Contextual Safeguarding Clause Samples

Contextual Safeguarding. The Partnership will work with all agencies to ensure that there is a highly coordinated multi-agency and whole-council approach to a range of adolescent risks that occur in contexts beyond the family home (e.g. neighbourhood, schools, local shopping centres, youth venues etc.). These risks include child criminal exploitation, child sexual exploitation, serious youth violence, peer on peer abuse, harmful sexual behaviour and other overlapping form of harm. The Partnership is aware of the risks of exploitation in their local area. This Business Plan contains the MSCP priority actions. The on-going work of the MSCP and its Sub-Groups and Task Groups continues alongside it and will be incorporated into the Sub-Groups’ annual work plans and reporting cycle to the MSCP. New priorities may be added during the year, including any identified risks which will be monitored in the confidential risk log below. The Plan will be updated and presented to each MSCP meeting by the Partnership Manager for monitoring and exception reporting 1. The Voice and experience of children 2. Neglect and the Trigger Trio11 3. The impact of poverty, disadvantage and adverse childhood experiences 11 The trigger trio is domestic abuse, parental substance misuse and poor parental mental health Statutory Partners will nominate a standing deputy to represent their agency and take decisions on their Agency’s behalf Relevant Agencies will nominate a standing deputy to represent their agency and take decisions on their Agency’s behalf. Where a Sub Group Chair is appointed who is not a Board Member they will be co-opted to the Board. Decisions of the partnership will be normally made through robust debate and consensus. On the rare occasions where a vote is taken, the votes will be taken from the three statutory. Sub Group Chairs may be asked to attend the Executive if the business of their sub group is on the agenda.