The Essex Safeguarding Children Board aims to keep children and young people in the county safe from harm, particularly those who are most vulnerable, and tries to ensure that they feel secure, well cared for, and able to reach their full potential.
The Essex Safeguarding Children Board (ESCB) is a statutory multi agency organisation which brings together agencies who work to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people in Essex. The Children Act 2004 required every local authority to set up a Local Safeguarding Children Board. The ESCB is Essex's response to this.
The aim of the Board is to improve outcomes for children by co-ordinating the work of local agencies to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and ensuring the effectiveness of that work. The ESCB works with Essex County Council, Essex Police, Essex Probation, Education Services, Health Services and the Voluntary Sector. We also do work with the Southend and Thurrock Local Safeguarding Children Boards.
The work of the ESCB includes:
- Developing multi-agency policies and procedures for safeguarding
- Participating in the strategic planning of children's services
- Communicating the need to safeguard and promote the welfare of children to professionals and the public
- Conducting Serious Case Reviews when a child dies or is seriously harmed and abuse or neglect is suspected
- Ensuring procedures to ensure a coordinated response to unexpected child deaths
- Collecting and analysing information about all child deaths that occur in the area to identify issues of concern
- Providing multi-agency training and development to staff on safeguarding children
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The Essex Safeguarding Children Board (ESCB) can be contacted in the following ways:
Essex Safeguarding Children Board
Room AG06
County Hall
Chelmsford CM1 1JZ
For General Enquiries:
Telephone: 01245 435167
Fax: 01245 434 715
Email: escb@essex.gov.uk
For Training Enquiries:
Telephone: 01245 435168
Fax: 01245 434 715
Email: escb.training@essex.gov.uk
Address:
Room C228, County Hall, Chelmsford, CM1 1QH