Swindon LSCB

What is Safeguarding?

Working Together 2006 states:

"Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is defined as:

protecting children from maltreatment;
preventing impairment of children’s health or development; and
ensuring that children are growing up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care;

and undertaking that role so as to enable those children to have optimum life chances and to enter adulthood successfully."

Swindon LSCB carries out its safeguarding responsibilities

through the involvement of a wide range of local agencies in its Board, Management Group and sub-committees to ensure multi-agency co-operation.
through shared multi-agency Child Protection Procedures supported by local protocols and practice guidance endorsed by the LSCB.
by developing and running a multi-agency safeguarding training programme for those whose work involved children and young people.
Through the effective monitoring of partner agencies’ compliance with the Children Act 2004