the role of the nyscb. a)to coordinate what is done by each person or body represented on the board...
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The role of the NYSCB
a) to coordinate what is done by each person or body represented on the Board for the purposes of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children in the area; and
b) to ensure the effectiveness of what is done by each such person or body for those purposes.
Statutory Objectives
Develop multi-agency policies and procedures for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children
Raising awareness Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of arrangements
for the safeguarding and welfare of children Advising Board partners on ways to improve Participate in the planning of services for children in the
North Yorkshire, and Undertake reviews of serious cases and advise Board
partners on lessons learned
What we do
Partner Involvement
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Executive
Determine the Board’s Business Plan Monitor performance against the
Plan Determine the Board agenda and
resources Determine key issues requiring
executive action by partners, for example sign off of Serious Case Review Overview Report recommendations and implementation plans, and
Accept the Annual Report
Board
Develop a robust understanding of the quality of multi-agency child protection practice and ensure it is effectively used to challenge and drive on-going improvements
Contribution to the safeguarding and welfare of children in North Yorkshire
Consider partners contribution to the advancement of the NYSCB Business Plan
Give direction to and receive updates from the Children’s Safeguarding and Strategy Groups
Board and Executive
Subgroups
Case Review Subgroup – considers any cases highlighted within agencies where multi-agency learning can be derived
Workforce Development Subgroup – Identifies multi-agency training requirements and evaluates the effectiveness of multi-agency and single agency training.
Missing from Home and Care Subgroup – Consider multi-agency responses to children missing from home and care
Child Death Review Panel Steering Group – identifies learning identified from the child deaths and multi-agency responses
Child Sexual Exploitation Subgroup – Consider multi-agency responses to children who are at risk of being or have been sexually exploited
Missing from Home and Care Subgroup – Consider multi-agency responses to children missing from home and care
Quality Assurance and Performance Subgroup – Considers NYSCB dataset, maintaining an overview of audit activities, learning opportunities, patterns and trends, and directing the work of the Audit Group
Communication and Engagement Subgroup – Responsible for the Communication and Engagement Strategy, website content and publications
Subgroups
Established to undertake specific tasks which sit report to individual subgroups Young People Who Sexually Harm Task
Group Multi-Agency Audit Group E-Safety Task Group Training Implementation Group Multi-Agency Audit Group Serious Case Review Subgroup
Task Groups
The over-arching aim of each Children’s Safeguarding & Strategy Group is to improve the lives and outcomes of children and young people locally. This is achieved through the co-ordination of collaborative partnership activity at the local level in support of the objectives of the NYSCB and the Children’s Trust Board to: promote the work of the NYSCB, ensuring local arrangements for
the safeguarding of children are fit for purpose provide scrutiny of, and challenge to, those arrangements where
appropriate secure local delivery of NYSCB objectives and priorities, as
described in the Children & Young People’s Plan (CYPP) secure local delivery of Children’s Trust Board objectives and
priorities, as described in the NYSCB Business Plan
Children’s Safeguarding and Strategy Groups (CSSGs)
1. The North Yorkshire Safeguarding Board will drive the local strategy to ensure the safety and wellbeing of Children and Young People involved in or at risk of sexual exploitation and who are subject to multiple vulnerabilities
2. The North Yorkshire Safeguarding Board will ensure that partner agencies promote early help, recognise, and respond to neglect of children and young people
3. NYSCB will work with partners to develop and implement effective mechanisms for collecting and evaluating feedback from children, young people and their families and ensure that this is used to influence service development
Strategic Objectives of the NYSCB Business Plan
Development of the Learning and Improvement Framework Development of a multi-agency audit plan and completion of
audits of pre-birth assessments and strategy meetings Themed practitioner audits Significant Incident Learning Process (SILP) Review of a child
death (the outcome report is published on our website, www.safeguardingchildren.co.uk)
Audits of multi-agency compliance with Section 11 of the Children Act 2004
Cases considered by the Child Death Review Panel
Learning impacting on practice
We have: Continued to develop our learning from practice to improve
procedures and how professionals work together Revised our multi-agency procedures and practice guidance to
ensure it is up-to-date, informative, takes learning from practice and is clear
Developed the NYSCB Briefings to ensure that you are kept up to date with the latest issues discussed at the Board
Improved our website content to make it accessible, more interactive and more informative
Developed the Children’s Safeguarding and Strategy Groups to provide local links for practitioners to the Board and ensure that local priorities link to the Board
Key achievements which link to your practice
We have: Listened to your views on training and improved our
range of courses at different levels Raised awareness of key issues linked to our
Business Plan and Strategic objectives such as CSE and Early Help
Held themed conferences for Child Sexual Exploitation, Early Help and Working With Teenagers
Key achievements which link to your practice
You should expect to receive the NYSCB Briefing from your Board Representative once a quarter.
They are also available from the link below:
NYSCB Briefings
http://www.safeguardingchildren.co.uk/briefings.html
Who to Contact
Dallas FrankSafeguarding Children Board ManagerTel: 01609 535187E-mail: [email protected] Rees Jones
NYSCB Policy and Development OfficerTel: 01609 535188E-mail: [email protected]
Susan ColvilleChild Sexual Exploitation Project LeadTel: 01609 534391E-mail: [email protected] Alison CarterNYSCB AdministratorTel: 01609 535182E-mail: [email protected]
Katie HibbsSenior Development OfficerTel: 01609 533524E-mail: [email protected]
www.safeguardingchildren.co.uk
Prof. Nick FrostNYSCB Independent ChairNorth Yorkshire Safeguarding Children BoardCounty Hall, Northallerton