The LSCB
‘Working together to keep children safe in Tower Hamlets’
Welcome to the Tower Hamlets Local Safeguarding Children Board (THSCB) website. The LSCB is a statutory body responsible for agreeing locally how all organisations working with children and young people co-operate to promote the welfare of children and young people and keep them safe from harm.
THSCB believes that keeping children and young people safe, optimising their life chances and helping them to enter adulthood successfully is everybody’s business.
This website brings together information for professionals working with children, young people and their families, whether in employed capacity. It also gives an overview of the responsibility, structure and work of the Board as well as access to Guidance, Research, Training, Procedures, Board Reports and Minutes.
Comments and suggestions on how to improve the range of information made available through this site is welcomed and encouraged.
News and Updates
The final report of the Munro Review of Child Protection: A Child-Centred System was published on 10th May 2011.
Professor Munro’s analysis finds that local areas should have more freedom to design their own child protection services and that ‘one-size-fits-all approach’ to child protection is preventing local areas from focusing on the needs of the child and signals a radical shift from previous reforms that, while well-intentioned, resulted in too much bureaucracy and a loss of focus on the needs of the child.
The Report makes 15 Recommendations. The Government will provide a full response later this year but will work closely with a cross-section of professionals across the children’s sector to develop any plans.
The new London Child Protection Procedures (4th Edition) has been revised to reflect the changes in Working Together to Safeguard Children 2010. This version will be further amended following the publication of Professor Eileen Munro’s Review of Child Protection final report.
The LSCB Annual Report 2009-10 is now available, click on the link to find out more details.
eCAF training - New dates for the Autumn Training Programme are now available. If you wish to apply, please see training section for further information
The Professionals Online Safety Helpline (POSH) has been recently set up as a free national resource specifically to support professionals and volunteers who work with children and young people, experiencing issues relating to digital technology and e-safety. The Helpline aims to resolve issues professionals face about themselves, such as protecting professional identity and online harassment by pupils/young people or their parents, as well as the problems young people may be facing, such as cyber-bullying or sexting. For further information please click
Tower Hamlets LSCB
Strategy, Policy & Performance
Mulberry Place
5 Clove Crescent
London E14 2BG
Tel: 020 7364 2063 / 0390
Fax: 020 7364 3548
lscb@towerhamlets.gov.uk
