Southwark Safeguarding Children Board Introduction

1. SouthwarkSafeguarding Children Board Introduction Ann Flynn Development Manager 4th July 2013

2. Southwark Safeguarding Children Board Develop policy and procedure for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children Ensure the effectiveness of the work Co-ordinate local work Undertake Serious Case Reviews Monitor and evaluate effectiveness co-ordinate response to unexpected child death Challenge andscrutinise the Children’s Trust Board Participate in the Children and Young Peoples Plan ensure SCR lessons learned are implemented

3. Safeguarding Children Board • New independent chair- Michael O’Connor • Reviewed performance management and quality assurance framework-new Board process • Childs journey early help, intervention and assessment and long term support and safeguarding • Clarity between Executive and Main Board (decision making and in depth exploration) • Include feedback from the front line and service users • Audit system compliments other data • Currently have a child sexual exploitation task and finish group • Proposal for education sub group to ensure full engagement across the age groups • Currently working to develop our faith and community representation and engagement

4. Where does it fit? Feed back actions Monitor and track progress/impact Executive Provide recommendations Main Board Provides a range of evidence Views from front line, children and families Case file audits, learning from SCRs Performance data External inspections and scrutiny

5. SSCB Sub- Groups and methods of working • Audit & Learning Sub-group • Child Death Overview Panel (CDOP) Sub- Group • Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) Task and Finish Group • Human Resources Sub- Group • Practice Development and Training • Serious Case Review (SCR) Sub- Group • Sub-groups are multi-agency, strategic in focus and representation with additional specialist professionals invited to attend where appropriate • Each sub-group has distinct objectives and pursues its own individual work stream. Subgroups report the outcomes of their work streams to the main board, including the implications of these for other groups.

6. SSCB Sub- GroupsNext steps • Audit and Learning: • Identifies subjects to audit from performance data to board • Multi agency audits completed • Multi agency ‘systems’ audit model used to explore cases • Human resources: • Ensure compliance with changes to Disclosure and Barring Scheme. • Support multi agency training in the above changes and the Working Together guidance re Lado role • Practice Development and Training: • Skills gap and workforce development need audit across the multi-agency. • Continued roll-out and Implementation of Signs of Safety. • Develop e learning • Quality assure the SSCB training offer • Progress the SSCB newsletter • CDOP: • To ensure that all partner agencies have nominated deputies for CDOP • To develop, with the LSCB, ways to enhance the implementation of CDOP recommendations • Child sexual exploitation • Develop action plan to ensure effective response to issues arising • Progress the Pan London operating protocol for police and monitor impact

7. SSCB focus for next deep dive • Deep dive in September Main Board • Neglect • Child sexual exploitation • Private fostering • Faith and community engagement • Over summer focus groups • Lead to engagement in board/sub group/increase in lay membership

8. What are the issues for the voluntary sector? • Thinking about the experience of your service users • What should the SSCB do more of? • What should the SSCB do less of? • How else can we support you to do your job even better?

9. Southwark Safeguarding Children Board PO Box 64529 4th Floor Hub 2 160 Tooley Street London SE1P 5LX (Postcode for visitors to the building SE1 2QH) Tel: 0207 525 3733 email: ann.flynn@southwark.gov.uk SSCB Admin:email: sscb@southwark.gov.uk tel: 0207 525 3306 Website: www.southwark.gov.uk/safeguardingchildren Contact