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Haringey Safeguarding Children Partnership

Haringey Safeguarding Children Partnership (HSCP) 

What is the Haringey Safeguarding Children Partnership (HSCP)

 Safeguarding Partnerships support and enable local organisations and agencies to work together in a system where: 

  • there is a clear, shared vision for how to improve outcomes for children locally across all levels of need and all types of harm:
  • there is a prompt, appropriate and effective response to ensure the protection and support of the child
  • organisations and agencies are challenged appropriately, effectively holding one another to account
  • the voice of children and families combined with the knowledge of experienced practitioners and insights from data, provides a greater understanding of the areas of strength and/or improvement within arrangements and practice
  • information is sought, analysed, shared to understand outcomes for children and identify new safeguarding risks or emerging issues
  • senior leaders promote and embed a learning culture which supports local services to become more reflective and implement changes to practice 

Senior leaders must have a good knowledge and understanding about the quality of local practice and its impact on children and families.  Following the publication of Working Together 2023 Lead Safeguarding Partners (LSPs) has transitioned to Chief Executives of the Local Authority and ICB, and the Assistant Commissioner for Front line Policing (London MPS). Each LSP now has appointed Delegated Safeguarding Partners (DSPs) to act on their behalf. DSPs are sufficiently senior to speak with authority, make decisions, and hold their sectors accountable. 

The three statutory Lead Safeguarding Partners (LSPs) are: 

  • Andy Donald, Chief Executive, Haringey Local Authority
  • Matt Twist, Assistant Commissioner for Frontline Policing, Metropolitan Police Service
  • Frances O'Callaghan, Chief Executive, North Central London Integrated Care Board 

The membership of the Executive Group in line with the requirements of Working Together 2023 will be the three Delegated Safeguarding Partners (DSPs): 

  • Marco Bardetti, Detective Chief Superintendent North Area Borough Commander (Haringey and Enfield), North Area BCU, Metropolitan Police Service
  • David Pennington Director of Safeguarding and Looked After Children for North Central London Integrated Care Board
  • Ann Graham, Corporate Director of Children’s Services, Haringey Local Authority 

In addition, in attendance is David Archibald, HSCP Independent Scrutineer - attending in their role as a critical friend, to provide support and challenge, and not as a decision maker. 

The delegated officers (DSLs) for the three lead safeguarding partners meet regularly as an Executive group to work together for the purposes of strategic decision making and holding each other to account where appropriate

Sitting under the Executive group is our Leadership Group which includes representation from Education, Voluntary Sector, Health, Police, Probation, Children's Social Care, London Fire Brigade, London Ambulance Service, CAFCASS,  Housing, Legal Services, Deputy Leader of Haringey, Community Safety, Adult Services and Public Health in recognition of the important roles they have in ensuring effective multi-agency safeguarding arrangements are in place in Haringey. 

 A wider group of relevant safeguarding partners across Haringey are directly engaged with the work of the Safeguarding Children Partnership through membership of its subgroups. These multi-agency arena’s help to progress the work of the HSCP: 

Quality, Performance and Outcomes (QPO) – chaired by Health

Practice, Learning, Workforce and Development (PLWD) - chaired by Health

Child Safeguarding Practice Review (CSPR) – chaired by Children’s Social Care

Joint Operational Group (JOG) – Chaired by Children’s Social Care Principal Social Worker

Multi-Agency Child Exploitation subgroup (MACE) – Chaired Jointly by Met Police and Children’s Social Care

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Contact HSCP

Direct all general enquiries to hscp@haringey.gov.uk

Training:  020 8489 1470

Haringey Safeguarding Children’s Partnership
5th Floor, 48 Station Road
Wood Green
London N22 7TY

Report Abuse and Neglect

If you are worried about a child for any reason, contact MASH on 020 8489 4470.

If you are making a referral: childrensportalehm

If you are calling between 5pm and 9am weekdays or anytime at the weekend, call the Emergency out-of-hours duty team on 020 8489 0000.

If you or a child is in immediate danger you should always phone 999.