In 2009/2010 the National Safeguarding Delivery Unit is undertaking projects that have been identified as a priority by Lord Laming in the following three key areas:
- building capacity and prioritising learning
- improving understanding
- providing support for best practice.
Building capacity and prioritising learning:
- developing a model for the recruitment and training of independent Serious Case Review (SCR) panel chairs and overview report authors
- setting the framework for high quality Government Office challenge and support in safeguarding that drives improved outcomes for children.
Improving understanding:
- sharing information to keep children safe
- improving access to and understanding of key data to help keep children safe and improve their lives
- referral and assessment systems where children are at risk of harm due to domestic violence, adult substance misuse or mental ill health
- embedding the lessons of serious case reviews (SCRs) and child death overview panels (CDOPs).
Providing support for best practice:
- stock take of improvement activity in safeguarding
- a review of solution focused brief therapy
- new safeguarding indicators and statutory targets that drive improved performance and better outcomes
- revising Working Together to Safeguard Children.
