INTRODUCTION
‘Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children - and in particular protecting them from significant harm - depends upon effective joint working between agencies and professionals that have different roles and expertise.' Working Together to Safeguard Children 2006.
The Compact seeks to enable agencies, professionals and volunteers to understand their vital role in supporting children and young people to be safe, participate, enjoy, achieve and grow.
The Bournemouth and Poole Local Safeguarding Children Board will support and challenge agencies, professionals and volunteers with significant access to children so that they can exercise their roles and responsibilities in a manner that keeps themselves and young people safe from harm.
AIMS OF THE COMPACT
The overall aims of the Compact are to ensure agencies and organisations can:
- Safeguard children by having in place policies, procedures, safe working practices and suitable trained staff and volunteers;
- improve the quality of life and opportunities for all children by working together and in partnership with parents, carers and the community to improve outcomes for children in respect of keeping them safe.
The Bournemouth and Poole Local Safeguarding Children Board will aim to provide information, support and advice for partner agencies and organisations in order that they can develop and improve their capacity to meet the ten standards outlined in the Compact.
PARTNERS TO THE COMPACT
Partner agencies and organisations will be all those working with children and young people in Bournemouth and Poole including agencies with significant access to children and young people.
There will be three categories of Partner agency:
Children
Board
Other board members
There are a number of voluntary, community and business agencies that are not directly represented on the LSCB yet do have an interest in achieving good outcomes for children in relation to safeguarding.
A register of all Compact partner agencies and organisations will be maintained by the Bournemouth and Poole Local Safeguarding Children Board and used to communicate with agencies across Bournemouth and Poole and involve them in the development of strategy and policy.