The Safeguarding Partnership
The Brighton & Hove Safeguarding Children Partnership (BHSCP) is independently chaired and consists of three key agencies who collectively hold statutory responsibilities for keeping children and young people safe; the Local Authority (through Families, Children and Learning), Health (through NHS Integrated Care Board) and Sussex Police.
The BHSCP’s objectives are to:
- Co-ordinate local work undertaken by all agencies and individuals to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people
- Ensure the effectiveness of that work
Our Values
We have a vision that children and young people in Brighton & Hove live a life free from fear, harm, abuse, and exploitation, enabling every child in every part of the City to achieve their potential.
This is underpinned by our Core Values:
- A child centred approach: for services to be effective they should be based on a clear understanding of the needs and views of children.
- Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility: for services to be effective each citizen, practitioner and organisation should play their part.
- Promoting preventative and early help approaches: for outcomes to be improved there should be timely identification of a problem; the earlier the better to secure maximum impact and greatest long term sustainability.
- Always alert to transition points: for outcomes to be improved known transition points should be planned for in advance
Our Principles
- To work in partnership
- To commit to genuine engagement: listening to, and acting, on what our community tells us
- To be a learning partnership
- To ensure all activity is characterised by an attitude of constructive professional curiosity and challenge
- To be flexible to respond to emerging threats and risks
- To always ask ‘so what’ to ensure what we do makes a difference
Our Anti-Racist Practice Statement
- Read our Anti-Racist Statement December 2022
Our Partners
