INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF SAFEGUARDING ARRANGEMENTS
AND PROCEDURES IN THE BRADFORD DISTRICT
As part of its response to the case of Baby Peter
Bradford Safeguarding Children Board commissioned
Professor Brid Featherstone of the University of
Bradford to undertake an independent review of the
inter-agency safeguarding procedures and
inter-agency safeguarding arrangements in the
Bradford District. Professor Featherstone undertook
her study between December 2008 and February 2009,
and her final report was accepted by BSCB at its
meeting on 18th March 2009.
Read the full report here.
GROUND BREAKING RESEARCH INTO PARENT'S
EXPERIENCES OF CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES
Three Local Safeguarding Children Boards, Bradford,
Calderdale and Kirklees have joined forces with the
NSPCC, the Nationwide Children's Research Centre,
and Leeds Metropolitan University to undertake
research into parent's experiences of child
protection services.
Parents of children who had
been subject to child protection plan in each of the
three Districts were invited to share their
experiences with researchers using semi-structured
interviews. Each LSCB has accepted the research and
its recommendations, which were formally launched at
conference on 3rd March 2010.
Click here to see the executive summary
Click here to see the full report
