18 Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB) Arrangements PDF 399 KB
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Minutes:
The Board considered a report of the Strategic Director, People, which
highlighted the key changes to Local Safeguarding Children’s Boards (LSCB).
The Board was advised that legislative changes, introduced through the
Children and Social Work Act 2017, made a number of recommendations that would
enable a revised framework to be developed locally and sub-regionally. However,
it was noted that it was no longer a statutory requirement for the LSCB to
exist.
The report set out a proposal for future arrangements built on existing
pan-Cheshire arrangements, which included Halton, Cheshire East and Warrington.
In addition, the report also made recommendations for the scrutiny of
safeguarding practice in Warrington to be strengthened.
RESOLVED: That
1) in
principle, work continues across the four areas to develop a model which
enhances the current Pan-Cheshire approach to safeguarding children;
2) these
developments are considered within a framework of strategy, policy and
practice;
3) each
area uses these themes to ensure that robust arrangements remain in place to
quality assure and scrutinise strategy, policy and practice at local level;
4) building
on initial discussions, partners develop a clear operating model for monitoring
future safeguarding arrangements, which includes governance, financial
arrangements and sub-groups, including the Child Death Overview Panel, both
local and Pan-Cheshire level;
5) existing
funding arrangements remain in place for an agreed minimum period (2020/2021),
whilst funding is reviewed, recognising that this would require the agreement
of all existing funding partners across current LSCB arrangements; and
6) Executive Board receive an update report with firm recommendations in December 2018 following this period of consultation at local and sub-regional levels.