Sheffield Safeguarding Children Board
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Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCBs) were created under the Children Act 2004, which ensured that each local authority area established a LSCB. As a result Sheffield Safeguarding Children Board (SSCB) became operational in 2006.
SSCB is responsible for agreeing with the relevant organisations in Sheffield how they should work together to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people, ensuring that in relation to this they provide an effective service.
We have lead responsibility for meeting one of the Government's key objectives for children as set out in guidance in the Children Act 2004, that of keeping children safe. This includes prevention of significant harm or the risk of significant harm as well as the wider remit of ensuring that every child and young person’s welfare is safeguarded. Our remit falls into three categories:
- we take part in activities with our partner agencies that safeguard all children and young people and aim to identify and prevent maltreatment, or impairment of health or development, and ensure that they grow up in circumstances consistent with safe and effective care
- we lead and co-ordinate proactive work with partner agencies, which aims to target particular groups, such as those who are privately fostered, those who runaway from home or care
- we lead and co-ordinate arrangements for responsive work to protect children who are suffering, or at risk of suffering, maltreatment.
The Chair of SSCB is accountable to the Local Authority through the Director of the Children and Young Person’s Directorate in Sheffield. Each agency representative involved in the work of the Board is accountable to the governing body of their own agency.
Contact us:
Sheffield Safeguarding Children Board
Floor 2 Redvers House
Union Street
Sheffield
S1 2JQ
Tel: (0114) 273 4450