Lack of duty on schools ‘could compromise safeguarding shake-up’
Government plans to overhaul local child safeguarding arrangements risk being compromised by a failure to involve schools, council leaders have warned.
Both the Local Government Association (LGA) and Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) have issued the warning in response to government proposals to abolish local safeguarding children boards (LSCBs) and replace them with a new system of multi-agency arrangements.
These would involve councils, police and health organisations as core partners but not schools, according to proposed changes to Working Together guidance designed to pave the way for the new arrangements.
Source: CYPNow
