Cumbria Local Safeguarding Children Board
Business Plan 2011/12
This is an introduction to the LSCB‘s business plan for 2011-12. The Government signified it’s commitment to protecting children by commissioning Eileen Munro, Professor at the LSE to undertake a report into child protection in all its aspects. The Munroe report into Child Protection reported in final in May 2011 following 2 interim reports.
Munro confirms’ “LSCB’s play an extremely valuable role and are uniquely positioned within the local authority architecture to monitor how professionals and services are working together to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.’ The government has welcomed the report, a detailed response will follow later this year. This business plan takes into account the direction and focus of the Munro review.
It has been a year of substantial organisational change in both children’s services and in partner agencies. The new configuration in the local authority offers considerable potential for extremely effective safeguarding of children through joint working, we have considered how our approach can maximise this effectiveness.
The LSCB needs a structure that best enables us to achieve our objectives therefore we have revised and simplified our sub –group structure to manage our objectives. Most of our work is undertaken in the sub-groups and we are grateful for the knowledgeable and consistent input from board members.
This year our objectives focus on our key responsibilities including monitoring effectiveness, overseeing training and being cogniscent of how children and young people experience services in Cumbria. Our annual objectives also reflect what the year has taught us, from audit, serious case reviews and performance. All board members have had an opportunity to contribute to our objectives.
The LSCB is mandated to produce an annual report which it will do, in the summer, the report will contain the information that we have from the previous year’s activity in Cumbria and a view on the effectiveness of safeguarding.
Anne Ridgway
Independent Chair, Cumbria LSCB
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