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Child protection conferences completed within timescales

When children are identified as being at risk of continuing significant harm, they are made subject to a child protection plan at a child protection conference. Progress on this plan is monitored and reviewed at set intervals, through core group meetings and review child protection conferences.
The first review child protection conference is held three months after the initial conference, and they are then held at least six monthly thereafter. These review conferences are important to ensure progress against the child protection plan is good, and to hold families and professionals to account.
Further information about child protection plans and child protection conferences can be found on the West Sussex Safeguarding Children Board website, which can be accessed by clicking on this link: SCP Safeguarding Children Partnership

March 2021 performance

There has been a improvement in conferences being held in timescales in March. Review Child Protection Conference went out of timescales due to the report not being completed for conference.
The team will continue to ensure that Review Child Protection Conferences can only be intentionally held outside timescales in exceptional circumstances.
We continue to ensure that Review Child Protection Conferences can only be held outside timescales in exceptional circumstances and with the approval of a senior manager who will have reviewed the case. By continuing with this approach it is expected that we will continue to perform well against this target.