Issue - meetings

Report of the Independent Chair of the Southampton Local Safeguarding Children Board recommending that the Panel receive the LSCB Report and utilise the information contained to inform its work.

The Panel considered the report of the Independent Chair of the Southampton Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB) which presented the LSCB Annual Report 2017-18 and outlined changes to statutory guidance relating to partnership arrangements for safeguarding children and young people.

Keith Makin - Independent Chair of the LSCB; Tony Rawlinson – Acting Chief Superintendent, Hampshire Constabulary; Katherine Elsmore – Head of Safeguarding, NHS Southampton Clinical Commissioning Group; Siobhan West - Associate Designated Nurse for Safeguarding, NHS Southampton Clinical Commissioning Group; Jane White – Service Lead, Children’s Social Care, Southampton City Council and Phil Bullingham – Service Lead, Safeguarding, Improvement, Governance and Quality Assurance, Southampton City Council were present and with the consent of the chair addressed the meeting.

The Panel noted the following:

·  That the LSCB partnership extended across a wide range of organisations.

·  That elective home education increased in Southampton in the past year.

·  That neglect has been a key focus for the LSCB and the new policies, procedures, training and tool kit that have been implemented across the partnership have enhanced the ability of practitioners to recognise and respond to signs of neglect.

·  That the LSCB has sought to improve auditing and quality assurance across safeguarding services in Southampton.

·  That the LSCB commissioned and completed a thematic report on online safety and the recommendations had been agreed.

·  That the LSCB’s focus on improving safety and outcomes for those children at risk of going missing, being exploited or trafficked has increased collaborative activity and preventative interventions.

RESOLVED

1)  That a briefing note outlining the key measures within the Home Education (Duty of Local Authorities) Bill is circulated to the Panel.

2)  That the Panel are provided with an update on progress with regards to the implementation of the recommendations from the thematic report on on-line safety.  The Panel requested specific detail relating to the adoption by schools of anonymous reporting tools.

3)  That a precis of the collaborative activity undertaken by the LSCB relating to the issue of County Lines drug supply is circulated to the Panel.