6.1.1
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‘The LSCB Independent Chair and Chief Executives /Officer in all agencies should ensure that, with six to nine months, a rolling programme of training which specifically addresses the need for assessments to be fully ecological, will be in place for all professionals working with families. This may be incorporated within existing provision’ |
The Learning & development sub group to
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Assess the extent to which training undertaken by partner agencies specifically addresses the need for assessments to be fully ecological
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Require partner agencies, where appropriate, to develop training which includes ecological assessments.
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Chair Learning & Development Sub Group |
September 2010
December2010
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6.1.2
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‘ The LSCB Independent Chair should ensure provision, within twelve months, of multi agency specialist training to all professionals in how to handle confrontational parental behaviour of parents who are difficult to engage, whilst effectively intervening in the best interest of the child. This may be incorporated with existing provision’
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The Learning and Development Sub Group to develop and introduce a multi agency training programme to address issues of working with confrontational or hard to engage parents.
1) Course to be developed
2) Course to be included in LSCB training programme |
Chair of Learning & Development Sub Group |
January 2011
April 2011
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6.1.3
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‘The LSCB Independent Chair should, within twelve months, instigate a review of multi agency training and procedural guidance to ensure they emphasise the importance of including relevant men as part of an ecological assessment. |
1) The Policy & Procedures sub group to ensure that West Yorkshire Interagency Safeguarding Procedures emphasise the importance of including relevant men in ecological assessments.
The Learning & Development sub group to:
2) Require partner agencies to review the extent to which safeguarding training emphasises the importance of including relevant men in ecological assessments.
3) Require partner agencies to provide details of any improvement plans resulting from (2)
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Chair of Policy & Procedure Sub Groups
Chair of Learning & Development Sub Group
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October 2010
October 2010
October 2010
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6.1.4
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‘The LSCB Independent Chair should, within six months, instigate a multi agency audit of good practice in seeking the wishes and feelings of children with disabilities resulting in a package of up to date, well informed professional guidance, procedures and training within twelve months of the audit’ |
1) The LSCB to require the ‘Disability Children’s Planning Group’ to audit good practice when seeking the wishes of children with disabilities.
2) The DCPG to identify professional guidance with respect to good practice when seeking the wishes & feelings of children with disabilities
3) The Learning & Development sub group to identify an inclusion in the LSCB’s multi agency ‘Child Protection and Children with Disabilities’ training programme to support good practice when seeking the wishes and feelings of children. |
Disabled Children’s Working Group
Disabled Children’s Working group
Chair of Learning & Development Sub Group
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Completed
Completed
September 2010 |
6.1.5 |
‘The LSCB Independent Chair should undertake a multi agency audit of record keeping and information sharing, the results of which will inform multi agency good practice guidance and training’ |
The Performance Management sub group to require partner agencies to:
1) Provide details and results of audit activity re information sharing and record keeping
2) Provide details of any improvement plans initiated.
3) The Learning & Development sub group to consider the implications of (1) & (2) for multi agency training.
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Chair of Performance Management Sub Group
Chair of Learning & Development Sub Group |
Completed
July 2010
September 2010 |
6.1.6 |
‘The LSCB Independent Chair should within twelve months, consider the means by which professional assessments and decision making within the Board’s Partner Organisations, are quality assured in relation to safeguarding arrangements. Consideration to be given to the effectiveness of current systems and the commitment given to supervision within the organisation. |
The Performance Management sub group to require partner agencies to:
1) Review Quality assurance processes in place re supervision, assessments and decision making
2) Provide information about any improvement plans initiated in the light of (1)
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Chair Performance Management Sub Group
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Completed
July 2010
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6.1.7 |
The Independent Chair of the LSCB will ensure, with immediate effect, that partner agencies are reminded of the requirement to note in the chronology each occasion when the child / young person was seen and to provide information about their wishes and feelings.
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Clear guidance to be included in requests to partner agencies to undertake Individual Management Reviews. |
LSCB Manager |
Completed
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6.2.1
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The Chief Executives/Officers within education and health should, within six months, work together in developing agency protocols that address how the needs of children with disabilities are assessed and met on the rare occasions when the children do not attend.
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- Health Trust’s to utilise work from IMR recommendation around streamlining appointment processes for children with complex neuro-disability
- Health Trust leads to develop a robust communication system between education and themselves to identify children missing education/ health appointments
- Education Leeds, mainstream schools and and Silcs work together to establish a monitoring framework and a procedure for remedial action for children who are not accessing services. |
Leeds Community Healthcare(LCH)
(Safeguarding Lead)
Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust (LTHT) (Safeguarding Lead)
Head of Service Sensory Education Leeds
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Completed
Completed
July 2010
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6.2.2
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The Chief Executives of the hospital and community trusts should, within six months, review and amend accordingly, guidance concerning documenting in professional records the rationale underpinning decision making with respect to requesting post mortem examination. This should be followed by thorough dissemination and training to all relevant health staff.
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- LTHT to undertake a review of the guidance issued to medical staff around the requesting of Post Mortems (PM)
- outcome of the review to ensure medical staff document their decision to request a PM or not
- process to audit records where PM’s may have been required /requested
- SUDIC process to consider and comment on PM requests
- LTHT to lead this process and feed learning into Community Healthcare as indicated
- evidence of a robust dissemination process to be made available |
LTHT (Safeguarding Lead) – |
Completed |
6.2.3
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Chief Executives within NHS Trusts should, with immediate effect, ensure that the correct procedures for making a referral to CYPSC are emphasised in training for medical staff of all levels of seniority
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- Information on the correct referral process into C&YPSC to be cascaded to all medical staff
- the above process to be discussed at the relevant team/ staff meetings and same recorded
- record to exist that identifies that all medical staff have been informed of correct process |
Leeds Community Healthcare(LCH)
(Safeguarding Lead)
Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust (LTHT) (Safeguarding Lead) |
Completed
Completed |
6.2.4 |
Chief Executives within NHS Trusts should, within six months, review current legal procedures regarding intervention in the best interest of the child when faced with refusal of parental consent and raise staff awareness throughout their respective organisations. |
- each Trust to review their consent policy to ensure that it clearly outlines how to respond when there is parental refusal which is not deemed in the best interest of the child
- Policy to include above if not already evident
- Relevant practitioners to be made aware of above |
Leeds Community Healthcare(LCH) (Safeguarding Lead)
Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust (LTHT) (Safeguarding Lead) |
Completed
Completed |
