Deputy minister for social services Gwenda Thomas is looking to scrap the 22 boards and replace them with six regional boards formed along local health board (LHB) boundaries as part of in next year’s proposed Social Services (Wales) Bill.
But in a letter to Thomas, signed by all 22 councils, they stated: "We remain unconvinced that proposals to introduce regional safeguarding boards will provide effective safeguards in terms of safe and effective practice."
Instead they believe that eight or nine boards would be better.
The councils added: "In our view, safeguarding structures should be determined by the need to achieve better outcomes and we are not convinced at this stage of the case for six boards.
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