Swindon LSCB - Sub-groups

Quality Assurance Sub-group

Membership (as at June 2008):

• Head of Safeguarding, Swindon Borough Council, Julie Downey (Chair)
• Social Work Manager, Frances Matchett
• Social Work Practitioner, Rachel Giles
• Social Work Practitioner (Disabled Children), Carol Magill
• Independent Reviewing Manager or QA Manager, Stephanie McQuade
• Police Representative, Paul Jennings
• Probation Representative, Amanda Murray
• Designated Nurse &/or Named Nurse &/or Health Visitor, Joanne Smith (S&MNHST), Jessie Morrison (PCT)
• Schools & Learning, Pam Jackson
• GP or Paediatrician, Janet King (S&MNHST)
• CAMHS or Adult Mental Health Representative, Pippa Lucas (AWP)

Terms of Reference

The Quality Assurance sub-group was reformed in December 2004 to ensure a systematic means of quality assuring the child protection work being undertaken by the agencies of the LSCB.

Functions

• To develop an annual audit programme to evaluate multi-agency child protection, including the quality and timeliness of core groups.
• Through its Chair, to provide quarterly reports to the LSCB on the work undertaken by the Quality Assurance Sub-group, the learning from quality audits and examples of good practice.
• To feed back learning arising from the audit of individual cases to key staff involved in those cases.

Meetings of Swindon Quality Assurance Sub-group

• The Swindon Quality Assurance Sub-group will normally meet monthly.

(For a list of meeting dates, see Swindon LSCB Documents)

June 2008