The Committee received the report and recommendations arising from a Children and Families Overview and Scrutiny Committee Workshop held on 28 January 2019 that had reviewed proposed Multi-Agency Safeguarding Arrangements.

The requirements of the Children and Social Work Act 2017 would see the cessation of the current Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCBs) later in the year and Members had convened the Workshop to receive more information regarding the proposed model for future Local Safeguarding arrangements.

RESOLVED: That

(1)  the report be noted;

(2)  a draft protocol be produced between the Scrutiny Committee and Wirral Partnership Group and shared with attendees of the workshop for further suggestions and comments, this to be put in place once both bodies are satisfied with it and prior to the Wirral Safeguarding Partnership Group going live and the Wirral Safeguarding Children Board standing down;

(3)  this Committee should receive bi-annual updates from the Wirral Safeguarding Partnership Group, one of which is to be an annual report;

(4)  consideration of the formalising of arrangements whereby Scrutiny could become involved in the Wirral Safeguarding Partnership Group and informed of its activities be deferred for further consideration.