The Children and Social Work Act (2017) and Working Together to Safeguarding Children (2018), removed the statutory requirement for Cumbria to have a Local Safeguarding Children Board.
As a result, the three statutory safeguarding partners in Cumbria:
in consultation with the relevant agencies agreed the new multi-agency safeguarding arrangements for Cumbria as set out in the Children and Social Work Act (2017).
The purpose of CSCP is to support and enable local organisations and agencies to work together in a system where:
In order to work together effectively, the safeguarding partners with other local organisations and agencies will develop processes that:
CSCP operates through a subgroup model made up of partners who develop policy, procedures and practice guidance for professionals and volunteers who work with children, young people and families in Cumbria. Work is undertaken through task and finish groups and shared far and wide across all organisations. CSCP have an independent Scrutineer who is responsible for holding partners to account and to provide scrutiny of the arrangements developed by the three statutory partners. Our partnership structure can be accessed here