Issue - meetings
INTRODUCING THE CHILDREN'S TRUST AND CHILDREN'S SAFEGUARDING BOARD
Meeting: 03/12/2013 - Health and Wellbeing Board (Item 33)
33 INTRODUCING THE CHILDREN'S TRUST AND CHILDREN'S SAFEGUARDING BOARD 
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a) To receive a presentation from the Chair of the Children’s Safeguarding Board and the Corporate Director Children, Families and Wellbeing.
b) To receive a Memorandum of Understanding between the Health and Wellbeing Board, the Children’s Trust board and the Children’s Safeguarding Board.
Additional documents:
Minutes:
a) Presentation from the Chair of the Children’s Safeguarding Board
The Chair of Children’s Safeguarding Board provided a presentation on the Children’s Safeguarding Board (CSB) and introduced the Annual Report for 2012/13 and the Business Plan for 2013/14. He outlined the roles and responsibilities of the Children’s Safeguarding Board in protecting children and young people and highlighted the linkages between the CSB and the Health and Wellbeing Board.
RESOLVED: That the presentation and report be noted.
b) Memorandum of Understanding between the Health and Wellbeing Board, the Children’s Trust Board and the Children’s Safeguarding Board
Members also received a report of the Corporate Director, Children Families and Wellbeing which set out the expectations of the relationship and working arrangements between Trafford Children’s Trust Board (CTB), Trafford Health and Wellbeing Board (HWB), and Trafford Local Safeguarding Children Board (TSCB), covering their respective roles and functions, arrangements for challenge, overview and scrutiny, and performance management. The report indicated that the Chair of the CTB, the Chairman of the HWB, the Chair of the TSCB and Corporate Director, Children Families and Wellbeing had formally agreed to the arrangements set out in the document.
Board Members were advised that the arrangements would be subject to review in three years (from the date of initial agreement) unless there was significant change in the central government advice about the Boards or any of the Boards felt the arrangements were not working satisfactorily.
RESOLVED: That the Memorandum of Understanding between the Health and Wellbeing Board, the Children’s Trust Board and the Children’s Safeguarding Board be agreed.
