Thanks to the Wirral LSCB for permission to adapt their PowerPoint Working Together to Safeguard Children 2018 Summary of Changes July 2018 Thanks to the Wirral LSCB for permission to adapt their PowerPoint

Status of Guidance WT18 replaces WT15 and is statutory guidance. It was published on 4th July 2018 WT18 applies to all agencies and professionals who work with children Statutory Transitional Guidance and Statutory Framework Guidance published Updated GDPR and Information Sharing Guidance also published Working Together to Safeguard Children 2018 A guide to inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children  

Headlines WT18 sets out: Importance of Early Help. Also describes referral and assessment processes Strengthened responsibilities of agencies to safeguard children New multi-agency safeguarding arrangements to replace LSCB’s New process for local and national practice reviews Child Death Review duties Working Together to Safeguard Children 2018 A guide to inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children  

Chapter One – Assessing Need and Providing Help Chapter Includes: • Additions to early help focus include: gangs and organised crime groups, missing, drug and alcohol abuse, radicalisation, trafficking and exploitation • Guidance about information sharing and GDPR • Assessment of disabled children, Young Carers and young people in secure youth establishments added • Emphasis on contextual safeguarding • Specific health responsibilities added to strategy discussion guidance • Responsibility moving from LSCB’s to safeguarding partners to monitor effectiveness of arrangements Working Together to Safeguard Children 2018 A guide to inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children  

Chapter Two – Organisational Responsibilities Chapter Includes: • Section 11 duties for all agencies are unchanged • Emphasis on guidance applying in its entirety to all schools • Section added about responsibility of CCG to ensure provision of designated health professionals • Children’s Homes, MAPPA and sports clubs and associations added to Section 11 duty • Safeguarding responsibilities emphasised for all professionals working in voluntary, charity, social enterprise and faith based organisations Working Together to Safeguard Children 2018 A guide to inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children  

Chapter Three – Multi-agency Safeguarding Arrangements Chapter Includes: • Statutory safeguarding partners are the Local Authority, Police and Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) • The partners have full and equal responsibility to establish effective safeguarding arrangements • Organisations named as Relevant Agencies – including all schools are required to cooperate with the arrangements • New arrangements must be published and be in place by 29 September 2019, current arrangements continue until then • New arrangements will replace current safeguarding board arrangements Working Together to Safeguard Children 2018 A guide to inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children  

Chapter Four – Improving Child Protection and Safeguarding Practice Chapter Includes: • New National Child Safeguarding Review Panel has been established. Panel will receive all serious incident notifications from the local authority • The panel will identify cases which raise issues of national significance to be reviewed as national child safeguarding practice reviews • Safeguarding partners are responsible for identifying and commissioning local reviews • An initial (15 day) rapid review will be undertaken on all cases Working Together to Safeguard Children 2018 A guide to inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children  

Chapter Five – Child Death Reviews Chapter Includes: • Local Authority and CCG are the statutory Child Death Review Partners • The partners are responsible for establishing child death review arrangements – these can be based on current child death overview arrangements • Our current arrangements are on a West of England basis and this can continue • Current arrangements continue until replaced by new arrangements which must be in place by September 2019 Working Together to Safeguard Children 2018 A guide to inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children  

Agencies and Professionals Should: • Familiarise themselves with the new Guidance • Be aware of changes from LSCB’s to new multi-agency safeguarding arrangements – and timetable • Be aware of the new arrangements for local and national reviews (and aware that current SCR’s continue until LSCB replaced) • Be aware of new local Child Death Review arrangements (when published) Full guidance, summary and more information see the legislation section: https://www.safeguarding-bathnes.org.uk/children/local-safeguarding-children-s-board/10-resources-and-links / Working Together to Safeguard Children 2018 A guide to inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children