Work Plan

Objectives	Measurable Actions	Time Scale	Lead	Outcomes
1.Receive details of cases submitted for consideration of a Serious Case Review	Produce template for completion by professionals for submission of cases to the SCR sub group	December 2009	LSCB Development Officer	All appropriate cases are put forward for consideration.
2. Make recommendations for a Serious Case Review or alternative case audit.	Secure sufficient case information at an early stage in order to inform decisions and recommendations	Ongoing/as appropriate	Chair of Serious Case Review Sub Group	Clear recommendations are made to the LSCB Chair
3. Monitor progress of the Serious Case Review or audit	Ensure the appointment of appropriate independent persons and ensure that a Serious Case Panel is commissioned to conduct the Serious Case Review Ensure that any Serious Case Review Panel is fully aware of its responsibilities, e.g. re the production of Individual Management Review and other Reports in line with procedures	Ongoing/as appropriate	Chair of Serious Case Review Sub Group	Efficient SCRs are undertaken within timescales with a clear set of actions in order to ensure that appropriate lessons are learnt
4. Monitor and review completion of the action plans.	Consider the detail of Overview Report and IMR Action Plans and seek relevant information that they are being implemented. Record the progress of the action Plans until completion. Pass the work to the Performance and Effective Practice sub group to seek evidence of the impact upon practice of the changes.	Ongoing/as appropriate	Chair of Serious Case Review Sub Group	All action plans are completed within relevant timeframes.
5. Make recommendations to the Bournemouth & Poole Performance and Effective Practice (PEP) group and the Dorset Quality Assurance group as to topics that are worthy of audit.		Ongoing/as appropriate	Chair of Serious Case Review Sub Group	PEP receives relevant topics for audit purposes.
6. Revise the SCR Procedures in line with any findings from Ofsted evaluation findings, recommendations from recent Serious Case Reviews, and the planned revision of Chapter 8 of Working Together	All recommendations from recent local Serious Case Reviews that require improvements to the SCR process, be collated and included in any revision of the procedure To give detailed consideration to the revised Chapter 8 guidance and make required changes to the local SCR procedures accordingly	December 2009 By March 2010	LSCB Safeguarding Development Officer Chair of Serious Case Review Sub Group	The revised Chap 8 (from Jan '10) and Ofsted findings are incorporated into SCR procedures

A decision will be made during 2009-2010 whether this sub group will remain as a Pan Dorset Group or whether it will become a Bournemouth and Poole LSCB Sub Group only, with some different key tasks, but to retain close links with the Dorset LSCB sub group.