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Local safeguarding children boards (LSCBs)

Safeguarding ministerial statement and terms of reference, October 2008
This set of documents contains the terms of reference for the planned stocktake of LSCBs

DCSF is publishing two separate, but related, pieces of work to support the development of LSCBs:
 - Exemplars of LSCB effective local practice, July 2008
 - The LSCB challenge and improvement tool, July 2008
 

Children can only be safeguarded properly if the key agencies work effectively together. Local safeguarding children boards (LSCBs) are designed to help ensure that this happens. They put the former area child protection committees (ACPCs) on a statutory footing.

The core membership of LSCBs is set out in the Children Act 2004, and includes LAs, health bodies, the police and others. The objective of LSCBs is to coordinate and to ensure the effectiveness of their member agencies in safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.

The statutory regulations, which came into force on 1 April 2006, are available from the Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) website.

Guidance on LSCBs

The DCSF is committed to supporting the development and improvement of LSCBs. Statutory guidance forms Chapter 3 of the revised version of Working Together to Safeguard Children, which is the core guidance on how agencies should cooperate in child protection and in safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. 

Working Together is part of an interlocking set of guidance supporting the Children Act 2004.

For more information, read the Children Act 2004: Guidance. 

We have produced a list of the chairs of LSCBs which is available to download below.

Recent documents

LSCB rule change discussion paper, 28 April 2008

List of the chairs of LSCBs

Resources

LSCBs: A review of progress, June 2008

LSCBs national event documentary, March 2007
This documentary provides a short overview of the day of the first national event focusing on LSCBs, which took place at the National Motorcycle Museum on 13 March 2007.

Safeguarding disabled children: A resource for LSCBs 

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Last updated on 28/04/2009