The LSCB is the key statutory mechanism for agreeing how each organisation in Bexley will co-operate to safeguard
and promote the welfare of children in the locality and for ensuring the effectiveness of what they do.
Some of its key functions are:
Liz.allen@bexley.gov.uk
Judi Moylan, LSCB Business Officer & Single Point of Contact for Child Deaths (SPOC) (0208 836 8320)
Judi.moylan@bexley.gov.uk
- To develop and agree local policies and procedures for inter-agency working, and to audit, evaluate and monitor how well services work together to safeguard children.
- To communicate the shared responsibility across agencies for safeguarding children, and to encourage and develop effective working partnerships between professionals, through training and development programmes.
- To listen to and consult with children and young people to ensure their views and opinions are taken into account.
- To undertake serious case reviews where a child has died or is seriously harmed.
- To undertake the Child Death Overview process
Contacts
Dr Deborah Absalom, Director of Children’s & Young People’s Services – Chairman of the LSCB,
Hill View Drive, Welling, Kent DA16 3RY
Liz Allen, LSCB Manager (0208 836 8125)Liz.allen@bexley.gov.uk
Judi Moylan, LSCB Business Officer & Single Point of Contact for Child Deaths (SPOC) (0208 836 8320)
Judi.moylan@bexley.gov.uk