The Local Childcare & Development Checklist

Thank you for completing a Childcare & Development Checklist.  Your entry will provide us with invaluable data to track and monitor how effectively we are recognising and intervening for children and young people that may be experiencing neglect.

Practitioner's Guide to completing checklist

The Local Childcare & Development Checklist

The Checklist in A5 format

Please click here to register your completed form. 

The LSCB Neglect Conference held on Tuesday 7th July 2009, at the Guildhall Portsmouth was hugely successful and well received by the 150 multi-agency delegates who were in attendance.  Please see the LSCB Annual Conference Report.

For those that were unable to attend, the resources below may be of interest:  

• Neglect & Parents with Learning Disabilities - Melanie Hodge
• Neglect & Substance Misuse - Cherry Sullivan and Mandy Haylock
• Neglect & Integrated Working - Sam Wilkinson
• Neglect & Domestic Abuse – Sally Jackson
• Neglect & Thresholds – Chris Buckman
• Neglect & Mental Illness - Mary Golden
• “Developing an Effective Response to Neglect & Emotional Harm to Children” by Ruth Gardner Report
• The Local Childcare & Development Checklist

June 2009 - Serious Case Review completed for Child AB. Click here to read the Executive Summary.

May 2009, The protection of children in England: Action plan, the Government's response to Lord Laming's report on child protection. 

With effect from November 2007, the 4LSCB Procedures make explicit, for professional practice associated with protection from harm and neglect, the expectations of the four Local Safeguarding Children Boards (4LSCBs) of Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and Southampton. The contents have been developed from, and are consistent with relevant law, regulation, government guidance, information and advice supplied by the 4LSCBs, and best practice as agreed by the steering group.

Click here to access the 4LSCB Procedures (opens large PDF file in a new window) 

What to do if you're worried a child is being abused

 The guidance provides general information for anyone whose work brings them into contact with children and families, focusing particularly on those who work in social care, health, education and criminal justice services.

Addressing issues affecting each of these target audiences, the document outlines the following:

• what you should do if you have concerns about a child's welfare
• what will happen once you have informed someone about those concerns
• and what further contribution you may be asked or expected to make to the processes of assessment, planning, working with children, and reviewing that work.

Please click below for:

Full Document

Summary

Useful flowcharts from the guidance  booklet 'What to do if you suspect a child is being abused' (all are 1 page PDFs and open in a new window):

1.       What to do if you are concerned about a child

2.       What happens following initial assessment

3.       Urgent action to safeguard children

4.       What happens after the strategy discussion

5.    What happens after the child protection conference

Portsmouth LSCB Courses:

Please note that the LSCB safeguarding training is now incorporated in the Integrated Working & Safeguarding Programme.

Portsmouth Children's Trust is reponsible for ensuring there is appropriate and relevant training available to the Children and Young People's Workforce to ensure early intervention and safeguarding is embedded in every day practice.

Please click here for further information on Integrated & Safeguarding training.

Bookings for all courses are managed by Michelle Marriner, Integrated Working Administrator (023 92 688338).

Other Training:

Responding when a child dies

Research in Practice elearning courses - available free to staff in organisations that are members of RiP. Enter your email address at the start of any module and if your organisation is a member you will be sent an email with the user name and password.

Portsmouth Local Safeguarding Children Board is an inter-agency forum for coordinating the work done by the various agencies to safeguard children and promote their welfare, and ensuring that this work is carried out effectively.  More >>> 

 LSCB Business Plan

Portsmouth Safeguarding Children Compact