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Welcome to the website of the Bradford Safeguarding Children
Board (BSCB). Click here to find out
more about us and our responsibilities and objectives.
NEW -
Threshold of Need - Published June 2010
This is a guide for people
who work with or are involved with children, young people
and their
families. Its aim is to assist practitioners and managers in
assessing and identifying a child’s
level of need, parent/carer factors, what type of
services/resources may meet those needs and
what processes to follow in moving from an assessment to a
provision of services -
Download a PDF version of Threshold of Need
NEW -
Audit of SRE and Sexual Health Provision Report
Audit of Sex and
Relationships Education and sexual health provision for
disabled children and young people -
click here for full
and summary versions
Serious Case Reviews - See
updates here
Keeping Children Safe -
Download the new
leaflet and poster
What’s New in Safeguarding Training? On Line
Learning - Modules Updates
See more here.
A new
section on BSCB's commitment to Safeguarding
Disabled Children and Young People has been added to
the website.
See more here.
Lynne White, who dedicated her life to supporting and
protecting children and young people across the UK has been honoured by a national Safeguarding Children organisation
she helped in its formative years.
See more here.
Bradford's Child Accident
Prevention Strategy has been launched
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see more here.
Prof. Nick Frost
BSCB Independent Chair
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Introduction
The Bradford Safeguarding Children Board (BSCB)
came into existence on 14th March 2006 as a
requirement of the Children Act, 2004. It is
made up of statutory and voluntary sector
agencies that work together to protect children
and young people from abuse and neglect, and to
promote their welfare. For a full list of the
agencies on the BSCB,
click here.
The Independent Chair of BSCB is
Professor Nick
Frost, Professor of Social Work at Leeds
Metropolitan University.
The Board members are senior managers in their
agencies, and they are responsible for ensuring
that their agencies co-operate to safeguard
children and young people. They also aim to make
sure that children and young people who use
their services not only stay safe, but also
achieve better outcomes so that they can enter
adulthood successfully.
Partnership working is the key principle that
underpins the work of the BSCB and its member
organisations. This means not only that agencies
work in partnership with each other, but also
that agencies develop good partnerships with
families. |
The BSCB works
though a structure of sub groups that ensure
that staff in all agencies have access to
up-to-date procedures and good quality training.
The BSCB also undertakes serious case reviews
where there is a need for professionals to learn
lessons from situations of abuse or neglect that
have resulted in the death or serious injury of
a child or young person.
The functions, role and responsibilities of the
BSCB are set out in Chapter 3 of “Working
Together to Safeguard Children”, published in
December 2005 by the
Department for Education
and Skills. |
The
Bradford Safe Parenting Handbook
is an extensive information resource designed for use by
parents, carers and professionals alike. It contains
advice and guidelines on all the major issues affecting
children and young people and includes many local and national
contacts.
Learning the lessons from the Haringey Baby P case
Kath Tunstall (former Board Chair) wrote to staff in
all BSCB member agencies about the tragic case of
Baby P. In addition to those set out in
national responses to the lessons learnt from this
case, the letter sets out specific initiatives to be
taken in the Bradford District.
To read the letter please click here.
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