Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews

A Local Child Safeguarding Practice Review (LCSPR) is a locally conducted multi-agency review in circumstances where a child has been abused or neglected, resulting in serious harm or death, and/or there is cause for concern as to the way in which agencies have worked together to safeguard the child.

 

The purpose of a review is to establish whether there are lessons to be learned about the way in which local professionals and agencies work together to safeguard children; identify what needs to be changed and, as a consequence, improve inter-agency working to better safeguard and promote the welfare of children.

The statutory guidance for Serious Child Safeguarding Reviews is in Working Together to Safeguard Children (GOV.UK)

Local Safeguarding Practice Reviews

Our published Local Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews:

National learning

A collection of resources from other organisations and authorities.

Multi-agency safeguarding and domestic abuse paper

Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel paper setting out key findings from reviews where domestic abuse featured.

This paper sets out key findings from a thematic analysis of rapid reviews and local child safeguarding practice reviews where domestic abuse featured. It summarises the most common themes that emerged in relation to multi agency safeguarding for children who are victims of domestic abuse and includes examples of practice and recommendations.

Multi-agency safeguarding and domestic abuse paper (GOV.UK)

The management of bruising in non-mobile infants paper

This briefing paper from the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel is part of an ongoing series of publications to share information arising from work undertaken by the panel with: safeguarding partners

those working in child protection. This paper explores the current guidance on the management of bruising in non mobile infants in the light of published evidence and variations in practice.

The management of bruising in non-mobile infants paper (GOV.UK)

Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel: annual report 2021

Independent annual report for serious child safeguarding incidents in 2021.

Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel 2021 - annual report (GOV.UK)