The AoCPP’s Lunch and Learn
'Evaluation of the Multi-Agency Child Safeguarding Reforms (MACS Evaluation)'
13th July 2023 - 12.00pm - 1.30pm
Speakers: Dr Jenny Driscoll & Dr Ann Lorek
Summary:
In response to the Wood review in 2016, Local Safeguarding Children Boards were replaced by Local Safeguarding Children Partnerships (LSCPs). The Children and Social Work Act 2017 established tripartite responsibility for local safeguarding arrangements between the local authority, health services (now represented by the Integrated Care Board), and the police, who are required to work with ‘relevant partners’, including in education and the voluntary sector. Academics from King’s College London and the University of Bedfordshire are undertaking research commissioned by the Department for Health & Social Care to evaluate the effectiveness of LSCPs and to propose measures for ongoing monitoring and evaluation of the impact of the reforms. AoCPP are collaborating in the project to ensure that practitioners’ experiences and needs are represented in the research and the resulting evaluation framework is meaningful and constructive for professionals.
In this session Jenny and Ann will introduce the project and describe findings from the first stage literature review on the effectiveness of multi-agency safeguarding arrangements and the impact of COVID-19 on those arrangements. They will describe early progress towards an outcomes framework and seek feedback from attendees through discussion of what makes for effective multi-agency safeguarding arrangements and how can we measure that.
Ticket Type | Price | Cart |
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Members Rate - Lunch and Learn - Evaluation of the Multi-Agency Child Safeguarding Reforms -13th July 2023 | £0.00 | |
Non Members Rate - Lunch and Learn - Evaluation of the Multi-Agency Child Safeguarding Reforms - 13th July 2023 | £15.00 |
Dr Ann Lorek is a consultant community paediatrician and Designated Doctor for safeguarding children and young people in SELICB in Greenwich. She is a lecturer at King's College London and has carried out research covering a range of safeguarding issues.
Dr Jenny Driscoll brings a children’s rights-based approach to child protection. Her background as a barrister specialising in care proceedings fuels commitment to research designed with the wellbeing and rights of children and young people at the fore. Jenny has particular expertise in collaborative and multi-agency work for the protection of children in England and in development contexts; in young people’s experience of state care; and in relation to ethical practice in research with children and young people.
Recent research includes a study of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on multi-agency child safeguarding practice; an investigation of child protection in rural Ugandan settings; and an ESRC-funded study of the role of schools in safeguarding children in England.
Opportunity to network with others and know I am part of a community of people committed to working for children and families; challenge to keep up to date and evidence-informed in my practice; sounding board with others for considering how best to improve policy and practice