The
Children’s Trust Arrangements bring together all services for children and
young people in Leeds to focus on improving outcomes. Recent legislation, as well as our reviews of
local arrangements, identified that we needed to make some changes to our
structure in Leeds.
Leeds Children’s Trust Board
The
Leeds
Children’s Trust Board brings together senior representatives from
Children Leeds’ partner organisations, including NHS Leeds, West Yorkshire
Police, Jobcentre Plus, schools and the voluntary community and faith sector,
in order to strengthen our co-ordination arrangements and provide a local
vision for improving the lives of children, young people and families.
The
new Leeds Children’s Trust Board meets for the first time at the end of
April. The Board will develop a
new-style Children and Young People’s Plan, for publication in April 2011. This will focus not only on what Council
services do to improve outcomes for children and young people in Leeds, but on
what all of our partners do together to focus on our priorities.
Leeds Safeguarding Children Board
(LSCB)
We
have reviewed and strengthened our safeguarding arrangements, with a revised
Leeds Safeguarding Children Board also due to meet at the end of April.
The LSCB is an independent board which
provides a local partnership vision for safeguarding children and young people,
ensuring that services are effective in promoting their welfare and keeping
them safe.
The
LSCB brings together senior representatives from our partners, including NHS
Leeds, West Yorkshire Police, the Youth Offending Service, the voluntary
community and faith sector, the NSPCC and schools. In addition, the LSCB will have an
independent chair, as well as two lay members appointed from the
community. The work of the Board will be
supported by professional medical and legal advisors.
