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Publications

All reports published pre-September 2019 publications were done as the Lambeth Safeguarding Children Board

Lambeth's Multi-Agency Arrangements to Safeguard Children 

The Lambeth Safeguarding Children Partnership (LSCP) brings together a range of statutory and voluntary organisations working with and for children and young people in Lambeth.

 

​We are all united in a common goal: for every child to realise their talents, achieve their full potential, have healthy lives and be safe.

Our approach to the way we work and the related partnership arrangements can be downloaded using the button below. 

Child Angela Safeguarding Practice Review Report

Overview:

The "Angela" review makes important recommendations to improve our ability to safeguard children who are sexually abused and/or neglected.  

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Key themes: 

  • Child Sexual Abuse

  • Neglect & Domestic Abuse

  • Professional difference

Multi-agency Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Audit

Overview:

A multiagency audit of six cases of girls and young women who had experienced, or were considered at risk, of experiencing Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). 

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Key themes: 

  • Signposting to local specialist support

  • Mandatory reporting duty

  • Embed multiagency communication​

Child K
Serious Case Review

Case summary:

Child fatally assaulted by mother's partner

Key themes: 

  • Monitoring of offenders on Probation

  • Improved information sharing between professionals

  • The voice of the child â€‹â€‹

LSCP Annual Report
2020-2021

Overview:  

A review of 2020-2021 - the successes, the challenges and the plans for the future. 

Key themes / Reflections: 

  • COVID-19 Pandemic

  • Structural Inequality & Racism

  • Gender-based Violence

  • Priorities for and beyond 2020-21​​

Lambeth Multi-Agency
Pre-Birth Protocol

Overview:

This guidance provides a framework for multi-agency working, to ensure a clear system is in place to respond to concerns for the welfare of an unborn child and/or where there may be post-birth concerns.

To make a referral - download and complete the Brighter Beginnings Referral Form.

Key themes: 

  • Safeguarding unborn children

  • Agency roles and responsibilities

  • Pre-birth assessments

Child Dawit Safeguarding Practice Review Report

Overview:

In May 2021, 16-year-old “Dawit” was found by his younger brother hanged in the building in which he resided - suspended by a rope. There was no suspicion of 3rd party involvement.  

Key themes: 

  • Suicide

  • Unaccompanied children arriving in the UK and parental responsibility 

Case Study of "Jack"
following a Serious Case Review

Overview:

"Jack" was seriously injured by a member of his household after telling professionals he felt under threat. 

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Key themes: 

  • Partnership Working Together protocols

  • Response to school exclusion​

Child L
Serious Case Review

Case summary:

Baby ingested Class A Drug

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Key themes: 

  • Domestic abuse

  • Parental drug use

  • Parental mental health

  • Supporting highly mobile families

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LSCP Annual Report
2019-2020

Overview:

The new partnership arrangements in action; a review of 2019-2020

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Key themes: 

  • Neglect audit

  • View from the Independent Scrutineer

  • Priorities for 2020-21​

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Summary: Baby N
Local Learning Review

Case summary:

This review highlights, pre-birth and post natal safeguarding; neglect and risk assessments.

​Key themes: 

  • Balancing relationship-building with boundaries

  • Professional challenge

  • Roles for Partner agencies when a child is under Police Protection.

University of Bedfordshire - Building Safety Report

Overview:

A snapshot of the consequences of risk can be seen just in the 10 months  where two boys were tragically killed, eighteen children and young people were seriously injured with a weapon.

Key themes: 

  • Contextual safeguarding

  • Safeguarding black boys & young men

  • Professional difference

Multi-agency audit
Childhood and Adolescent Neglect

Overview:

An audit of the multi-agency response to child and adolescents at risk of neglect

Key themes: 

  • The importance of relationships

  • The need to fully understand a family's complex context

  • Family Group Conferences as an opportunity â€‹â€‹

LSCP Annual Report
2021-2022

Overview:  

This annual report summarises the work of the LSCP over 2021-2022.

Key themes / Reflections: 

  • Workforce development

  • Contextual Safeguarding

  • Multi-agency levels of need document

  • Neglect Strategy & Toolkit

  • Making Lambeth Trauma Informed

LSCB Annual Report
2018-19

Overview:

The last Annual Report of the outgoing Lambeth Safeguarding Children Board

Key themes: 

  • The view from the Chair

  • Progress against the Business Plan

  • The new arrangements

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