New safeguarding children arrangements Steve Baumber Service Manager Partnerships & Planning Nottinghamshire County Council

Nottinghamshire LSCB Typical LSCB structure 35+ members 5 x NHS Trusts, 2 x NHS England regional teams, 6 x Clinical Commissioning Groups, 1 local authority, 7 x District/Borough Councils, regional NPS, regional CRC, 1 police service, 350 schools, CAFCASS, voluntary sector…. 2700 MASH enquiries per quarter 850 children subject to a child protection plan 800+ Looked after children LSCB graded ‘Good’ at last Ofsted inspection

Options development Safeguarding partners meeting + NSCB Ind. Chair (advisor) 7th November 2017 Safeguarding arrangements options – local authority Child death review options - CCGs Options Draft WT2018 & Children & Social Work Act 2017 Comparison of LSCB functions against new safeguarding arrangements Assessment of LSCB effectiveness – strengths and weaknesses Reference to ‘early adopters’ section on AILC website Four options developed Safeguarding partners meeting + NSCB Ind. Chair (advisor) 5th February 2018 – agreed option in principle Specific meeting of safeguarding partners to consider funding

Assessment of LSCB Strengths Weaknesses Well attended Board with strong commitment from partners Transparent case review process Effective multi-agency audit programme Comprehensive training programme covering wide range of issues and seminar/workshop/e- learning options Shared procedures with Nottingham City NSCB Executive decision making limited due to the level of representation from agencies Coordination of improvement activity Large Board with representation at differing levels which limits discussion and decision making effectiveness Overlap between work of Executive and Board Perception of being skewed towards local authority – in terms of activity and assessment of performance Demand on partner resources to attend meetings (including other Boards, sub groups etc.) Accountability Retain and build on what was working well but take the opportunity to address the weakness with LSCBs highlighted by Wood

Consultation & development of model Consultation with LSCB & sub group members Who’s decision is it? A balancing act.. Describing the model – tendency to try and map existing groups onto new model Perception of difference in status – safeguarding partners/relevant agencies Health providers Safeguarding partners meeting 17th August 2018 – WT 2018 published high level implementation plan agreed Relevant agencies agreed Geographic area agreed – shared groups with Nottingham City Confirmation of lead representatives & delegation of functions Further consultation with LSCB led by safeguarding partners Working group to draft arrangements ‘How can you contribute to the new arrangements’ workshop Communication – never enough

Nottinghamshire Safeguarding Children Partnership

What do we hope to achieve? Vision and values Our vision ‘that children and young people in Nottinghamshire grow up in a safe and stable environment and are supported to lead healthy, happy and fulfilling lives’.   The Nottinghamshire Safeguarding Children Partnership will: Work effectively as a partnership to protect children from harm. Build working relationships between partners which support constructive challenge. Be transparent and self-critical. Learn from local and national safeguarding practice and improve the way children are safeguarded. Listen and respond to children and young people and adult victims and survivors of child abuse to guide how services are delivered. Ensure services for children and families in Nottinghamshire support children and young people to stay healthy and happy. Ensure services for children and families in Nottinghamshire support parents and carers to provide the best possible care for their children. Clear accountability Faster response to serious child safeguarding cases Improved engagement with lead safeguarding practitioners Better coordination of improvement activities Streamlined structure

Implementing the new safeguarding arrangements Funding – retain same formula for 2019/20 and review in summer 2019 Safeguarding partners meeting – 5th Sign off December 2018 New safeguarding arrangements published under the auspices of the Nottinghamshire Safeguarding Children Partnership Implementation period – 1st January – 31st March 2019 One SCR remaining – due to be published imminently Groups meeting and taking on new responsibilities SLG – best place for CDOP to provide assurance to

Early indications of benefits Earlier engagement and greater involvement of lead representatives from safeguarding partners Opportunities to re-think why we do things and whether we can do them any better Much greater involvement with schools Partnership not restricted by the need to manage the size of the Board Scrutiny, Coordination and Development Rapid reviews - OK so far Flexibility – further refinement as we learn from our experience and from other areas