Issue - meetings

The Panel considered the report of the Director of Legal and Governance that provided an overview of performance across the Children and Families Services since May 2018. 

The discussion focussed on the need to reduce the pressure on the Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) by:

·  Encouraging universal services to utilise their safeguarding processes more effectively;

·  Strengthening the Early Help offer to enable the service to act quickly to support children thereby preventing the need to escalate cases to safeguarding services; and

·  Recruiting experienced social workers to work within the MASH. 

It was noted that analysis would be undertaken to better understand the issues identified above. 

The Panel also noted the Performance Summary from the Chair and the response provided by the officers. 

RESOLVED that the Panel receive an update on progress made addressing the factors that were creating pressure on the MASH at the next Panel meeting.