Nursery World - Policy Guide: Children and Social Work Act 2017

The act enshrines in law a series of changes to the social work profession. Some controversial clauses led to the bill having a rocky ride through Parliament.

This is a short guide to the act. For a more in-depth guide on the act's key elements, see our Management Guide

Headline changes include:

LSCBs (Local Safeguarding Children Boards) and Serious Case Reviews will be replaced with a national Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel looking at cases which are deemed complex or of national importance, while local cases will be dealt with by Local child safeguarding practice reviews and Child Death Review Panels (CDRPs). Local child safeguarding practice reviews will look at ‘serious child safeguarding cases which raise issues of importance in relation to the area’, while CDRPs are tasked specifically with reviewing cases where a child died.

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