meetings, Executive Committee meetings, sub-groups of the LSCBs and development sessions. HAST CCG and ST CCG have made a financial contribution to each LSCB during 2014-15 as detailed in Table 2 below. Financial contribution by CCG to their respective LSCBs Hartlepool & Stockton on Tees Hartlepool LSCB £31,519 CCG Stockton-on-Tees LSCB £53,055 South Tees CCG Middlesbrough LSCB £41,846 Redcar & Cleveland LSCB £33,463 2: CCG Financial contributions to the LSCBs The Designated Nurse has continued as Vice Chair of all 4 Tees Learning and Improving Practice Sub Group (formerly SCR Sub Committees) in 2014/15. The SCO remains a member of all 4 Tees LSCBs Performance Sub Groups (or equivalent). These groups are primarily aimed at monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of what is done by Board Partners individually and collectively to safeguard and promote the welfare of children as stipulated in Regulation 5 of the LSCBs Regulations 2006. The SCO’s attendance at these groups provides oversight regarding all health providers’ contribution to operational safeguarding practice; the SCO also shares information from Primary Care (GP Practices) allowing triangulation between the GP support visits and impact of safeguarding children training. It also provides an opportunity to identify issues regarding systems processes. For example, in 2013/14 Stockton LSCB reported compliance for submission of reports for Initial and Review Case Conferences by GPs as 60%. However the SCO identified that the requests for the reports had, in some instances, not been issued to the correct GP and therefore not returned. Focused work has been undertaken during 2014/15 to address the weaknesses within the Local Authorities/Primary Care systems to prevent this issue being repeated. This has particularly centred on introducing secure email addresses to facilitate the sending and receipt of conference reports. Each LSCB has mechanisms for engaging children and young people in the work of the Board which ultimately influences the work of the Board. This includes Safeguarding Boards’ and Inspectors’ groups. The ‘Junior ‘Young Safeguarding Children Team for the CCGs ensure this very important of ‘voice’ children and young people influences other appropriate aspects of their work of the Safeguarding Team within the CCGs.
meetings, Executive Committee meetings, sub-groups of the LSCBs and development sessions. HAST CCG and ST CCG have made a financial contribution to each LSCB during 2014-15 as detailed in Table 2 below. Financial contribution by CCG to their respective LSCBs Hartlepool & Stockton on Tees CCG Hartlepool LSCB £31,519 Stockton-on-Tees LSCB £53,055 South Tees CCG Middlesbrough LSCB £41,846 Redcar & Cleveland LSCB £33,463 2: CCG Financial contributions to the LSCBs The Designated Nurse has continued as Vice Chair of all 4 Tees Learning and Improving Practice Sub Group (formerly SCR Sub Committees) in 2014/15. The SCO remains a member of all 4 Tees LSCBs Performance Sub Groups (or equivalent). These groups are primarily aimed at monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of what is done by Board Partners individually and collectively to safeguard and promote the welfare of children as stipulated in Regulation 5 of the LSCBs Regulations 2006. The SCO’s attendance at these groups provides oversight regarding all health providers’ contribution to operational safeguarding practice; the SCO also shares information from Primary Care (GP Practices) allowing triangulation between the GP support visits and impact of safeguarding children training. It also provides an opportunity to identify issues regarding systems processes. For example, in 2013/14 Stockton LSCB reported compliance for submission of reports for Initial and Review Case Conferences by GPs as 60%. However the SCO identified that the requests for the reports had, in some instances, not been issued to the correct GP and therefore not returned. Focused work has been undertaken during 2014/15 to address the weaknesses within the Local Authorities/Primary Care systems to prevent this issue being repeated. This has particularly centred on introducing secure email addresses to facilitate the sending and receipt of conference reports. Each LSCB has mechanisms for engaging children and young people in the work of the Board which ultimately influences the work of the Board. This includes ‘Junior Safeguarding Boards’ and ‘Young Inspectors’ groups. The Safeguarding Children Team for the CCGs ensure this very important ‘voice’ of children and young people influences other appropriate aspects of their work of the Safeguarding Team within the CCGs.
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