About Us

The Cwm Taf Morgannwg Safeguarding Board (CTMSB) is a statutory partnership made up of the agencies that are responsible for safeguarding children and adults at risk in the Cwm Taf Morgannwg area. The Board ensures that agencies in the region have effective arrangements in place to ensure that people of all ages, living in the region, are protected from abuse, neglect or other kinds of harm. This also involves preventing abuse, neglect or other kinds of harm from happening.

The Cwm Taf Morgannwg Safeguarding Board (CTMSB) operates within the statutory guidance set out under Part 7 of the Social Services and Wellbeing (Wales) Act 2014 and in exercising its functions under the Act the CTMSB will have due regard to the United Nations Principles for Older Persons, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the United Nations Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities.

The CTMSB monitors how well agencies and other partnerships undertake their work with regard to safeguarding children, young people and adults at risk and ensures safeguarding is embedded in all working practices.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg covers the local authority areas of Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf (RCT), covering a population of around 442,000.

Our Vision

To ensure that children, young people and adults in Cwm Taf Morgannwg are protected from abuse, neglect or other kinds of harm and are prevented from becoming at risk of abuse, neglect or other kinds of harm. The Board will engage with, listen to and hear the views of children, young people and adults.

What does Safeguarding in Cwm Taf Morgannwg look like?

Safeguarding involves both the protection of children and adults at risk from abuse, neglect or other kinds of harm and preventing them from becoming at risk of abuse, neglect or other kinds of harm.

A child is defined by the children’s act 1989 as anyone less than 18 years of age. A ‘child at risk’ is defined in the Social Services and Wellbeing Act (Wales) Act 2014 as a child who;

• is experiencing or is at risk of abuse, neglect or other kinds of harm; and
• has needs for care and support (whether or not the local authority is meeting any of those needs)

An ‘adult at risk’ is defined in the Social Services and Wellbeing Act (Wales) 2014 as an adult who:

• is experiencing or is at risk of abuse or neglect;
• has needs for care and support (whether or not the Local Authority is meeting any of those needs); and
• as a result of those needs is unable to protect himself or herself against abuse or neglect or the risk of it

Abuse means physical, sexual, psychological, emotional or financial abuse. Financial abuse includes;

• having money or other property stolen;
• being defrauded;
• being put under pressure in relation to money or other property;
• having money or other property misused.

Neglect means a failure to meet a person’s basic physical, emotional, social or psychological needs, which is likely to result in an impairment of the person’s well-being.

Safeguarding in Cwm Taf Morgannwg is overseen by the regional multi-agency Cwm Taf Morgannwg Safeguarding Board with responsibility for:

• Safeguarding Adults
• Safeguarding Children
• The Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hubs (MASH)

The responsibilities and functions of the Board are set out in the statutory guidance under Part 7 of the Social Services and Wellbeing (Wales) Act 2014. It has an overall responsibility for challenging relevant agencies so that;

• There are effective measures in place to protect children and adults at risk who are experiencing harm or who may be at risk as the result of abuse, neglect or other kinds of harm; and
• There is effective inter-agency co-operation in planning and delivering protection services and in sharing information 

CTMSB Terms of Reference 

To view the Terms of Reference for the Cwm Taf Morgannwg Safeguarding Board, please select this link.

CTMSB Communications Mission Statement

The Safeguarding Board has a Communications Mission Statement which sets out how it intends to communicate with our communities and involve children, young people and adults in the work of the Board.

To access this Statement, please select this link.