I would like to make a request under the Freedom of Information legislation. Please provide me with the following information:
1. Do you have a Multi-agency safeguarding hub or similar arrangement in which children’s social care departments work alongside the Police, Health, Education and other partners to share information and make decisions about child safeguarding?
Yes
2. If so when was this established?
2010
3. Are staff from the different agencies co-located?
Yes
4. If staff are co-located when did this occur?
At the point of the MASH’s inception
5. For each year ending 31st March from 1st April 2007 to 2023 please provide:
5a.The number of strategy meetings held
5b.The number of children who have been the subject of a strategy meeting
Please provide the information for question five in an Excel spreadsheet.
Due to a change in our case management system we only reliable information since 2019. We can therefore confirm the information set out in this MASH table.
The calculation for the information is based upon the following:
– Number of children with a Strategy Meeting in the year: This is a count of all children who have a Strategy Meeting in the year, if a child has more than one they are counted multiple times.
– Number of distinct children with a Strategy Meeting in the year: This is a distinct count of all children who have a Strategy Meeting in the year, if a child has more than one they are still only counted once.
– Number of Strategy Meetings per year: This is a distinct count of all Strategy Meeting Forms in the year.