Professionals Briefings

Our Professionals Briefings are designed to make frontline staff and managers aware of the recommendations from Learning Reviews and SCRs, and the learning from our audit and quality assurance activity, so that they can use this to help improve local practice to keep children safe

We would encourage you to discuss these in your staff or business planning meetings. We always welcome feedback – please do email any comments to  LSCB@Brighton-Hove.gov.uk

Learning from Serious Case Reviews and Local Learning Reviews 

• Sibling W&X: Learning Together from Case Reviews Brighton & Hove SCR: July 2017. Working with trauma. Working with high risk adolescents. Working with children vulnerable to exploitation. Working with minority ethnic groups.
• Child A – Learning Together from Case Reviews  Brighton & Hove SCR: June 2017. Residential Placements, transition towards greater independence, therapeutic support
• Neglect – Learning Together from Case Reviews Brighton & Hove Learning Review, 2016. Domestic Violence & Abuse, use of interpretors, managing complex cases.
• Child E – Learning Together From SCRs Brighton & Hove SCR: September 2016. Family & Friend’s Carers, the role of the non-primary carer, communication between agencies
• Baby Liam – Learning Together from Case Reviews Brighton & Hove SCR, October 2015. Supporting Care Leavers, Non Accidental Injury, assessing fathers / partners.
• Child G Learning Review: Brighton & Hove Learning Review, 2014.  Using historical information to assess risk, Unexpected Child Death Protocol, temporary residents,

Learning from Quality Assurance

• Multi-Agency Domestic Abuse Audit. The purpose of the audit was to examine the effectiveness of responses to
  children (and their families) where concerns have been reported in respect of domestic abuse.
• Children with Disabilities audit we undertook an indepth multi-agency audit in October 2017 to seek assurance that a robust and timely service is provided to disabled children who are in need of protection and whether we are making a difference
• Neglect Audit March 2017. An in depth audit of the effectiveness of arrangements to safeguard children who experience neglect.
• CSE Multi Agency Audit – following on from our 2014 audit the Monitoring & Evaluation Subcommittee have looked at 10 cases in depth to seek assurance on the effectiveness of multi-agency working to protect children at risk of sexual exploitation.
• Parental Substance Misuse audit. This in depth multi-agency audit took place in November 2015 and looked at six cases where young children, under 5 years old, lived with parents who misused substances, and focused on the support they receive from agencies.
• Network Meetings & Core Groups audit. In June 2015 Brighton & Hove LSCB conducted a multi-agency audit on Network Meetings and Core Groups looking at agency involvement and outcomes for the child as well as feedback from parents.
• Child Sexual Exploitation audit.  An in depth multi agency audit on CSE was conducted by the LSCB in December 2014, and this briefing summarises the strengths, recommendations
• Domestic Violence & Abuse audit. In September 2014 Brighton & Hove LSCB carried out an in depth multi-agency audit to assure itself of how well agencies were working together to safeguard children and young people who experience Domestic Violence & Abuse

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