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Report of the Director of Social Care and Health

Further to Minute No. 6 (2) of 10 July 2018, the Committee considered the report of the Director of Social Care and Health indicating that the Sefton Local Safeguarding Children’s Board had undertaken a Serious Case Review which was published on the Local Safeguarding Children’s Board’s (LSCB) website on 31July 2018, in line with procedures in the Government’s statutory guidance on inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children in “Working Together to Safeguard Children” 2015.

Progress on recommendations from the Serious Case Review would be monitored through the LSCB and had been incorporated into the Children’s Social Care Continuous Improvement Plan which was reported under Minute no. 17 above.

The report into the LSCB’s Serious Case Review Report and a LSCB “7 Minute Briefing” that incorporated learning from a Serious Case Review, were attached to the report.

Members of the Committee asked questions/raised matters on the following issues:-

·         Did the staff involved in Serious Case Reviews have support offered to them?

Plenty of support was offered to the staff concerned and they were able to reflect on the matter without feeling blamed.

·         How often were Serious Case Reviews raised in Sefton?

This had been the first for 7-8 years, although 2 other cases were due to be reported in the next few months.

RESOLVED: That

(1)       the findings of the Serious Case Review be received; and

(2)       6-monthly progress reports on the improvement plan, which includes recommendations from this review, be continued to be received by this Committee.