The role of the NYSCB

Statutory Objectives to coordinate what is done by each person or body represented on the Board for the purposes of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children in the area; and to ensure the effectiveness of what is done by each such person or body for those purposes. Section 13 of the Children Act 2004 requires each Local Authority to establish a Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB) for their area It specifies the organisations and individuals (other than the Local Authority) that should be represented on LSCBs Working Together to Safeguard Children (2013) provides guidance as to the role and responsibilities of LSCBs and the functions they undertake

What we do Develop multi-agency policies and procedures for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children Raising awareness Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of arrangements for the safeguarding and welfare of children Advising Board partners on ways to improve Participate in the planning of services for children in the North Yorkshire, and Undertake reviews of serious cases and advise Board partners on lessons learned

Partner Involvement

Board and Executive Executive Board Determine the Board’s Business Plan Monitor performance against the Plan Determine the Board agenda and resources Determine key issues requiring executive action by partners, for example sign off of Serious Case Review Overview Report recommendations and implementation plans, and Accept the Annual Report Develop a robust understanding of the quality of multi-agency child protection practice and ensure it is effectively used to challenge and drive on-going improvements Contribution to the safeguarding and welfare of children in North Yorkshire Consider partners contribution to the advancement of the NYSCB Business Plan Give direction to and receive updates from the Children’s Safeguarding and Strategy Groups

Subgroups Case Review Subgroup – considers any cases highlighted within agencies where multi-agency learning can be derived Workforce Development Subgroup – Identifies multi-agency training requirements and evaluates the effectiveness of multi-agency and single agency training. Missing from Home and Care Subgroup – Consider multi-agency responses to children missing from home and care Child Death Review Panel Steering Group – identifies learning identified from the child deaths and multi-agency responses Case Review Group Chair – Alan Critchlow, Education Vicky Metheringham – CSC Heather Pearson, Police Elaine Wyllie, Designated Health Dallas Frank, NYSCB Business Unit Manager Hilary Irving, Legal Advisor Workforce Development Subgroup Penny Yeadon, Chair Julie Firth, CYPS Gemma Dickinson,

Subgroups Child Sexual Exploitation Subgroup – Consider multi-agency responses to children who are at risk of being or have been sexually exploited Missing from Home and Care Subgroup – Consider multi-agency responses to children missing from home and care Quality Assurance and Performance Subgroup – Considers NYSCB dataset, maintaining an overview of audit activities, learning opportunities, patterns and trends, and directing the work of the Audit Group Communication and Engagement Subgroup – Responsible for the Communication and Engagement Strategy, website content and publications

Task Groups Established to undertake specific tasks which sit report to individual subgroups Young People Who Sexually Harm Task Group Multi-Agency Audit Group E-Safety Task Group Training Implementation Group Serious Case Review Subgroup

Children’s Safeguarding and Strategy Groups (CSSGs) The over-arching aim of each Children’s Safeguarding & Strategy Group is to improve the lives and outcomes of children and young people locally. This is achieved through the co-ordination of collaborative partnership activity at the local level in support of the objectives of the NYSCB and the Children’s Trust Board to: promote the work of the NYSCB, ensuring local arrangements for the safeguarding of children are fit for purpose provide scrutiny of, and challenge to, those arrangements where appropriate secure local delivery of NYSCB objectives and priorities, as described in the Children & Young People’s Plan (CYPP) secure local delivery of Children’s Trust Board objectives and priorities, as described in the NYSCB Business Plan

Strategic Objectives of the NYSCB Business Plan The North Yorkshire Safeguarding Board will drive the local strategy to ensure the safety and wellbeing of Children and Young People involved in or at risk of sexual exploitation and who are subject to multiple vulnerabilities The North Yorkshire Safeguarding Board will ensure that partner agencies promote early help, recognise, and respond to neglect of children and young people NYSCB will work with partners to develop and implement effective mechanisms for collecting and evaluating feedback from children, young people and their families and ensure that this is used to influence service development The main themes from the NYSCB Business Plan

Learning impacting on practice Development of the Learning and Improvement Framework Development of a multi-agency audit plan and completion of audits of pre-birth assessments and strategy meetings Themed practitioner audits Significant Incident Learning Process (SILP) Review of a child death (the outcome report is published on our website, www.safeguardingchildren.co.uk) Audits of multi-agency compliance with Section 11 of the Children Act 2004 Cases considered by the Child Death Review Panel

Key achievements which link to your practice We have: Continued to develop our learning from practice to improve procedures and how professionals work together Revised our multi-agency procedures and practice guidance to ensure it is up-to-date, informative, takes learning from practice and is clear Developed the NYSCB Briefings to ensure that you are kept up to date with the latest issues discussed at the Board Improved our website content to make it accessible, more interactive and more informative Developed the Children’s Safeguarding and Strategy Groups to provide local links for practitioners to the Board and ensure that local priorities link to the Board

Key achievements which link to your practice We have: Listened to your views on training and improved our range of courses at different levels Raised awareness of key issues linked to our Business Plan and Strategic objectives such as CSE and Early Help Held themed conferences for Child Sexual Exploitation, Early Help and Working With Teenagers

NYSCB Briefings You should expect to receive the NYSCB Briefing from your Board Representative once a quarter. They are also available from the link below: http://www.safeguardingchildren.co.uk/briefings.html

Who to Contact Prof. Nick Frost NYSCB Independent Chair North Yorkshire Safeguarding Children Board County Hall, Northallerton Dallas Frank Safeguarding Children Board Manager Tel: 01609 535187 E-mail: dallas.frank@northyorks.gov.uk Haydn Rees Jones NYSCB Policy and Development Officer Tel: 01609 535188 E-mail: haydn.reesjones@northyorks.gov.uk Susan Colville Child Sexual Exploitation Project Lead Tel: 01609 534391 E-mail: suan.colville@northyorks.gov.uk Katie Hibbs Senior Development Officer Tel: 01609 533524 E-mail: katie.hibbs@northyorks.gov.uk Alison Carter NYSCB Administrator Tel: 01609 535182 E-mail: alison.carter@northyorks.gov.uk www.safeguardingchildren.co.uk