Nursery World - Children and Social Work Act, Part 1: Safeguarding Arrangements

In this new four-part series on what the new Children and Social Work Act means for the early years sector, we look at changes to the local safeguarding procedures. By Ann Marie Christian

After a rocky ride through Parliament, the Children and Social Work Act came into force on 27 April. It paves the way for changes to local authorities’ corporate parenting responsibilities, which include how they manage local safeguarding duties. It has big implications for the early years workforce.

Key local changes:

A new model of local multi-agency safeguarding partnerships will replace LSCBs. Under the new provisions, safeguarding ‘partners’ for a local authority area (named as the local authority, clinical commissioning group and police) are required to make their own arrangements for relevant agencies to work together to safeguard and promote the welfare of children in the area.

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