The North Somerset Safeguarding Children's Partnership is supported by seven sub-groups which drive forward specific work. This is identified within our strategic business plan.
Sub-groups and plans
Sub-groups
Child Death Overview Panel
Since April 2008 there has been a legal requirement for every Local Safeguarding Children Board to review all child deaths. We do this to learn lessons that will improve the health, safety, and well-being of children.
Child Death Overview Panel (CDOP) handles this process. It applies to all children and involves professionals with involvement in a child’s care.
The purpose of the review is to:
- reduce the number of childhood deaths
- identify matters of concern affecting the safety and welfare of children
- identify wider public health or safety concerns arising from a death or a pattern of deaths
- undertake a coordinated agency response to all unexpected child
- notify the LSCB of a child's death
Any agency becoming aware of:
- a child death occurring in North Somerset
- a death of a child that usually resides in North Somerset but the death has occurred elsewhere
should make a notification using the Form A – Notification of a Child Death to the CDOP via the provided contact details.
Child death overview panel
Other sub-groups
- Communications (joint sub-group with the LSAB)
- Early Help
- Learning and Development
- Policy and Procedures
- Quality & Performance
- Tackling Exploitation and Missing (joint sub-group with the LSAB)
- SCR Panel
- Young People