# The Local Safeguarding Children Boards (Wales) Regulations 2006, Regulation 3: Functions of a Board in relation to its objective


(1) A Board is to have the following functions in relation to its objective under section 32 of the 2004 Act—
(a) to take steps whose aim is to foster a relationship of mutual trust and understanding amongst the persons or bodies represented on the Board in relation to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children within the area of the Board;
(b) to take steps whose aim is to raise awareness throughout the Board’s area of the need to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and to provide information about how this might be achieved;
(c) to develop policies and procedures whose purpose is to co-ordinate what is done by each representative body for the purposes of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children within the area of the Board, including policies and procedures in relation to—
(i) information sharing;
(ii) actions, including thresholds for intervention, to be taken where there are concerns about a child’s safety or welfare;
(iii) the recruitment and supervision of persons who work with or have regular access to children;
(iv) the safety and welfare of children who are privately fostered.
(d) to review the efficacy of the measures taken by each person or body represented on the Board to co-ordinate what they do for the purposes of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children within the area of the Board and to make whatever recommendations it sees fit to those persons or bodies in light of such a review;
(e) to undertake “serious case reviews” in accordance with regulation 4;
(f) to monitor the extent to which any recommendations made in a review under paragraph (d) or a serious case review are being or have been met;
(g) to develop criteria for measuring the performance of the children’s services authority against the plan produced under section 26 of the 2004 Act (children and young people’s plans), in so far as the plan relates to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children in an authority’s area;
(h) to disseminate information about best practice in safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children amongst the representative bodies and such other persons as the Board sees fit;
(i) to undertake research into safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children;
(j) to review the training needs of those working in the area of the Board with a view to identifying training activities to assist in safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children in the area of the Board;
(k) to provide training whose purpose is to assist in safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children in the area of the Board;
(l) to co-operate with other Boards (whether in Wales or England) and any similar such bodies in Scotland and Northern Ireland where the Board considers that would be of mutual benefit; and
(m) to seek advice or information where the Board considers that to be desirable for the purposes of any of the above functions.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2006/1705/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-safeguarding-children-boards-wales-regulations-2006/regulation-3
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