Our Business Plan
The Wolverhampton Safeguarding Children Board has been operating since its inception in April 2006.
A number of important activities have been put in place including the setting up of subgroups to take a lead on the work of the Board. We have established an excellent start with an ongoing agreed established budget which finances the work of the Board.
We are continuing to build on good multi agency work striving to ensure that within all the activities of the Board children and young people are safeguarded from harm.
View our current Business Plan (for 2009 - 2011)
Purpose
The Wolverhampton Safeguarding Children Board is the statutory mechanism for agreeing how agencies will co-operate to safeguard and promote the welfare of children in the city and to ensure the WSCB is effective in its activities.
The work of the Board supports the wider context of the Children and Young People's Strategic Partnership and The Safer Wolverhampton Partnership with the overall aim of improving safe outcomes for children and young people.
The Board's work has a particular focus however on the Staying Safe outcomes of Every Child Matters seeking to ensure that all children and young people in Wolverhampton are protected from harm, physical and mental injury or abuse, maltreatment, Sexual abuse, or exploitation caused by witnessing violence or abuse of another.
Core Priorities of the Plan
To ensure that:
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There are effective safeguarding arrangements in place through a demonstrated commitment of partner agencies by attending Board meetings, and by having an adequately resourced Wolverhampton Safeguarding Children Board.
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Policy and procedures are in place, regularly reviewed and updated in line with new legislative and statutory guidance to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people.
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That the requirements to safeguard children and young people are consistently applied to all children living away from home and to children with disabilities.
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To monitor what is done by the Board agencies individually and collectively to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and to advise on ways to improve, by completing a bi-annual agency Section 11 Compliance monitoring document.
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To communicate to the community, agencies and organisations the need to safeguard children by raising awareness of how they can do this and encouraging them to do so.
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To make sure all those who work with children are 'suitable' by ensuring appropriate selection and recruitment standards are in place which comply with ISA registration (Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006).
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To respond to the requirements identified by the Licensing Acts.
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To review and investigate Serious Case Reviews and Unexpected Childhood Deaths.
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To ensure the continuous development of services to safeguard and promote the welfare of Children and Young People.
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To develop the skills and knowledge of workers in relation to safeguarding children in conjunction with the Children's Workforce Strategic lead through the provision of a comprehensive training development and support programme.
