Decision details

Amendment of Multi-Agency Safeguarding Arrangements for Children

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

The Cabinet will be asked to approve proposals relating to a review of the Barking & Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge multi-agency children safeguarding partnership arrangements, which would involve statutory functions revert to being at local borough level from April 2022.

Decision:

Cabinet resolved to agree that the governance of the statutory responsibility for multi-agency safeguarding children revert to being at the local level, led by the statutory safeguarding partners through the Barking and Dagenham Safeguarding Children Partnership (BDSCP), with effect from April 2022.

Report author: Chris Bush

Publication date: 23/03/2022

Date of decision: 22/03/2022

Decided at meeting: 22/03/2022 - Cabinet

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