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Management Terms of Reference

The Management-group is accountable to the GSCP Executive and supports it to fulfil its statutory responsibility to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of local child safeguarding arrangements

1. Purpose: To deliver the key local priorities for child safeguarding as directed by Gloucestershire’s Safeguarding Children Partnership Executive.

To co-ordinate the work of the multi-agency Safeguarding Subgroups and provide regular updates on progress to Gloucestershire’s Safeguarding Children Partnership Executive.

To ensure there are robust links with the wider network of safeguarding activity in locality-based partnerships, the education sector and health economy.

2.  Membership

·         Nominated Chair by the GSPC Executive

·         Chair – Quality and Improvement in Practice Subgroup

·         Chair – Child Exploitation and Missing Subgroup

·         Chair – Education Subgroup

·         Chair – Child Death Overview Panel

·         Chair – Districts Safeguarding Group

·         Chair – MASH Subgroup

·         Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) Representative

·         ICB Designated Doctor for Safeguarding

·         GSCP Business Manager

·         GSCP Performance Improvement Officer

 

3. Quoracy: The Three lead Safeguarding Partners, Gloucestershire ICB, Gloucestershire County Council and Gloucestershire Constabulary. Where Quoracy is not met the Chair will determine the items on the agenda that can proceed, or to cancel the meeting.

4. Key Objectives: of the GSCP Management Group are to ensure:

  •  it can offer assurances through the Partnership analysis report on the activity of the subgroups and the partnership efficacy against its Working Together to Safeguard Children Statutory duties.
  •          there is an effective cycle of needs assessment, planning and delivery in place to deliver the priorities and vision of the GSCP – this will include ensuring each Subgroup has an annual work programme that aligns with GSCP priorities
  •          to provide regular updates on the work of the Subgroups against the agreed priorities of the GSCP, highlighting any concerns/blockages.
  •     local Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews, Rapid Reviews and Child Death Reviews are facilitated in a timely manner working alongside and in partnership with each other in accordance with statutory requirements
  •          ensure robust arrangements for multi-agency child safeguarding policies and procedures including an appropriate review and updating schedule.
  •          a programme of multi-agency child safeguarding training and development is in place, based on an assessment of local needs.
  •          to oversee and the timely production of an annual report of the effectiveness of local safeguarding arrangements.
  •          to ensure the periodic audit of agency Section 11, KCSiE and EYFS assurance arrangements.
  •          to scrutinise the effectiveness of key plans and strategies for the safeguarding of children.
  •          effective performance management and quality assurance arrangements are in place to ensure the GSCP has an exhaustive appreciation of the effectiveness and impact of local child safeguarding arrangements.

5. Frequency of meetings:  Eight times per year to align with quarterly meeting of the GSCP Executive and its subgroups.