Essex Safeguarding Children Board
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What is the Essex Safeguarding Children Board (ESCB)?
The Essex Safeguarding Children Board is a statutory body with responsibility for agreeing how organisations in Essex will cooperate to safeguarding and promote the welfare of children and ensure that this is effective. This group of people come from a wide range of public and voluntary services and other organisations and is committed to ensuring that the work done effectively brings about good outcomes for children. It is an organisation that draws on expertise and experience from a number of sources. The aim of the ESCB is to promote and develop effective co-operation across a wide range of agencies to provide co-ordinated services for children in order to safeguard them and help them achieve their maximum potential.
Its members come from a variety of organisations including:
The Local Authority, District Councils, Police, Probation, YOT, Stratetic Health Authority, Primary Care Trusts, NHS Acute Trusts, Connexions, Children and Families Court Advisory and Support Service (CAFCASS),Secure Training Centre, The Prison Service
