How do we work together to keep children and young people safe?
The Joint Area Review (JAR) inspection of our services found that we have good arrangements in place to safeguard children and young people and to promote their welfare. We will work to make sure they remain good and also focus our efforts towards those children and young people we see as particularly vulnerable. At the time of writing we are awaiting the Government's full response to Lord Laming’s review of safeguarding arrangements in England and we will need to respond to all relevant recommendations.
The first of our ten improvement priorities is to Protect the most vulnerable children and Young People. Nottinghamshire Safeguarding Children Board (NSCB) has the key role in this area. Section five describes how our local organisations will work together through the NSCB and the wider partnership to safeguard the most vulnerable children and young people.
What is the Nottinghamshire Safeguarding Children Board (NSCB)?
Nottinghamshire Safeguarding Children Board (NSCB) was established as a statutory body by the Children Act 2004. The Board is the key statutory mechanism for agreeing how partners in Nottinghamshire will co-operate to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and ensure the effectiveness of what they do.
The NSCB brings together senior representatives from agencies (statutory and voluntary) responsible for delivering services to children and young people and their families. This includes services to adults who may be parents. All of these agencies have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people in the work they do. It is the responsibility of the NSCB to ensure that they meet this responsibility. The Board has an independent chair.
The NSCB works closely with other partnerships in Nottinghamshire and, in particular, the Nottinghamshire Children's Trust Board. The NSCB will take a specific responsibility to ensure that the safeguarding needs of children and young people in Nottinghamshire are met through the effective implementation of the Children and Young People’s Plan.
Further details of the work of the NSCB can be found at: www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/nscb
