Government plans to change local arrangements for safeguarding children have been described as representing the most fundamental change to child protection services since 1970.
Following a review into local safeguarding children boards (LSCBs), conducted by former president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) Alan Wood, the government backed a number of his recommendations on how to change the system.
Here is a guide to the key changes being proposed.
What is happening and when?
The government says it will scrap the current system of serious case reviews (SCRs) and replace it with a new way of investigating child deaths. It also says it will introduce a new statutory framework that will effectively remove the requirement for councils to have LSCBs. Instead, there will be a requirement on three partners – local authorities, police and health services – to make arrangements for working together on child protection in a local area. As yet, there are no timescales on when this will happen.
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