Report - London Borough of Hillingdon

• Assessment of Needs
• Priorities and key actions planned – identified in the JAR
• Statement of how resources will be deployed
• Explanation of how plan relates to arrangements for performance management
and review of services
• Arrangements for co operation under the duty to co-operate with partners.
• Explanation of how plan is consistent with the strategic plans of local partners
14. The guidance requires that children and young people are involved in the
preparation of the plan. In preparing the draft the authority will be relying upon the
consultation conducted as part of the Best Value Review’s (BVR) and will be consulting
more fully with children and young people on the draft plan between November and
January.
INTEGRATION OF SERVICES AND IMPLEMENTATION OF BEST VALUE REVIEW
15. Development of an Integrated Children’s Department is being managed under the
HIP Programme and using the HIP Toolkit to ensure delivery. The following progress
has been made:
• The development of one Community Access and Support Team (CAST) which
will serve West Drayton and Yiewsley and be based in West Drayton recruitment
is underway and the CAST co-ordinator has been appointed.
• Staff have been appointed to the new Intensive Family Support Service and the
service is in place.
• A Coordinator for the Central Parenting Support Team is being recruited.
• Re organization of Social Care is progressing to create central integrated
Safeguarding Service and Looked After Children Service, is in progress.
Recommendations about future structures were presented to staff in October.
• Models for the Management Structure of Education, Children’s and Youth
Service are under consideration and were presented to staff at the end of
October.
LOCAL SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN BOARD (LSCB)
16. Section 13 of Children Act 2004, requires all local authorities to set up a Local
Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB) as the statutory successor to the Area Child
Protection Committee. Their primary focus will be on the outcome ‘Staying Safe’. The
membership of the Board is prescribed in legislation and the Director of Children’s
Services is accountable for the arrangements. There are a number of provisions in the
Children Act (2004) that relate directly or indirectly to agencies responsibilities to
safeguard and promote the welfare of children. Section 10 of the Children Act 2004
requires agencies to co-operate with one another, Section 11 places a duty on all
agencies to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and Section 12 requires that
information is exchanged and an index of children can be developed.
PART 1 – MEMBERS, PUBLIC AND PRESS
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