The Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel (the Panel)’s fifth annual report covers their work from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024.
The report aims to share evidence and learning from their national oversight of rapid reviews and Local Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews (LCSPRs), as well as the Panel’s reviews of national issues.
In addition to key data about the children and their families who are the focus of reviews, they spotlight three themes in this year’s annual report:
- Safeguarding children with mental health needs
- Safeguarding pre-school children with parents with mental health needs
- Extrafamilial harm
They have established learning that can inform the practice and policies of strategic leaders, managers and those working directly with children, young people and families. They have also considered the role of strategic leaders and the organisational conditions that will best enable and sustain the embedding of recommendations that will drive long-term change.
This is the fifth annual report published by the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel (CSPRP) since its inception in 2018. The aim of the annual report is not just to serve as a reporting tool, but to capture and share evidence, good practice and learning with safeguarding partners, senior and middle managers, and practitioners working in child safeguarding and protection.
Please make sure that you are familiar with this report and are aware of the highlighted key messages, learning points and reflective questions to inform your practice.