Lancashire Safeguarding Children Board 11 th September 2015 MINUTES Name Agency Present / Apols Jane Booth Independent Chair Present Chris McConnachie Lancashire Association of School Governors Present Stasia Osiowy Lancashire County Council Head of Safeguarding Inspection & Present Audit Hazel Gregory Blackpool Teaching Hospital Trust Present Paul Hegarty LSCB Manager Present Sandie Hayes CAFCASS Present Richard Matthews LSCB Business Co-ordinator Present Dr Nicky Bamford (OBO Designated Doctor Present Dhia Mahmood) Joanne Dann Lancashire and Cumbria CRC Present Sonia Turner National Probation Service Present Tony Morrissey Lancashire County Council Deputy Director of Children's Present Services Alice Marquis-Carr Fylde, Wyre & North Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Group Present Jean Rollinson C&SR, Preston and West Lancs CCG Present Joanna Hunt Children's Society - Programme Manager Present Cc Matthew Tomlinson Lancashire County Councillor, Lead Member Participant Apologies Observer Mike Leaf CDOP Chair Present Paul Burneside (OBO Lancashire Constabulary Head of PPU Present Sue Cawley) Vanessa Hollings East Lancashire Hospital Trust Divisional General Manager of Present Family Care Julie Seed Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Trust Present Bob Stott Lancashire County Council - Director of Permanence, Protection Apologies & Schools Janet Crossley Colleges Present Chris Horrocks Secondary Schools Apologies Garry Payne Wyre District Council - Chief Executive Apologies Sue Warburton NHS England Apologies Charlotte Hammond Adult Safeguarding Board Present Debbie Fawcett Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Outreach - Programme Manager Apologies Siobhan Collingwood Primary Schools Present Sasha Wells University Hospitals Morecambe Bay NHS Trust Deputy Present Director and Head of Midwifery, Gynaecology and Obstetrics Diane Booth Lancashire County Council Head of Children's Social Care Apologies Bridgett Welch Lancashire Care Foundation Trust Present Simon Featherstone Southport & Ormskirk Hospital Trust Director of Nursing Apologies Kathryn Ascroft (observing) LSCB, CDOP Business Support 1
No Item Action 1 Welcome and Apologies welcomed all to the meeting and accepted apologies for absence 2 Minutes of Previous Meeting Sacha Wells title is incorrect, will amend Page 3, Esafety advised there may be some risks for the chairing and expertise to this group from the LCC re-structure which is discussing with LCC colleagues. Page 3 SCRs advised current position: Child G report is concluded but will be reviewed following family proceedings direction. A learning brief will be provided shortly to all agencies. Child KG progressing as planned. A MALR has been agreed for a case in the North involving a 16yr old who sexually assaulted other young people in residential care. Child O Some delays due to legal proceedings, likely concluded for next meeting. Page 4 item 10 SC advised that some schools in the North are linking in with CAMHS for reflective supervision. 3 Action Log The action log was reviewed and updated. The following additional actions/updates were agreed: CDOP Database likely completed within next 3 months, some issues to resolve re costs, especially licence fees. FII Guidance. will liaise with unitary colleagues to try and resolve pan-lancs issues. If not it can be published as a Lancashire only document for now. EHE - will invite the LCC lead to the January meeting to update the Board on current developments / state of play. will take this forward, will send him a summary of concerns / questions. Staff Survey will remind all members via email to confirm they have responded to issues raised, especially around visibility of Board members. 4 Sub-group Updates Sub-group updates were received and accepted. The following key points and actions were noted: SCR Group RADAR group proposal to be revisited on conclusion of the current SCR Good progress with work plan noted L&D Group will circulate consultation re DOLS and highlight sections that relate to children JR will circulate related guidance re DOLS Wider mental health and training issues to be discussed at HWB as part of review of mental health services will link this in and ask for a progress update re this MFH and ihop conferences coming up, details to be circulated shortly CDOP Good progress with work plan noted All agencies to consider SUDC group request for marketing expertise / support and email the CDOP coordinator with any options Esafety Group will circulate Prevent for Schools resources link, will ensure this is shared with school advisors CMc will discuss support for governors on Prevent with CSE Group, JR CMc 2
Standard Operating Procedures review needs to be completed as a matter of priority, Police colleagues are leading on this questioned issue of capacity given large numbers of schools and was given reassurance that this would be sufficient. JH will circulate details of Children's Society's schools programme which can be adapted for primary schools. This is planned for delivery in all Lancashire schools. will ensure this is distributed to all schools, CMc will share with Governors groups PB will send details of CSE week to for distribution to all Taxi licensing developments progressing well, discussed with PCC also. Aiming for CSE training to be part of application approval process across county. ML raised the issue of the UBER app which enables people to share lifts / vehicles through GPS notifications this could present some risks which will raise at the CYPTB on Monday will take over as Chair of the CSE group for the next year QA/PM Group CLA out of area placements audit to be presented to next meeting Regional framework progressing slowly, will look at which indicators can be linked in with current business plan priorities MASPI action plans progressing well, Burnley holding a conference re this will ensure CAF issues presented are fed through local groups to practitioners 5 CDOP Annual Report ML presented this report and drew attention to the headline issues, trends and achievements. commended CDOP on quality of work and timeliness of report. A discussion followed with key points and actions as follows: 1. Clearer links can be made with deprivation and child deaths at a local level, all agencies to consider this as appropriate to their services 2. Funding for continuation of Safer Sleep Campaign LSCB contribution is secure; ML is exploring options in Public Health, all to also consider this going forward 3. All agencies to remind relevant colleagues to ensure AB forms are completed fully, the CDOP coordinator will inform agency Board members of any recurrent issues 4. ML will raise awareness of Marmot Principles through Public Health groups 5. will share the report with the HWB alongside the LSCB Annual Report 6. will discuss new Charing arrangement with the Director of Public Health as ML is retiring in March 6 Kirkup Report Update VH provided an update on how hospital trusts are responding to the recommendations from Kirkup which relates to failures identified at UHMB re maternity services. Clarification was provided in relation to other reports (Keogh and Lampard) which are not related to Kirkup. VH assured the Board that recommendations from all these reports have been implemented by ELHT. Summary of key points as follows: 1. Latest CQC report re MBHT to be published at the end of the month, SW will share with all once available 2. A related national review of education and training for health professionals is due in December, all health agencies to report how they are responding to this to the Board in due course 3. asked if Board Members feel the Board now does have sufficient assurance that Health agencies are well sighted on these reports and taking action as necessary and this was confirmed. 4. It was agreed the Lampard (Saville) report is also applicable to some LA services, will draft a letter to send to LCC re this and assurance to the LSCB re visitors to Children s homes and Early Years/Children s Centres. JH CMc PB, ML ML SW 7 LSCB Annual Report presented the near final draft of the annual report for approval by the Board. A number of 3
Board members have provided suggestions and comments which have been incorporated as applicable. Following discussion the following was agreed: 1. JS will provide some additional text re LCFT services 2. HG will do likewise for BTHT 3. SG will update the Cafcass section 4. will amend 'Governor Service's to 'Governing Bodies' 5. Any additional comments or amendments to be sent to no later than midday on Monday (14 th Sept) 8 Summary from Executive Group presented the summary report from Exec. The following was noted / agreed: 1. Sustainability of 124K from Better Care Fund to support development of integrated Business Unit for LSCB and LSAB now resolved, LCC have committed to underwrite this cost from other sources if necessary 2. will circulate an update report on responses to the CSE Diagnostic. LSCB Manager post now out to external advert, LSAB coordination has now been taken up by the management team and a number of supernumerary colleagues from LCC are taking this forward on an interim basis until new posts are filled 3. will write to all agencies requesting assurance that LSCB members have a current DBS clearance 9 CLA Educational Attainment BS was not present to present the report as scheduled but provided an interim verbal report with key points as follows: Improvements in all areas at KS1 and 2 Gap closing between CLA and non CLA General improvement across the piece but still below national averages A fuller report will be presented to the next meeting which will include this year s data - GCSE results will have been released by then. The Corporate Parenting Board will be discussing this in more detail also. 10 PREVENT / Counter Terrorism New guidance has placed more responsibility on LSCBs to be assured agencies have effective arrangements. feels the Community Safety Partnership should have more of a leading role on this in terms of strategy and governance. has written to all members asking for assurance in relation to some key questions, some agencies have yet to respond to this (as detailed on the response log) and it was agreed all need to respond by the end of September. These responses will be collated into a summary report for the next meeting. A discussion followed with key points as follows: 1. Ofsted are increasing their focus on this issue in inspections 2. Burnley have done a lot of work so far which agencies may wish to link in with 3. All District Councils should be asked to respond to the letter from 4. will attend IL and LASSH to discuss how schools can respond to this and the wider S175 requirements (SC will agenda this for IL, for LASSH) 5. JH will discuss how the VCSF can respond at their next group meeting 6. Commissioners of services need to ensure contracts make reference to the Prevent duty 7. S11 returns will include future monitoring re this 8. SAB are looking at this also, will report back on any developments 11 LSCB Business Plan This has now been updated from the development day and can be considered the final version, though it will always be open to updates and refreshing as issues arise in year. A new section has been added that covers cross cutting developments. All sub-group chairs need to look at the sections that relate to their sub-groups and develop work plans and outcome measures in this respect. JS HG SG, BS, SC JH Subgroup Chairs 4
12 AOB advised an external review of CSC has been commissioned with the aim of reducing bureaucracy and enabling Social Workers to spend more time with children and families. will keep the Board updated on developments SO advised that Monday is the next possible date for Ofsted to come VH advised that Linda Salt has now left her post and Anna Svarc will be covering in the interim BW advised that the LCFT CQC inspection report should be published before the next meeting and will provide a report to the next Board. Verbal feedback to date has been positive and no safeguarding issues have been mentioned. BW 13 Date of Next Meeting Friday 13 th November, 9:30, Chorley House 5