What is the Isle of Wight LSCB?

The Children Act 2004 makes it clear that safeguarding is everybody’s responsibility and that Local Councils with their partners must establish a Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB) by April 2006. 

The Isle of Wight Safeguarding Children Board brings together representatives of each of the main agencies and professionals responsible for helping to protect children from abuse and neglect. It is an inter-agency forum for agreeing how the different services and professional groups should co-operate to safeguard children across the Isle of Wight and, for making sure that arrangements work effectively in bringing about better outcomes for children.

Our functions:

IOW LSCB has the specific statutory responsibility for: 

• Developing Policies and Procedures for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children in the Isle of Wight area:

• Communicating to people and organisations in Isle of Wight the need to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, raising their awareness of how this can be best done and encouraging them to do so:

• Monitoring and evaluate the effectiveness of what is done by the Local Authority and board partners individually and collectively to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and advise them on ways to improve:

• Participating in the local planning and commissioning of Children’s Services to ensure that they take safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children into account:

• Putting in place procedures for ensuring that there is a co-ordinated response by the Local Authority, their Board partners and other relevant persons to an unexpected death of a child.

Click here to view our LSCB information leaflet for professionals!

Click here to view a powerpoint presentation on The Roles & Responsibilities of The Isle of Wight LSCB