Linked-Up Meeting Summary
Safeguarding on Wirral
29th January 2016
Apologies; Fatima Awad – Adullam Homes, Danielle Peloe – WEB, Justine Molyneux – Involve Northwest, Helen Webster – St James Centre
Wirral’s Safeguarding Children’s Board (WSCB) provided a comprehensive presentation to update the sector on changes and future plans.
- Suzanne Cottrell talked about the role of the LADO (Local Authority Designated Officer for Allegations) and the statutory obligation of services to refer on Safeguarding concerns relating to those in a position of trust.
- David Robbins explained the structure of Wirral’s boards, groups and sub-committees relating to Safeguarding Children. He highlighted the annual report produced by the Safeguarding board and touched upon Domestic Abuse as a key priority. David has agreed to come to a future meeting to discuss the section 11 audit.
- Vicky Palmer presented on the Family CAF (Common Assessment Framework) and the Distance Travelled Tools – which she explained are useful tools that help to gather information that may otherwise be missed
Full details of all of the above can be found at https://www.wirral.gov.uk/health-and-social-care/children/wirral-safeguarding-childrens-board
To be added to the Safeguarding News Update please email: [email protected] or find it under Linked-Up on the Working with Children and Young People section on Community Action Wirral’s website communityactionwirral.org.uk.
A question was put to WSCB about the commissioned services contracts ending early. The response was that this would need to be raised for discussion at the next board meeting.
Organisations present shared new and on-going projects which can also be found in the Linked up section at www.communityactionwirral.org
VCF sector representation at boards, meetings and groups was mentioned. As a sector we need to ensure we are being represented in the best way. Please look out for a very short survey from Community Action Wirral gathering information around this. Any thoughts or ideas in the meantime forward to [email protected] .
Next Meeting: Friday 1st April 2016 – 9.30-11.30 – St James Centre
Speaker tbc – will present for 30 minutes including questions
Thank you to all who contributed to the first Linked-Up meeting. Please forward any feedback or ideas for the development of the Linked-Up Network to: [email protected]
