About the CHSCB
The City and Hackney Safeguarding Children Board (CHSCB) is made up of representatives from local statutory, voluntary and community organisations and services.
The establishment of Local Safeguarding Children Boards was an important element of the improved safeguards for children put in place by the Children Act 2004. The creation of LSCBs is covered in sections 13–16 of the act. The LSCB and its activities are part of the wider context of Children’s Trust arrangements. The Children Act 2004 required each local authority to establish a LSCB by 1st April 2006.
The core objectives of the CHSCB are as follows:
- to co-ordinate what is done by each agency represented on the Board for the purposes of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children in the area of the authority; and
- to ensure the effectiveness of what is done by each agency for that purpose.
For more information on the statutory functions of the CHSCB, please read Chapter 3 of Working Together to Safeguard Children (March 2010).
Within this section, please find further information on: