Local Safeguarding Children Board
Our Vision:
Darlington Safeguarding Children Board is the key statutory mechanism for agreeing how the relevant organisations in each local authority will co-operate to safeguard and promote the welfare of children in Darlington, and for ensuring the effectiveness of what they do.
The vision agreed by Darlington Safeguarding Children Board captures the aims of the Board in a single statement, which is:
“Everyone will work together to ensure that all children and young people in Darlington are safe and feel safe within their homes, schools and communities.”
Aims:
Darlington Safeguarding Children Board will provide strong, clear and effective leadership in order to co-operate and ensure effectiveness of work undertaken by agencies for the purpose of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The aim is to ensure that:
- Children and young people in Darlington are safe from maltreatment, neglect, violence, exploitation and sexual abuse.
- Children and young people in Darlington are safe from discrimination and bullying.
- Children and young people in Darlington are safe from crime and anti social behaviour.
- Children and young people in Darlington grow up in environments where they have security, stability and care.
Darlington Safeguarding Children Board considers everyone to be responsible for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and will achieve its vision by:
- Working with all agencies involved to improve safeguarding practice.
- Monitoring performance and where appropriate challenge the actions of agencies in relation to safeguarding.
- Developing and implementing effective policies, guidance and procedures.
- Carrying out effective Serious Case Reviews when required and ensuring effective learning from child deaths.
- Providing high quality multi agency training to the children’s workforce.
- Promoting awareness of safeguarding within agencies and in the wider community.
Strategic Objectives:
Darlington Safeguarding Children Board has identified and agreed the following strategic objectives, which will assist in achieving the vision. These objectives encompass all areas of the Local Safeguarding Children Board’s business and are as follows:
- Darlington Safeguarding Children Board will promote the safety and well-being of children and young people by improving the quality of safeguarding practice in all agencies.
- Darlington Safeguarding Children Board will promote the safety and well-being of specific groups of vulnerable children and young people.
- Darlington Safeguarding Children Board will promote the safety and well-being of children and young people in Darlington by effectively learning from all child deaths, Serious Case Reviews and ‘near misses’.
- Darlington Safeguarding Children Board will have a robust system of governance and will be compliant with all guidance in relation to membership and attendance
- Darlington Safeguarding Children Board will effectively communicate and engage with it’s partners, the children’s workforce and the wider public.