London Safeguarding Children Board

Co-ordinating strategic initiatives to safeguard London’s children on behalf of the heads of London services and the London Local Safeguarding Children Boards.

ECM outcomes:

These include

• Protecting children from harm
• Support to address holistic needs of children
• Support for agencies/ professionals in their safeguarding responsibilities
• Improving competency/consistency in safeguarding
• Improving joint-working in safeguarding

Work with:
Regional Forums safeguarding, Strategic bodies safeguarding issues, Sub regional single/multi-agency forums safeguarding, Central Government safeguarding issues.

Strategic Priorities
• Improve multi-agency working to safeguard
• Improve embedding of safeguarding practice
• Improve safeguarding systems functioning
• Improve safeguarding competence

Deliverables
• Promote London-wide learning from practice
• Promote safeguarding networks
• Advice / lobbying to central Government
• Develop published child protection procedures-multi-agency
• Support development of CP procedures single agency
• Promote safeguarding good practice models
• Pilot new safeguarding initiatives
• Identify gaps in resources/outcomes in safeguarding

Key Performance Indicators
• Project / initiative outcomes achieved
• Quality of stakeholder engagement
• Specific products- e.g. procedures developed

Issues, Challenges and Risks
• Maintaining focus on priority targets to maximise effectiveness.