When Labour established local safeguarding children boards (LSCBs) in the Children Act 2004, multi-agency working was in its infancy. Now three years since the first boards launched, the landscape of children's services has changed dramatically.
Safeguarding children is top of the national policy agenda and representatives from children's services, health and the police sit on every LSCB.
Researchers at the University of Loughborough were commissioned by the Department for Children, Schools and Families to conduct the first stock take of how well LSCBs are working.
Outcomes and membership
Their interim report, which was published last week, examines the structure of more than 100 of the 144 boards and explores the views of LSCB chairs. The findings reveal huge local variation.
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