1. Children’s MARS Local Arrangements Update
North Lincolnshire
Children’s MARS Local Arrangements Update
Designated Safeguarding Leads – 21 March 2019

2. North Lincolnshire – who are we
Children’s Multi Agency Resilience & Safeguarding (MARS) Local Arrangements
Quality and effectiveness of services for children, including LSCB, judged as OUTSTANDING by Ofsted in SIF Inspection 2017
Building on a position of strength

3. Preparing for new arrangements - timeline
Up to October 2018
Shadow MASA
Exec Board formed
Oct – Nov 2017
Feb – Apr 2018
June 2018
Initial MASA proposals developed
Responded to Working Together consultation

4. Preparing for new arrangements – timeline cont
Up to October 2018
Published local arrangements
July – Oct 2018
Sep – Oct 2018
October 2018
Agreed transition, LSCB ‘close down’ process & new arrangements
Engaged, tested, developed & shaped arrangements

5. How we got to publication – key success factors
Shadow arrangements
Safeguarding partners - shared ownership at high level
Scope of arrangements agreed
Dedicated capacity to support developments
Tested and developed assurance framework
Robust transition arrangements
Agreed funding and resource for Multi Agency Innovation Hub
Principles - five big intents agreed

6. Five Big Intents Even stronger partnership inc. schools
Co-produce
Scrutiny and assurance
Make safeguarding personal – children remain in families, in schools
Even stronger partnership inc. schools
Build resilience
Underpinned by partnership arrangements
Policies and procedures

7. Implementing new arrangements - timeline
From October 2018
Staff move into Innovation Hub
2 Nov 2018
Nov 2018
March 2019
1) Inaugural Children’s MARS Board 2) Stakeholder development meeting
“Out of this world” conference launch
Children’s MARS Board news update and special conference edition - part of our commitment to communicating… another due out soon

8. Implementing new arrangements – key success factors
Dedicated officer into Multi Agency Innovation Hub from each safeguarding partner organisation – and other officers linking into the hub
Ongoing review of transition
Delivery plan to keep on track with implementation
Key lead areas for safeguarding partners
scrutiny and assurance
training
funding
performance
stakeholder engagement and voice (partnership)
safeguarding practice reviews
Transition from LSCB – just about there – child death review arrangements require further work ahead of the June publication date, but this is child death partners, not safeguarding partners – as part of this, will be looking to close down the LSCB website and , which has been running parallel, so will just be Children’s MARS
Scrutiny and assurance – published framework – agency specific, thematic, section 11, practice learning line of sight
Schools safeguarding audit will feature within this, as will MAAG
It’s to be confirmed, but it’s been proposed that the next practice learning line of sight will be at the end May and is likely to have a focus on cases where domestic abuse is an issue
Line of sights influenced by priorities and also JTAI themes – next ones coming up are:
Multi-Agency response to children at risk of mental health issues – summer 2019
Effectiveness of prevention and early intervention at reducing current and future risks to children and meeting their needs
Multi agency response to older children in need of help and protection focusing on contextual safeguarding including exploitation
CMARS scrutiny and assurance – key for schools….
Ensure people clear about what the process is. For this time, once the cases and schools have been identified, Helen and the hub can support schools through it, but we can send info round or have a specific session for all or it could be a focus at the next DSL
Learning from this is through the SPLIG. Could specifically update on outcomes and the process at the next one
Training – finalising training programme – upcoming dates
Intermediate
Early Help Assessment – 2 May (as a slight aside, in terms of early help, we had a recent contact with a school who was sending in the early help assessment cover form as a paper form – explained it was an electronic process but they fed back that it wasn’t clear about where it was going/whether it was submitted and they didn’t feel confident in doing it that way - subsequently, updated the form and also the submission arrangements so it’s clearer….trying to listen, learn, adapt and review)
Masterclasses
Child exploitation/county lines/OCG – 5 April
Neglect/GCP2 – 11 April, 26 April, 3 May, 30 May (particularly useful for school staff who home visit)
A range of domestic abuse training, which is facilitated by the Blue Door, so we’ll be promoting that once dates are confirmed
Other dates will be distributed in due course
Safeguarding training at DSL meetings and what is provided through Helen and Andy is done under the auspices of the CMARS arrangements
Looking to focus more of the quality and impact of training so we understand how it’s impacted on practice
Any examples
Funding
Safeguarding partners have agreed funding up to the end of 2019/20 and current contributions are likely to remain, of which schools are a key contributor. Will be looking at what funding will look like from Might be opportunities for contributions in kind, with resources, training, venues, links to hub etc as well as or instead of actual funding
Performance
Lots of data, performance info and intelligence
Trying to refine and restructure the framework so we’re more focussed on the analysis and evaluation, so looking at the story behind the figures rather than just to scores on the doors
Stakeholder engagement and voice
Did have a stakeholder partnership in November, at which schools were represented….did query about how schools featured in the new arrangements and this is still a work in progress, but a commitment to ensuring schools are visibly represented on the partnerships.
Looking to develop the stakeholder partners to be a policy watch approach
CMARS/hub linking into the DSL meeting more frequently goes toward strengthening these relationships with schoools direct and we are working more and more closely with Helen and Andy
Early helps forums – looking to strengthen links with early help group
So it’s about schools being visibly represented, but also about CMARS/hub coming to you more, but also finding ways of representing your views, challenges etc into the partnership arrangements
Safeguarding practice reviews
Improving Child Protection and Safeguarding Practice policies and procedures are now published
Safeguarding partners and decision makers are meeting to clarify local arrangements

9. North Lincolnshire – MARS Implementation
March to June 2019
Listen, Learn, Review & Adapt
Republish in June 2019

10. ANY QUESTIONS ? mars@northlincs.gov.uk www.northlincscmars@co.uk
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