprietary Data, if any, will be identified in a separate technical document.

  • Customer Information CPNI of a Customer and any other non-public, individually identifiable information about a Customer or the purchase by a Customer of the services or products of a Party.

  • ACCESS TO PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION 7.1 To the extent Covered Entity determines that Protected Health Information is maintained by Business Associate or its agents or Subcontractors in a Designated Record Set, Business Associate shall, within two (2) business days after receipt of a request from Covered Entity, make the Protected Health Information specified by Covered Entity available to the Individual(s) identified by Covered Entity as being entitled to access and shall provide such Individuals(s) or other person(s) designated by Covered Entity with a copy the specified Protected Health Information, in order for Covered Entity to meet the requirements of 45 C.F.R. § 164.524. 7.2 If any Individual requests access to Protected Health Information directly from Business Associate or its agents or Subcontractors, Business Associate shall notify Covered Entity in writing within two (2) days of the receipt of the request. Whether access shall be provided or denied shall be determined by Covered Entity. 7.3 To the extent that Business Associate maintains Protected Health Information that is subject to access as set forth above in one or more Designated Record Sets electronically and if the Individual requests an electronic copy of such information, Business Associate shall provide the Individual with access to the Protected Health Information in the electronic form and format requested by the Individual, if it is readily producible in such form and format; or, if not, in a readable electronic form and format as agreed to by Covered Entity and the Individual.

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