Our Structure
The Executive Board provides strategic oversight of the multi-agency safeguarding arrangements, co-ordinating safeguarding services and evaluating the effectiveness of partnership working. The Executive Board is chaired by an Independent Chair, appointed by the Safeguarding Partners.
The Executive Board meets bi-monthly to provide strategic direction, challenge and oversight on implementation of the priorities set out in the Business Improvement Plan 2023/25. The three nominated representatives of the Safeguarding Partners are all members of the Executive
Board along with representatives from the Safeguarding Partners who are responsible for leading the Partnership’s Sub-Groups. An elected member of Birmingham City Council will act as a participant observer.
The Safeguarding Leaders’ Assembly meets twice yearly, bringing together Chief Executives, Chief Officers and Strategic Safeguarding Leaders from Safeguarding Partners and all ‘relevant agencies’ to share good practice, discuss emerging safeguarding challenges, agree a collective way forward and, importantly, to evaluate progress on implementation of the shared priorities set out in the Business Improvement Plan.
The Key Principles of the Safeguarding Leaders’ Assembly are:
- Effective Partnership Working: Committed to effective collaborative partnership working which delivers the best possible protection of children and young people in Birmingham.
- Focus on the Family: Supporting families to enable their children to flourish and learn in preparation for a long, productive, happy, life.
- Committed to Early Help: Recognising that those with economic, health and other disadvantages will need additional support to achieve the same outcomes as their peers.
- Promotion of a Learning Culture: Operating as a learning system; open and ambitious to improve.
Following each assembly, a bulletin is produced to capture the discussion. You can download a copy of the bulletin and presentation below:
2024
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2023
November
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April
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