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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. Nottinghamshire Safeguarding Children Partnership

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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