Scope and Remit of the LSCB

The scope of the LSCB role is based upon 3 broad areas of activity:

• Activity that affects all children and aims to prevent maltreatment, or impairment of health or development, and ensure children are growing up in circumstances consistent with safe and effective care.
• Pro-active work that aims to target particular groups of children and young people.
• Re-active work to protect children who are suffering or at risk of suffering significant harm.
• The remit of the LSCB will cover the 5 aims within the staying safe outcome, namely:
• Safe from maltreatment, neglect, violence and sexual exploitation.
• Safe from accidental injury and death.
• Safe from bullying and discrimination.
• Safe from crime and anti-social behaviour, in and out of school.
• And will have security, stability and be cared for.

The LSCB has identified lead groups for each aim, will influence and monitor their work and hold them to account for delivering these aims.

The core responsibility of the LSCB is protecting children from harm and so within these aims it will give priority to ensuring the adequacy of arrangements for keeping children safe from maltreatment, neglect, violence and sexual exploitation.