Issue - meetings

Statutory guidance Working Together (2023) requires safeguarding partners to jointly report on partnership safeguarding activity they have undertaken in a 12-month period. The report should focus on multi-agency priorities, learning, impact, evidence and improvement and must be published by the end of September of each year.

The Pan Dorset Safeguarding Children Partnership (PDSCP) is responsible for delivering the Lead Safeguarding Partners multi-agency safeguarding arrangements for children and young people.

Lead Safeguarding Partners must ensure there are arrangements for effective independent scrutiny in place for their local area.

PDSCP’s quality assurance and scrutiny framework include presentation of its annual report to the BCP/Dorset scrutiny committees and cabinets as part of its independent scrutiny arrangement.

RESOLVED that BCP Cabinet scrutinised and commented on the report.

Voting: Unanimous

Portfolio Holder: Children, Young People, Education and Skills

Reason

The PDSCP Annual Report 2023/2024 has been approved by the PDSCP and three Delegated Safeguarding Partners on behalf of the three Lead Safeguarding Partners for:

BCP Council

Dorset Police

Integrated Care Board (ICB), NHS Dorset

The Portfolio Holder for Children, Young People, Education and Skills presented a report, a copy of which had been circulated to each Member and a copy of which appears as Appendix 'A' to these Minutes in the Minute Book.

Cabinet was advised that Statutory guidance Working Together (2023) requires safeguarding partners to jointly report on partnership safeguarding activity they have undertaken in a 12-month period, and that the report should focus on multi-agency priorities, learning, impact, evidence and improvement and must be published by the end of September of each year.

Cabinet was informed that the Pan Dorset Safeguarding Children Partnership (PDSCP) is responsible for delivering the Lead Safeguarding Partners multi-agency safeguarding arrangements for children and young people, and that Lead Safeguarding Partners must ensure there are arrangements for effective independent scrutiny in place for their local area.

In relation to this Cabinet was advised that the PDSCP’s quality assurance and scrutiny framework include presentation of its annual report to the BCP/Dorset scrutiny committees and cabinets as part of its independent scrutiny arrangement.

RESOLVED that BCP Cabinet scrutinised and commented on the report.

Voting: Unanimous

Portfolio Holder: Children, Young People, Education and Skills

Reason

The PDSCP Annual Report 2023/2024 has been approved by the PDSCP and three Delegated Safeguarding Partners on behalf of the three Lead Safeguarding Partners for:

BCP Council

Dorset Police

Integrated Care Board (ICB), NHS Dorset

Statutory guidance Working Together (2023) requires safeguarding partners to jointly report on partnership safeguarding activity they have undertaken in a 12-month period. The report should focus on multi-agency priorities, learning, impact, evidence and improvement and must be published by the end of September of each year.

The Pan Dorset Safeguarding Children Partnership (PDSCP) is responsible for delivering the Lead Safeguarding Partnersmulti-agency safeguarding arrangements for children and young people.

Lead Safeguarding Partners must ensure there are arrangements for effective independent scrutiny in place for their local area.

PDSCP’s quality assurance and scrutiny framework include presentation of its annual report to the BCP/Dorset scrutiny committees and cabinets as part of its independent scrutiny arrangement.

The Committee was advised that this was an information only item and that a copy of which had been circulated to each Member and a copy of which appears as Appendix 'E' to these Minutes in the Minute Book.