'Safeguarding children is everyone's responsibility'

Welcome to Staffordshire Safeguarding Children Board's information for all practitioners working with children and their families in Staffordshire.

This page has been specifically designed to support practitioners and managers from all statutory, voluntary and third sector organisations to access important information and guidance about how we can effectively work together to promote better outcomes for children.

On the left-hand contents menu of this page you will be able to access;

• Staffordshire Safeguarding Children Board's (SSCB) Inter-agency Safeguarding Children Policies and Procedures (these are currently being revised to reflect the revisions made in the new 'Working Together to Safeguard Children' 2010 guidance and will be relauched in the next few months so watch this space...);
• Regional guidance;
• SSCB training; (our training was commended in the Ofsted inspection);
• Staffordshire's Serious Case Reviews Executive Summaries (lessons to be learnt)
• Information about the SSCB and its members.

You will also be able to access a range of information relating to areas such as;

• e-safety;
• Forced marriages;
• Safeguarding in Sport;

There are additional links that you can click on to view;

• Information on private fostering
• Staffordshire Children's Trust website

Important SSCB Information

'Working Together to Safeguard Children' (DCSF, March 2010) is statutory guidance which sets out how organisations and individuals should work together to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people in accordance with the Children Act 1989 and the Children Act 2004. It is important for all practitioners, operational and senior managers responsible for providing services to children and their families, to fully understand their individual and organisational responsibilities and duties. Click to view the document Working Together 2010