Welcome to the Website for Nottingham City Safeguarding Children Board

Nottingham City Safeguarding Children Board is the key statutory mechanism for agreeing how the relevant member organisations in Nottingham will cooperate to safeguard children which includes protecting children from harm.  The Board will regard this as its first priority.  

News:  

The new NCSCB Training Programme for 2008-2009 is now available. This details all courses the NCSCB are running for the new training year. Please be aware that because of a recent board decision the following specialist courses have been suspended for a period of six months:

• Monday 13th and 14th October - Safeguarding young people.
• Wednesday 26th November - Information Communication Technology
• Tuesday 2nd December - Safeguarding BME Children
• Thursday 4th December - Sexual Abuse
• Thursday 8th January - Neglect
• Tuesday 13th January - Supervision and risk managment
• Thursday 22nd January - Parental Sustance Use
• Tuesday 24th Febuary - Safeguarding BME Children
• Wednesday 11th March - Emotional Abuse
• Wednesday 18th March - Adult Mental Health
• Tuesday 21st April - Information Communication Technology

Therefore we will not be accepting any further applications for the affected courses.

To apply for a course complete the application form contained within and return to the NCSCB Training Administrator

Please find the new Inter Agency Practice Guidance in Relation to Children and Domestic Violence click link to download PDF.

• A new national helpline for victims of forced marriage and honour based violence is now up and running.  Called the "Honour Network", the dedicated helpline is run by the charity Karma Nirvana, which helps survivors of honour crimes and forced marriages.  The phone line is staffed by volunteers who understand what victims are going through and is staffed from 9.00 a.m. to 9.00 p.m.  Anybody who feels they need help can call the helpline on 0800 5999 247. The helpline has been launched with the support of the Government's Forced Marriage Unit.

The NCSCB Child Protection Procedures were updated in 2007 to reflect changes in "Working Together to Safeguard Children 2006"  The revised procedures are available for you to download, and replace Section 5 of the "Inter-agency Guidance on the Assessment of Children in Need, and the ACPCs Child Protection Procedures".

You can also download the overview of key changes  to these Procedures.

We are currently working on establishing a SEARCH facility on this website which is hosted by Nottingham City Council.  If you are unable to find a document, please go to the Nottingham City Council website www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk and use the SEARCH facility there.