Children’s Board website provides a range of policies, procedures and guidance and the Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub provides a dedicated Professional’s helpline to provide guidance and signposting to services. Local Review current protocols for Sue Hadley, Current protocols By February 2017 Recommendation 3: sent 12 August and information sharing for court orders Independent reviewed 31/12/2016 Letter 2016 by Rebecca – That the Local Regional Chair, regarding Dale, Safeguarding Safeguarding Ensure protocols enable information Local Administrator on Children’s Board to be shared when required to Safeguarding processes for By on sent to behalf of Richard work in partnership minimise risk to children Children’s Board information 31/01/2017 Adrian Orr, Green, Cafcass with the County’s sharing in place Assistant National Child Care Education Director for Policy Manager. Department, Develop a partnership agreement as Education. Response: The to how information is to be shared C&YPS, the Courts recommendation is and CAFCASS to and how a lead professional in each Partnership By Response: I to the LSCB and it is review current organisation could be identified to agreement in place 28/02/2017 do not believe processes in work with the courts and child/young for them to decide that it is within relation to Court person to ensure effective and whether and how to the sphere of Orders so that it relevant information flow and provide action it. However, influence of properly supports support to the child/young person. as we previously SCC the children and explained, Cafcass is Education and closes any potential bound to comply safeguarding gaps. Learning to with the Family
Children’s Board website provides a range of policies, procedures and guidance and the Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub provides a dedicated Professional’s helpline to provide guidance and signposting to services. Recommendation 3: That the Local Safeguarding Children’s Board work in partnership with the County’s Education Department, C&YPS, the Courts and CAFCASS to review current processes in relation to Court Orders so that it properly supports the children and closes any potential safeguarding gaps. Local and Regional Review current protocols for information sharing for court orders Ensure protocols enable information to be shared when required to minimise risk to children Develop a partnership agreement as to how information is to be shared and how a lead professional in each organisation could be identified to work with the courts and child/young person to ensure effective and relevant information flow and provide support to the child/young person. Sue Hadley, Independent Chair, Local Safeguarding Children’s Board Current protocols reviewed processes for information sharing in place Partnership agreement in place By 31/12/2016 By 31/01/2017 By 28/02/2017 sent 12 August 2016 by Rebecca Dale, Safeguarding Administrator on behalf of Richard Green, Cafcass National Child Care Policy Manager. Response: The recommendation is to the LSCB and it is for them to decide whether and how to action it. However, as we previously explained, Cafcass is bound to comply with the Family February 2017 – Letter regarding sent to Adrian Orr, Assistant Director for Education. Response: I do not believe that it is within the sphere of influence of SCC Education and Learning to on
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