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Local Safeguarding Children’s Board (LSCB) annual report

Meeting: 11/09/2018 - CHILDREN'S SERVICES OVERVIEW & SCRUTINY COMMITTEE (Item 42)

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Members are asked to comment on and note the information within the LSCB annual report 2016/17.

 

Due to the length of the report paper copies will not be made available, instead the following link provides access to the report contained within the agenda for the Health and Wellbeing Board’s meeting dated 21 March 2018, agenda item 8:-

 

https://centralbeds.moderngov.co.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=829&MId=5447&Ver=4

 

Minutes:

 

The Chairman of the Local Safeguarding Children’s Board (LSCB) delivered the annual report of 2016-17, highlighting the performance and effectiveness of agencies to safeguard children across Central Bedfordshire. A recent Ofsted inspection had graded the Council’s Children’s Services directorate as good, with strong governance and robust processes in place to safeguard vulnerable children and young people. As a result of the inspection three recommendations had been accepted by the Council with the directorate working hard to address them.

 

As a result of the report Members discussed the following in summary:-

·         The importance of learning from the LSCB annual report and responding swiftly to the areas of concern identified.

·         The need for improved information sharing between the Council and all partners, with particular concern around the rise in cases of unexpected deaths in children. The Chief Constable of Bedfordshire Police had acknowledged concerns raised in relation to safeguarding vulnerable children and the impact of domestic abuse, with a renewed focus on those areas.

·         The importance of the delivery of timely reports in the future.

·         The measures undertaken to work with schools in relation to the reported lack of resilience in children and young people.

·         The need for continued efforts in relation to suicide prevention.

·         The importance of effective communication and the use of social media.

·         The challenges around appropriately supporting the travelling community in relation to inclusion and education.

·         The future of safeguarding children in light of new government regulations.

 

NOTED the report and RECOMMENDED:-

1.    That the 2017-18 annual report be delivered to the Committee in January 2019.

2.    That details of new government regulations in relation to the safeguarding of children and young people be delivered to the Committee at the earliest opportunity.