Essex Safeguarding Children Board

The role and responsibilities of Local Safeguarding Children Boards are outlined in full in Chapter Three of the key Government guidance document Working Together to Safeguard Children. The ESCB operates in accordance with this guidance.

The statutory core objectives of the ESCB are:

• To coordinate what is done by each agency represented on the Board for the purposes of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children in Essex
• To ensure the effectiveness of what is done by those agencies for that purpose

(Working Together 3.7)

The ESCB fulfils these objectives by undertaking activity in connection with its statutory core functions, which are as follows:

1. Developing policies and procedures for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, including those covering:

• The action to be taken where there are concerns about a child s safety or welfare, including thresholds for intervention
• Training of persons who work with children or in services affecting the safety and welfare of children
• Recruitment and supervision of persons who work with children
• Investigation of allegations concerning persons working with children
• Safety and welfare of children who are privately fostered
• Co-operation with neighbouring children s services authorities and their Board partners

1. Communicating the need to safeguard and promote the welfare of children
2. Monitoring the effectiveness of what is done to safeguard and promote the welfare of children
3. Participating in the planning of services for children in the area
4. Collecting and analysing information about the deaths of all children in the area
5. Establishing procedures to ensure a coordinated response to unexpected child deaths
6. Undertaking a review of cases where a child has died or has been seriously harmed in circumstances where abuse or neglect is known or suspected and advising on lessons that can be learned

(Working Together 3.17-3.41)

For current Business Plan objectives see

Membership

The membership of ESCB includes representatives of agencies with a statutory responsibility to participate in the Board (see Working Together 3.58) plus those from any additional agencies who have been invited to contribute to reflect Essex s local circumstances / issues.

The membership is as follows:

• Paul Fallon (Independent Board Chair)
• Health
• * Stewart McArthur (Head of Children, Young People and Maternity Commissioning South West Essex PCT )
• Representing South West and South East PCTs
• * Co-Chair Health Safeguarding Children Network
• * Sian Brand (Children s Services Commissioner Mid Essex PCT )
• Representing Mid, West and North East PCTs
• * Co-Chair Health Safeguarding Children Network
• * Dr Richard Coleman (Chief Executive North Essex Partnership Foundation NHS Trust)
• Representing North and South Essex Partnership Foundation NHS Trusts
• * Dr Geetha Kugan (Designated Doctor North Essex Mid Essex PCT)
• * Lorry Greenall (Designated Nurse Safeguarding Children Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust )
• Co-Chair of Evaluation & Effectiveness Workstream
• * Kathie Clibbens (Consultant Nurse Safeguarding Children Mid Essex PCT)
• Co-Chair of Evaluation & Effectiveness Workstream
• * Adrian Cooper (Lead Specialist in Child Protection and Vulnerable Adults, East of England Ambulance Trust )
• * Alison Cowie (Director for Public Health West Essex PCT )
• Chair of SET Strategic Child Death Overview Panel
• * Local Medical Committee
• ** Dr Geoff Kittle (Representative of LMC and Named Doctor for Child Protection )
• * Essex County Council Schools, Children & Families Service
• ** Graham Tombs (Director for Schools, Children and Families Service )
• ** Nicky Pace (Deputy Director for Vulnerable Children and Young People )
• ** Julie Penny (Head of Performance, Practice and Policy Safeguarding )
• * Chair of Business Planning & Serious Case Review Workstream
• * Essex County Council Adults, Health and Community Well-Being
• ** Emmet Perry
• * Youth Offending Service
• ** Tanya Gillett (Head of Service)
• * Police
• ** ACC Derek Benson (Assistant Chief Constable - Protective Services)
• * Board Vice-Chair
• ** Det Ch Insp David Peplow (Head of Child Abuse Investigation Unit)
• * Probation
• ** Mary Archer (Chief Officer)
• ** Alex Bamber (Assistant Chief Officer )
• * Chair of Training and Development Workstream
• ** Schools
• *** Vacant (Head Teacher, Essex Special School Head Teachers Association)
• *** Colleen Corkhill (Head Teacher, Essex Primary Head Teachers Association)
• *** David Barrs (Head Teacher, Essex Secondary Head Teachers Association)
• ** NSPCC
• *** Laurence Doe (Assistant Director, Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex)
• ** District and Borough Councils
• *** Charmaine Dean (Head of Public Protection and Healthy Living Braintree DC)
• *** Mark Wilcox (Leisure Contract Manager Tendring DC)
• *** Chris Wainman (Head of Housing & Welfare Services Brentwood BC)
• ** Armed Forces
• *** Mjr Paul Ludbrook (Welfare Officer Military Corrective Training Centre, Colchester Garrison)
• *** Lt Col D Steele (Commandant Military Corrective Training Centre, Colchester Garrison)
• ** Children And Families Court Advisory Support Service
• *** John Walsh (Service Manager)
• ** Crown Prosecution Service
• *** Ken Caley (Chief Crown Prosecutor)

Members

People

• Charlotte Lowe
• Jacqui Elliot
• Bruce Miller

Organisations

No organisations

Working groups

No working groups