Agenda item

Bob Dyson, the Chair of the Barnsley Local Safeguarding Children’s Board, attended the meeting to present the Board’s Annual Report for 2017/18.  The meeting noted the Board’s priorities and achievements during the year, as set out in the report, which was written in a briefer, more accessible, style, supplemented by a number of videos available on line.  The meeting noted the positive contributions made by all agencies in the work of the Board in maintaining the overall commitment in Barnsley to keeping vulnerable children safe.

The meeting noted that the Ofsted Inspection of Children’s Social Care in Barnsley had started on 1^st October.  Bob Dyson commented that Barnsley was well placed to respond positively to the inspection, in view of the improvements he had seen during his time as Board Chair.

The meeting noted the liaison arrangements that were in place between the Safeguarding Adults, Safeguarding Children and Safer Barnsley Partnership Boards to consider the connections and interdependencies between those areas of work and to streamline activity/processes where possible.

RESOLVED that the Annual Report be received and the progress being made by the Safeguarding Children’s Board be welcomed.