Review Opportunities

 Bury Safeguarding Partnership is seeking an independent reviewer for a Local Child Safeguarding Practice Review

Bury Safeguarding Children Partnership is seeking to appoint an Independent Author to facilitate a Local Child Safeguarding Practice Review under Working Together 2023.    

This review concerns the death of a child, where neglect is suspected as a contributory factor.   

It is essential that the selected Author has a good understanding of health and social care practice and good child safeguarding knowledge.

The review will explore the learning regarding:-

• Why existing safeguarding practice and systems did not protect Coral.
• What impact Coral’s race, ethnicity and culture may have had on services’ response to them and their family.
• How historic knowledge can be used to predict the likely trajectory, including a previous serious case review within the family. 
• Understanding of lived experience.

Specific areas to be explored/aims and objectives:

• Understanding the cumulative effects of neglect and impact on the child.
• Understanding the impact of domestic abuse on the child.  
• How learning from child safeguarding practice reviews is disseminated and embedded across the workforce.
• How learning from a serious case review was used to inform subsequent assessments and how the information was used to predict likely outcomes for children still living in the family unit.
• Areas of good practice.

Key Deliverables:

• Facilitate a Local Child Safeguarding Practice Review that is compliant with the requirements set out in Working Together 2023 and includes findings, outcomes and recommendations.
• Produce a LCSPR overview report and summary report. These reports must be anonymised, in plain English and of a high standard in terms of both content and analysis. 
• Complete a genogram of the family.
• Action plan with recommendations from the LCSPR to be produced (using template provided by the Business Unit).
• Engage with family representatives throughout and at the end of the LCSPR, including presentation of the overview report, outcomes, findings and learning.
• Engage with frontline practitioners who have worked with the family to gain insight on what worked well and what could be improved.  
• Present the LCSPR report to the Case Review Subgroup and the Safeguarding Children Partnership.
• Attend Coroner’s inquest (as required).

Demonstrate:

• Experience of working at a senior level within health, social care, police or community safety.
• Experience of chairing and presenting to multi-agency meetings.
• Experience/training of case reviews.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and issues relating to safeguarding.

How to apply:

Please provide:

- A CV

- an example of an LCSPR or relevant written submission

Please express an initial interest in this opportunity by clicking here to send us a whats app message. You can also ask any questions and clarifications using the link as well. 

The deadline for receipt of your application is midday on 8th August.

Documents in support of your application will be received via our reviews inbox: [email protected].