Local Safeguarding Children Board Chairs’ perspectives on responding to recommendations outlined in the Munro Review of Child Protection

The Childhood Wellbeing Research Centre was commissioned by the Department for Education, on behalf of Professor Eileen Munro, to undertake a piece of rapid response work to explore how local areas were responding to recommendations outlined in her report, The Munro Review of Child Protection: Final Report. A Child Centred System (Cm 8062, 2011). In February 2012 an online survey was distributed to the Chairs of all 48 LSCBs in England to explore the following key issues:

• The potential implications of increasing local autonomy and reducing prescription by central government;
• Interagency working relationships to support effective safeguarding practice;
• Prevention and early help;
• Strengthening accountabilities and creating a learning system;
• Developing social work expertise and supporting effective social work practice.