Speaking at the National Children's and Adult Services Conference last week, Hughes said boards must be free to hold local authorities to account. She said: "Many areas set up their safeguarding board with the local director of children's services as chair. That's something that frankly does concern me."
Roger Crouch, director of children's services for Sandwell, warned that LSCBs must be kept separate from local children's trust and strategic partnership arrangements. He said: "It's important we locate our safeguarding boards in a careful way so they are not subordinate to any partnership structure. They have to have the capacity to report without fear or favour."
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