Like in most local authorities, children who are subject to a child protection plan in Derbyshire are encouraged to attend their child protection conferences and when they can't there is input on their behalf.
However, more recently we have actively sought ways to utilise the power of the child's voice as a lever for change within the conference itself.
At the final meeting of our Local Safeguarding Children's Board (LSCB) held on 27 September 2019, we received a report on progress and it contained examples of how one child's voice had contained such power that it had been the catalyst for their family's change journey.
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