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Proposed Safeguarding Partnership Arrangements

 

 

Meeting: 09/04/2019 - Cabinet (Item 5)

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Background:

 

This report set out the proposals for the new safeguarding partnership arrangements for children in Medway in accordance with the Children and Social Work Act 2017 and associated statutory guidance, which placed a duty on three agencies, namely the local authority, the police and the clinical commissioning group, to make arrangements for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children in the area.

 

The proposed arrangements were detailed at sections 5 and 6 of the report.  There was a requirement to publish the arrangements and submit them to the Department for Education by 29 June 2019 and for transition of the new arrangements to be completed by 29 September 2019.

 

The report had been considered by the Health and Wellbeing Board on 19 February 2019 and the Children and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee on 7 March 2019. Their comments were set out in sections 8 and 9 of the report respectively.

 

A Diversity Impact Assessment (DIA) had been undertaken on the proposals and was set out in Appendix 2 to the report.

 

Decision number:

Decision:

The Cabinet noted the comments of the Health and Wellbeing Board, as set out in Section 8 of the report.

 

The Cabinet noted the comments of the Children and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee, as set out in Section 9 of the report.

48/2019

The Cabinet approved the proposed safeguarding partnership arrangements, as set out at Section 5 and 6 of the report.

49/2019

The Cabinet agreed to delegate authority to the Director of People – Children and Adults Services, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Children Services (Lead Member), to finalise the safeguarding partnership arrangements for publication by 29 June 2019, should any changes or more detail be required as set out in paragraph 7.3 of the report.

 

Reasons:

 

Approval of the proposed safeguarding partnership arrangements will enable the local authority to comply with the duties placed on the three Safeguarding Partners to make arrangements for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children in the area and will enable the three safeguarding partners to meet the required deadlines of 29 June 2019 to publish the arrangements and 29 September 2019 to implement them.