Activity groups

The role of Childrens Activity Groups

Practice Improvement - Chaired by Nicky Pace, Independent Chair/Scrutineer

The Practice Improvement Group focusses on learning and development, safeguarding reviews, multi-agency audits, policies and protocols and provides oversight to safeguarding cases.

Quality Assurance Group - Chaired by Chantel Palmer, Designated Nurse for Safeguarding Children

The Quality Activity Group is responsible for developing horizon scanning intelligence to identify current and future risks to the effectiveness of the Safeguarding Children Partnership arrangements. The group also oversees our multi-agency audit programme.

Vulnerable Young People Group (VYP) - Chaired by Angela Bent, Head of Service Practice Improvement and Centre of Excellence

The overarching aim of the VYP group is to action the Safeguarding Adolescents From Exploitation (SAFE) strategy. This focuses on children and young people who are at risk of child sexual exploitation, children and young people exposed to exploitation through gang involvement, county lines, trafficking and serious youth violence, radicalisation and the prevent agenda, children missing from home or education.

View the Vulnerable Young People Activity Group terms of reference (PDF, 150.17 KB).