West Sussex County Council: West Sussex Local Safeguarding Children Board

Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children requires effective co-ordination in every local area.  For this reason, the Children Act 2004 requires each local authority (LA) to establish a Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB).

The LSCB is the key statutory mechanism for agreeing how the relevant organisations in each local area will co-operate to safeguard and promote the welfare of children in that locality, and for ensuring the effectiveness of what they do.

• About the West Sussex Local Safeguarding Children Board
• Children's safeguarding standards for organisations
• Information for children and young people
• Information for parents and carers
• Information for statutory sector professionals
• Information for those working in the private, voluntary or independent sector
• Local Safeguarding Children Board training framework
• Serious case reviews
• Sussex Child Protection and Safeguarding Procedures
• What's New and Amendments