samantha foster's List: SAFEGUARDING DOREEN AND FIONA

• Section 11 of the Children Act 2004 places a statutory duty on key people and  bodies to make arrangements to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.  The statutory  guidance on the duty, which was first issued in 2005, has been updated. The  revised version was published in April 2007.

   

  Part one of the guidance sets out the arrangements that are likely to be  common to all or most of the agencies concerned. Part two deals with  implementation in each particular agency to which the section 11 duty  applies.

   

  These arrangements require all agencies to have:

   
   
  • senior management commitment to the importance of safeguarding and promoting  children's welfare  
  • a clear statement of the agency's responsibilities towards children,  available for all staff  
  • a clear line of accountability within the organisation for work on  safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children  
  • service development that takes account of the need to safeguard and promote  welfare, and is informed, where appropriate, by the views of children and  families  
  • training on safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children for all staff  working with, or in contact with, children and families  
  • safe recruitment procedures in place  
  • effective inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of  children  
  • effective information sharing.
   

  The guidance on the duty to cooperate is part of an interlocking set of guidance on the Children Act  2004.

• Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the child or young person

• People who work with children and young people have responsibilities to  safeguard and promote their welfare. This is an important responsibility and  requires careful attention. It means being able to recognise when a child or  young person is not achieving their developmental potential, or when their  physical or mental health is impaired. It means recognising when a child is  displaying risky or harmful behaviour, or is being neglected or abused. It also  means being able to identify sources of help for them and their families.  Sometimes more than one risk factor may be affecting a child or young person and  it may be necessary to work with others to address them.

• Relate, recognise and take considered action

• Communication, recording and reporting

• Personal skills

• Legal and procedural frameworks

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  Introduction 
  
   The   Bradford Safeguarding  Children Board (BSCB) came into existence on 14th March   2006 as a requirement of  the Children Act, 2004. It is made up of statutory and   voluntary sector agencies  that work together to protect children and young   people from abuse and  neglect, and to promote their welfare. For a full list of   the agencies on the  BSCB,   click  here  .     The   Independent Chair of BSCB  is Professor Nick  Frost, Professor of Social Work at Leeds   Metropolitan  University. 
  
   The Board members are  senior managers in their   agencies, and they are  responsible for ensuring that their agencies co-operate   to safeguard children and  young people. They also aim to make sure that children   and young people who use  their services not only stay safe, but also achieve   better outcomes so that  they can enter adulthood   successfully. 
  
   Partnership working is the  key principle that underpins the   work of the BSCB and its  member organisations. This means not only that agencies   work in partnership with  each other, but also that agencies develop good   partnerships with  families.   The BSCB   works though a structure of  sub groups that ensure that staff in all agencies   have access to up-to-date  procedures and good quality training. 
  
  The BSCB also undertakes  serious case reviews where there is a need for professionals to learn lessons  from situations of abuse or neglect that have resulted in the death or serious  injury of a child or young person.
  
  The functions, role and  responsibilities of the BSCB are set out in Chapter 3 of “Working Together to  Safeguard Children”, published in December 2005 by the Department for Education and  Skills.
•   Introduction
  
  The  Bradford Safeguarding Children Board (BSCB) came into existence on 14th March  2006 as a requirement of the Children Act, 2004. It is made up of statutory and  voluntary sector agencies that work together to protect children and young  people from abuse and neglect, and to promote their welfare. For a full list of  the agencies on the BSCB, click here.   The  Independent Chair of BSCB is Professor Nick Frost, Professor of Social Work at Leeds  Metropolitan University.
  
  The Board members are senior managers in their  agencies, and they are responsible for ensuring that their agencies co-operate  to safeguard children and young people. They also aim to make sure that children  and young people who use their services not only stay safe, but also achieve  better outcomes so that they can enter adulthood  successfully.
  
  Partnership working is the key principle that underpins the  work of the BSCB and its member organisations. This means not only that agencies  work in partnership with each other, but also that agencies develop good  partnerships with families. The BSCB  works though a structure of sub groups that ensure that staff in all agencies  have access to up-to-date procedures and good quality training.  
  

• Partnership working is the key principle that underpins the work of the BSCB and  its member organisations. This means not only that agencies work in partnership  with each other, but also that agencies develop good partnerships with families.

• • Working together to safeguard  children
    
    We have now published an updated version of  this guidance, which sets out how to work together to safeguard  and promote the welfare of children.   
  • Local safeguarding children boards (LSCBs)
    
    Every  local area now needs to have an LSCB in place. Guidance on LSCBs was  published earlier in the year and now forms chapter 3 of  Working together to safeguard children. 
• Safeguarding children and young people from  sexual exploitation (June 2009)
  
• •  We have now published   an updated  version of   this   guidance,  which sets out   how to work together to   safeguard   and   promote the  welfare of children.    
  •  Local safeguarding children boards  (LSCBs) 
    
     Every   local area  now needs to have an LSCB in place. Guidance on LSCBs was   published   earlier in  the year   and   now forms  chapter 3 of   Working together to safeguard  children.  

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• ContactPoint

   

  Faster and easier contact between children’s services  professionals will now increasingly become a reality as ContactPoint starts to  be rolled out across England. A report has been published which is available to  download or order: Lessons  learned from the Early Adopter phase highlights how ContactPoint is  already making a positive difference for the practitioners using it. For  more information, read the full press  release.

   

  ContactPoint provides a quick way for authorised practitioners in different  services to find out who else is working with the same child or young person.  This will make it easier for them to work as a team and deliver faster

• Children Act 2004: Guidance on the 'duty to cooperate'

   

  The Children Act 2004 provides the legal underpinning for the transformation  of children's services as set out in the Every  Child Matters: Change for Children programme. Section 10 of the Act  provides the statutory basis for Children's Trusts (the duty to cooperate).