1. Bedford Borough Safeguarding Children BoardWorking together to safeguard children and young people An Improvement Journey Jenny Myers

2. Safeguarding Children BoardAn improvement journey Key Areas • Leadership-robust challenge and scrutiny • Effective and efficient Board and structures • Focus on the core business first, the improvement plan and priorities (Post Munro agenda, Learning and Improvement, SCRs, Business plans, step up, step down) • Outcome Focused, performance management at all levels, monitoring and evaluation • Quality assurance, how do we know? No surprises • Feedback, voice of young people, practitioners/front line • Good governance

3. Essential • Good Governance structures, efficient and effective, right people, right groups, clear mandate and brief, effective meetings • Link to other strategic groups and improvement processes-joined up approach • Quality assurance, right data, local national, must have sufficient knowledge to effectively challenge • Systems approach, learning, feedback loop

4. Quality Assurance • Outcomes for children • Early Help Offer • Child protection activity • Quality and timeliness of decision making • Workforce reform • Local data • Links to Adult Safeguarding

5. Child’s Journey • How do we know we are making a difference? • What does good look like?

6. Next Steps • TOR for LSCB review with timescales and outputs • Half day additional LSCB meeting • Report to the Board and outline of suggested changes • Consultation with stakeholders • Agreement and implementation • But-the day business must carry on