Minutes:
The minutes of the Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB) meeting held on 18 September 2015 were approved as a correct record.
Matters Arising
· The report on the review of the Safer Lives Multi-agency Risk Assessment Conference process would be brought to the LSCB’s January meeting. (Action: Kellie Williams)
· The LSCB Business Manager had discussed the concerns about the Appropriate Adult function with the Emergency Duty Team (EDT). The EDT had completed an analysis of the service and the results would be brought to the LSCB’s January meeting. (Action: Jonathan Picken)
· It was stressed that the concerns that had been raised over the Appropriate Adult function were historic and did not relate to cover in Bracknell Forest. It was suggested that minutes of the EDT Pan-Berkshire meetings be included in future LSCB agendas (Action: Jonathan Picken to follow up with EDT)
· It was agreed that work with GPs in relation to their engagement in Child Protection Conferences would be followed up and the Board appraised of progress before the next meeting. (Action: Sarah Bellars to follow up with Debbie Hartrick and Katie Caird)
· It was agreed that Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust’s (BHFT) work to explore how one professional might represent multiple branches of the Trust at Child Protection Conferences would be followed up and clarified before the next meeting of the LSCB. (Action: Eugene Jones to confirm timescales for work with Nancy Barber)
· Changes to the Community Rehabilitation Company’s working processes could result in changes to their representation at the LSCB. This would be clarified and an update requested for the next meeting. (Action: Helen Morris)
· Initial feedback on the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) recent inspection of Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust had been positive. The final report was still awaited.
· As part of the CQC inspection of BHFT in December, the Berkshire East Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) would be hosting a meeting on 1 December 2015 to enable partners to provide feedback on the Trust; details of the meeting would be circulated. It was agreed that the LSCB would send a representative to the meeting and it was requested that any issues that partners wished to raise with the Inspectors be emailed direct to Sarah Bellars’ PA. (Action: Sarah Bellars/All)
· The outcomes of a recent peer review of the Care Leavers Service were broadly positive. Most of the issues identified by the Review had been known to the service and were already being addressed. The review report would be brought to the LSCB’s January meeting. (Action: Karen Roberts)
· Safer Recruitment and managing workforce allegations would be discussed at the April LSCB Forum meeting. (Action: Paul Young/Jonathan Picken)
· The LSCB Chair and Business Manager would be meeting with representatives of the Drug and Alcohol Action Team to discuss improved data reporting to the LSCB following this meeting.
· The Safeguarding in Education report would be brought to the LSCB’s January meeting. (Action: Christine McInnes)
· The Berkshire East CCG would be discussing LSCB funding at its next Board meeting and details of their decision would be reported to the Chair (Action: Sarah Bellars)
· The audit tool used to gather data on Child Protection Conferences would be looked at to ascertain how it might be improved (Action: Jonathan Picken to follow up with the Acting Team Manager: Conference and Review Team)
· The LSCB had been notified that it would not be possible to share the minutes of Family Justice Board meetings with Board members however alternative ways of sharing information were being explored. (Action: Lorna Hunt)