Issue - meetings
Tower Hamlets Safeguarding Children Partnership Annual Report 2022/23
Meeting: 26/07/2023 - Cabinet (Item 6)
6 Tower Hamlets Safeguarding Children Partnership Annual Report 2022/23 
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Additional documents:
- FINAL THSCP Annual Report 22-23 CAB.pdf, item 6
PDF 2 MB
- REVISED Appendix 1 - THSCP Annual Report 22-23, item 6
PDF 1 MB
- Webcast for Tower Hamlets Safeguarding Children Partnership Annual Report 2022/23
Decision:
DECISION:
1. Note the work that has been carried out by the Tower Hamlets Safeguarding Children’s Partnership over the year 2022-23 and the outcomes that members would like to see from the THSCP over the next year
2. Note the specific equalities considerations as set out in paragraph 4.1 of the report.
ACTION BY:
CORPORATE DIRECTOR CHILDREN AND CULTURE, (J. THOMAS)
Partnership and Strategy Manager, (L. Griffiths)
Minutes:
Councillor Maium Talukdar, Deputy Mayor and Cabinet Member for Education and Lifelong Learning introduced the report that presented the Tower Hamlets Safeguarding Children Partnership (THSCP) annual report on the effectiveness of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children in its locality for 2022-23.
James Thomas, Corporate Director Children and Culture provided further detail including highlighting the main challenges faced by the partnership in the last year. James stressed it was more important than ever for the Council to work with its partners to keep children safe.
At the invitation of the Mayor the other partner leads: Korkor Ceasar, Integrated Care Board and James Conway, Metropolitan Police, addressed the Cabinet. Korkor provided information on statutory reviews, their context and rationale. She explained how the partnership had learned and developed over the year. James summarised the next steps for the partnership including setting priorities and how it could learn from past experiences. He stressed that the partnership placed the voice of child at heart of its work.
The Mayor welcomed the report and thanked officers and partners for their hard work to deliver the report and their role in promoting the safety of children in the borough.
RESOLVED that the Mayor in Cabinet:
1. Notes the work that has been carried out by the Tower Hamlets Safeguarding Children’s Partnership over the year 2022-23 and the outcomes that members would like to see from the THSCP over the next year; and
2. Notes the specific equalities considerations as set out in paragraph 4.1 of the report.