Decision details

The introduction of the children and Social Work Act 2017 brings with it some opportunities for alignment across both the safeguarding children's and adults agendas.
- The replacement of Local Children Safeguarding Boards with loal safeguarding partners.
- The establishment of a new national Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel
- The Transfer of responsibility for child death reviews from Local Safeguarding Children Boards to new Child Death Review partners

To appoint an external consultant to develop a sustainable model to align the Doncaster Safeguarding Children's Board and Doncaster Safeguarding Adults Board structures, sub structures and business support arrangements to reduce duplication within the system and streamline efficiencies to ensure the Boards are fit for purpose and sustainable for the future.

Option 1 - Commission an external consultant with children's and Adults Safeguarding Board experience and best practice to develop the proposed sustainable model who can act as a critical friend and be independent of both Boards. This is the preferred option.
Option 2 - Appoint someone from within either the Children's or Adults Safeguarding Board to develop the model. The risk here is that they won't have the experience and knowledge of best practice across the all age safeguarding arena to ensure both agendas are fully met in the model which will be presented to both Boards.